Laboratory Automation

Published by: Global Industry Analysts

Published: Jul. 1, 2006 - 34 Pages

Table of Contents

1. Overview

Market Trends

Table 1: Global Lab Automation Market (2005): Percentage Share Breakdown by Select Product Segments - Plate Readers, Liquid Handlers, LIMS, and Robotics

Sale Through Distributors

Future of Automation in Clinical Laboratories

Future of Lab Automation

Laboratory Technology Trends

Automation: The Engine of Transformation of Industries

The Emerging Automation Technology

From Discovery of Drugs to Clinical Use

The Road Ahead

Lab Automation- Key Role in Clinical Diagnostics and Drug Discovery

Market Trends

Modular Workcell - A New Tool in Lab Automation

Shift Towards Miniaturization

Entry of Mid-Sized Labs in Molecular Testing

Liquid Handlers Lead Lab Automation Market

Standardized Interfaces in High demand

Automation Moves towards Home-Care and Outpatient Healthcare Markets

Dearth of Lab Technicians Boosts Lab Automation Demand

Automation Spurs Output in Chemistry Labs

Bioinformatics to Grow Rapidly

Worker’s Safety Issues affect Automated Equipment Design and Growth

Competitive Scenario

Table 2:Leading Players in the Global Lab Automation Market 2005: Percentage Share Breakdown by Value Sales for Beckman Coulter, Roche, Abbott, Lab Interlink, Bayer, and Olympus

Table3: Leading Players in the Global Liquid Handling and Robotics Market (2003): Percentage Share Breakdown by Value Sales for Tecan, Zymark, Beckman Coulter, PE / Packard, Hamilton, Gilson, Mitsubishi, CRS, and Others

Table 4: Leading Players in the Global Mass Spectrometers Market (2005): Percentage Share Breakdown by Value Sales for Waters, Applied Biosystems, Thermo, Bruker, and Others

2. Product Introductions/Developments

2004

Adept Launches Cobra i-series Robots

Agilent Launches Sophisticated Lab-on-a-Chip System

Aurora Discovery Launches Low Volume Liquid Handling Instrument

Metrohm Unleashes Tiamo

Tecan Introduces Innovative Lab Automation Solutions

New Gene-extracting Lab on a Chip

3. Mergers and Acquisitions

2005

Invitrogen to Acquire Zymed Laboratories

2004

Cardinal Health Inc Acquires Lab InterLink

Kendro Laboratory Products Acquires Data Centric Automation

Tekcel Inc Acquires Biophil

2003

Caliper Technologies Acquires Zymark Corp.,

InnaPhase Corp Acquires Beckman Coulter's Laboratory Automation

4. Strategic Corporate Developments

2005

Clinical Data Bags Distribution Rights for Hematology Analyzers and Reagents

Dade Behring Signs an Agreement with Inspeco

2004

Dade Behring Signs Two New Agreements with DPC and Tecan

DEPEX Inks Signs an Agreement with Dynacon

Diagnostic Products Corp Signs an Agreement with Thermo Electron

Gillaspy Associates Enters into Agreement with EdenTree

MWG Biotech Enters into Collaboration with Innovadyne

Roche Forms Collaboration with HHT Corp.,

TMO Enters into Agreement with NIBRI

Velocity11 Enters into Collaboration with Labcyte

2003

Bio-Rad Enters into Agreement with Caliper Technologies

Protedyne Enters into Agreement with Tekcel

Tecan US Enters into Collaboration with IDBS

5. Asian Market Perspective

Overview

Table 5: Reagents Imports by Country to China: 2005 in Millions of US$ for US, Germany, Japan and ROW

Table 6: Analytical Laboratory Instruments Imports by Country to China: 2005 in Millions of US$ for US, Japan, Germany and ROW

Table 7: Healthcare Delivery Market by Sector in India: Annual Market Estimates/Projections for 2004 through 2010 in Billions of US$ for Private Sector and Government Sector

Table 8: In-Vitro-Diagnostic (IVD) Equipment and Reagents Market by Segment in India: Annual Market Estimates/ Projections for 2004 through 2010 in Billions of INR for Biochemistry, Hematology, and Others

Table 9: Laboratory Scientific Instruments Production in Korea: Annual Market Estimates/Projections for 2004 through 2010 in Millions of US$

GLOBAL DIRECTORY

1. A.I. Scientific Pty., Ltd. (Australia)

2. AB Controls, Inc. (USA)

3. ABB SA (Groupe ABB) (France)

ABB Sistemas Industriales (Spain)

