The 2017 SDi Global Assessment Report is Here!

Strategic Directions International (SDi), a division of BioInformatics LLC, today announced the release of the 2017 Global Assessment Report: The Laboratory Analytical & Life Science Instrumentation Industry. The 800+ page report details the size, growth and depicts market share for 82 separate categories of laboratory instruments and consumables. In addition projections are made on the industry’s prospects out to 2020 and include technology overviews, and detail market segment and regional developments.

“The $50 billion laboratory market for analytical and life science instruments will likely see an overall growth approaching 4.5% in 2017,” said Mike Tice, Vice President of Consulting Services at SDi. “It’s difficult to predict the impact the new administration in the U.S. and Brexit and upcoming elections in Europe will have on the market, but we believe there are pockets of opportunities for growth especially in life sciences and in the applied markets of developing economies.”

The 2017 SDi Global Assessment Report: The Laboratory Analytical & Life Science Instrumentation Industry is the gold standard for measuring the size and growth of the analytical and life science instrumentation industry. Please download a complimentary Global Assessment Report Executive Summary.

The report covers 82 individual instrumentation and related technologies. Each technology is segmented according to several primary classifications typically related to underlying techniques. The 10 sections include chromatography, life science instrumentation, mass spectrometry, molecular spectroscopy, atomic spectroscopy, surface science, materials characterization, lab automation, general analytical techniques, and lab equipment.

For each instrument and category, the report quantifies the regional distribution of demand; the size of the market segmented according to initial systems, aftermarket, and service; unit shipments/installations; growth rates; and demand by industry and lab function. Each section also explores the current state of the competitive playing field, including a list of the top vendors’ market shares, a vendor participation matrix, recent developments, and concludes with a short discussion