4. Abbott Laboratories (USA)

5. Aben International B.V.B.A. (Belgium)

6. AC Automation (France)

7. Accelab (Germany)

8. Acea Sarl (France)

9. ACME-Automation.com (USA)

10. Adax Ltd. (Czech Republic)

11. Adept Technology, Inc. (USA)

12. Advanced Automation (USA)

13. Advent Design Corp. (USA)

14. Advion BioSciences, Inc. (USA)

15. Affordable Automation (USA)

16. Affymetrix, Inc. (USA)

17. Afma Robotics (France)

18. Agilent Technologies, Inc. (USA)

19. Alfa Elettronica S.R.L. (Italy)

20. Algoss Systems (France)

21. Alpha-Test Automatisierungs- und Systemtechnik GmbH (Germany)

22. Amersham Biosciences AB (Sweden )

23. AMS Gesellschaft für Automatisierungs- und Meß- Systemtechnik GmbH (Germany)

24. Anthos Labtec Instruments GmbH (Austria)

25. APA (France)

26. Applications techniques Delélectricité (France)

27. Applied Biosystems (USA)

28. Applied Robotics, Inc. (USA)

29. Applied Scientific Instrumentation (USA)

30. Arck Ingénierie (France)

31. Argonaut Technologies (USA)

32. Arrick Robotics (USA)

33. Artech AS (Norway)

34. ASI Robicon (France)

35. Astech Projects (UK)

36. ATP Engineering and Packaging, S.L. (Spain)

37. ATS Niagara (Canada)

38. Audimat Automation SA (Belgium)

39. Auma-France (France )

40. AutoDose (Switzerland)

41. AutoGen Inc. (USA)

42. Automatic System Laboratory (Russia)

43. Automation and Robotics Research Institute (USA)

44. Automation Tooling Systems (Canada)

45. AutomationSolutions (USA)

46. Automatisme Industrie (France)

47. Automatismes du Centre Est (ACE) (France)

48. Avantium Technologies (The Netherlands)

49. Baldor UK Ltd. (UK)

50. Barnstead International (USA)

51. Bayer Diagnostics (USA)

52. BD Biosciences (USA)

53. BE Infomatisme (B.E. Infomatisme) (France)

54. Beckman Coulter, Inc. (USA)

55. Beecher Instruments, Inc. (USA )

56. Bellt-GCA NV (Belgium)

57. Berry Automatisme Sarl (France)

58. Berthold Detection Systems (USA)

59. Bertin Technologies SA (France)

60. Besancon Automation (France)

61. Biacore International AB (Switzerland)

62. Binar AB (Sweden)

63. Bio-Automation LLC (USA)

64. Biometra GmbH (Germany )

65. Biophile, Inc. (USA)

66. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (USA)

67. Biotec Laboratories Ltd. (UK)

68. Bio-Tek Instruments, Inc. (USA)

69. Biotrin International (Ireland)

70. BioTrove, Inc. (USA)

71. BioTX Automation, Inc. (USA)

72. Bmg Labtech GmbH (Germany)

73. Bosch Rexroth SAS (France)

74. Bossard France (France)

75. Brandel (USA)

76. Bravida Danmark A/S (Denmark)

77. Brinke Industrial Electronics (The Netherlands)

78. Brooks Automation, Inc. (USA)

79. Bruker BioSpin Corp. (USA)

80. Bürkert Contromatic BV (Netherland)

81. Bürkert Contromatic (France)

82. Caliper Technologies (USA)

83. Cardiac AS (Norway)

84. Carlo Gavazzi NV/SA (Belgium)

85. Carpel Min, S.L (Spain)

86. CCRI (California Computer Research, Inc.) (USA)

87. Cell Robotics International (USA)

88. Cellomics - Europe (UK)

89. Centralp Automatismes (France)

90. Cerionx, Inc. (USA)

91. Cetac Technologies (USA)

92. Cetek Corp. (USA)

93. Charybdis Technologies, Inc. (USA)

94. Chemspeed Technologies (Switzerland)

95. Chess Systems Ltd. (UK)

96. Clemessy SA (France)

97. Clondiag Chip Technologies GmbH (Germany)

98. CM4 Enginyeria, SA (Spain)

99. CMPI Automatismes Informatique Industrielle (France)

100. CMS Malisani SA (France)

101. Comercial de Soldadura, SA (Spain)

102. Comex SA (France)

103. Componentes Aplicaciones Electrónicas, SA (Spain)

104. Computechnic AG (Switzerland)

105. Computype, Inc. (USA)

106. Conel S.R.O (Czech republic)

107. Control Regulació Muntatgés, S.L. (CRM) (Spain)

108. Corning Life Sciences (USA)

109. Cosberg France (France)

110. Crouzet Automatismes SAS (France)

111. CT Platon SAS (France)

112. CTC Analytics AG (Switzerland)

113. Cybernetix SA (France)

114. AJ Cybertron GmbH (Germany)

115. Cytogration, Inc. (USA)

116. Caliper Life Sciences (USA)

117. Clemencon Industrial Electricity & Automatism (France)

118. D. Cloostermans-Huwaert N.V. (Belgium)

119. Danaher Motion Stockholm AB (Sweden )

120. DBI Systems (France)

121. Deerac Fluidics (Ireland)

122. Deforche Engineering NV (Belgium)

123. Deima Ingenieros, SA (Spain)

124. Deleproject AG (Switzerland)

125. Delta Automation (France)

126. Dinatec (France)

127. Discovery Partners International (USA)

128. Dobit NV (Belgium)

129. Dongwoo Apex Ind. Co., Ltd. (Korea)

130. Dr. Hielscher GmbH (Germany)

131. Durrer Spezialmaschinen AG (Switzerland)

132. Dynamic Devices (USA)

133. Dynex Technologies, Inc. (USA)

134. Desvages Distribution Sarl (France)

135. E and K Scientific (USA)

136. E.R.M. Electronique (France)

137. Easy Control, S.L. (Spain)

138. ECS France (France)

139. ECV SA (Belgium)

140. Elec Industrie SA (France)

141. Electronavale Technologies (France)

142. Elektro Ludwig A.G. SA (Belgium)

143. Enel-Med Medical Centre (Poland)

144. Engineering Services Inc. (Canada)

145. Eppen Dorf AG (Germany)

146. Epson Robots (USA)

147. Eupen Automation SA (Belgium )

148. Euro Automation SA/AG (Belgium)

149. E.P.I. - Robotique (France)

150. Evotec OAI AG (Germany)

151. Evotec Technologies, Inc. (USA)

152. Festo Belgium SA (Belgium)

153. Fisa SA (France )

154. FlexLink Systems GmbH (Germany)

155. Foster-Miller, Inc. (USA)

156. Fylde Scientific Ltd. (UK)

157. GCE Technologies (USA)

158. Genetix Ltd. (UK)

159. Genevac Ltd. (UK)

160. Genomic Solutions (USA)

161. Gentra Systems, Inc. (USA)

162. Gilson, Inc. (USA)

163. Gyros US, Inc. (USA)

164. Gorosabel (Spain)

165. Groupe Ineo (France)

166. Group SNEF (France)

167. H+P Labortechnik(Germany)

168. Hamilton Company (USA)

169. Hamilton Deutschland GmbH (Germany)

170. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (USA)

171. Hel Ltd. (UK)

172. Herzog Maschinenfabrik GmbH+Co. (Germany)

173. Herzog Automation Corp. (USA)

174. Hettich AG (Switzerland)

175. Hielscher USA, Inc. (USA)

176. Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. (Japan)

177. Honeywell SA (France)

178. Horizon Specialty Inc. (USA)

179. Hudson Control Group, Inc. (USA)

180. IFM electronic Gmbh (Germany)

181. Institut Technique Neu (I.T.N) (France)

182. Instron Corp. (USA)

183. Intellibio (France)

184. Invitrogen Corp. (USA)

185. IRIS International, Inc. (USA)

186. J-KEM Scientific, Inc. (USA)

187. JPI (USA)

188. Kardex Engineering, Inc. (USA)

189. KBiosystems Ltd. (UK)

190. Kendro Laboratory Products (USA)

191. Korteks (USA)

192. Köster Systemtechnik GmbH (Germany)

193. Kratzer Automation AG (Germany)

194. Kuka Automatisme + Robotique SAS (France)

195. Lab Services BV (The Netherlands)

196. Labcyte, Inc. (USA)

197. Lab-InterLink, Inc. (USA)

198. Labman Automation (UK)

199. Labtronics, Inc. (Canada)

200. LabVantage Solutions, Inc. (USA)

201. Lakabe Automatismos, S.L. (Spain)

202. Leap Technologies, Inc. (USA)

203. Magnetic Biosolutions AB (Sweden)

204. Matrix Technologies Corp. (USA)

205. Mavilor Motors SA (Spain)

206. Megamation, Inc. (USA)

207. Merlin Control Systems Ltd. (UK)

208. Metso Automation S.A.S. (France)

209. MF Automation, Inc. (USA)

210. Microbiology International (USA)

211. Mid-Anglia Engineering Ltd. (UK)

212. Millipore Corporate (USA)

213. Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. (France)

214. Mitsubishi Kagaku Bio-Clinical Laboratories, Inc. (Japan)

215. Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co, Ltd. (Japan)

216. MKF Maschinen und Systeme Költzsch-Frangen GmbH (Germany)

217. Moeller Electric N.V. (Belgium)

218. Molecular Devices Corp. (USA)

219. Mondragon Sistemas De Información, S.Coop (Spain)

220. Moog Sarl (France )

221. Motoman, Inc. (USA)

222. Mse AB (Sweden )

223. Mte Ltd. (UK)

224. MTS Systems Corp. (USA)

225. Multitrator Pty., Ltd. (Australia)

226. Mwg-Biotech AG (Germany)

227. Nanogen, Inc. (USA)

228. National Instruments Danmark (Denmark)

229. New Precision Technology, Inc. (USA)

230. Norgren SAS (France)

231. Nova Automatización Industrial S.L. (Nova) (Spain)

232. Noviloire (France)

233. Netconstruct BVBA (Belgium)

234. Newport Corp. (USA)

235. Olympus America, Inc. (USA)

236. Omron Corp. (Japan)

237. Omron Electronics AG (Switzerland)

Omron Electronics NV/SA

Omron Electronics OY

238. Optel-Thévon SA (France)

239. Orchid BioSciences, Inc. (USA)

240. Osci-Tech S.À. R.L. (Switzerland)

241. Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America (USA)

242. Parker Hannifin Corporation Daedal Division (USA)

243. Peak Robotics, Inc. (USA)

244. Pec NV (Belgium)

245. PerkinElmer, Inc. (USA)

246. Peus-Systems GmbH (Germany)

247. Phenix1 (North Corea)

248. PinkRoccade (Netherlands)

249. Piramide Automazione, SRL (Italy)

250. Platec Automatismos, S.L. (Spain)

251. Polymont España, SA(Spain)

252. Polyvalente Electro-Mécanique (P.E.M.) (France)

253. Precia SA (France)

254. Precision Lab Products, LLC (USA)

255. Process Analysis and Automation Ltd. (UK)

256. Production Robotics, Inc.( USA)

257. Protedyne (USA)

258. Qiagen NV (The Netherlands)

259. Radiometer Analytical SAS (France)

260. Remp AG(Switzerland)

261. RoboDesign International, Inc. (USA)

262. Robotic Technology Systems (UK)

263. Roche (Switzerland)

264. Rockwell Automation (USA)

265. Rohasys BV (Netherlands)

266. RTS Life Sciences (UK)

267. RoboGroup T.E.K. Ltd. (Israel)

268. Sartorius AG (Germany)

269. Scinomix (USA)

270. Selmoni France SA (France)

271. Sepame (France)

272. Servosis, SA(Spain)

273. Seyonic SA (Switzerlnd)

274. Sias AG (Switzerland)

275. Simex Control, S.R.O. (Czech Republic)

276. Snijder Micro Systems (The Netherlands)

277. Sodalec (France)

278. Sotax AG Basel (Switzerland)

279. SpeMaBa Spezialmaschinenbau Plauen GmbH (Germany)

280. SSI Robotics (USA)

281. S-T Robotics (USA)

282. Stäubli Robotics (US)

283. Structural GenomiX (USA)

284. Suministros Radar, SA (Spain)

285. Sydel (France)

286. Synbiosis (USA)

287. Syncroscopy (USA)

288. Synerco NV (Belgium)

289. Syngene (USA)

290. Syrrx (USA)

291. Sysmex Deutschland GmbH (Germany)

292. Systag System Technik AG (Switzerland)

293. Tebulo BV (Netherlands)

294. Tec Automatismes (France)

295. Tecan (Switzerland)

296. TechElan, LLC. (USA)

297. Tecnimodern - Automation (France)

298. TekCel, Inc. (USA)

299. Tekmar-Dohrmann (USA)

300. Thames Engineering and Design, LLC. (USA)

301. The Automation Partnership (UK)

302. Thermo CRS (USA)

303. Thermo Electron Corp. (USA)

304. Thermo Electron Oy (Finland)

305. Thermo Life Sciences AB (Sweden)

306. Titertek (USA)

307. Tomtec ( USA)

308. Torcon Instruments, Inc. (USA)

309. TTP LabTech Ltd. (UK)

310. The Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) (USA)

311. Universal Technology, Inc. (USA)

312. UXP (France)

313. Vaskon NV (Belgium)

314. Velocity11 (USA)

315. ViroLogic, Inc. (USA)

316. Wajax (USA)

317. Waters Corp. (USA)

318. Xiril AG (Switzerland)

319. Zinsser Analytic GmbH (Germany)

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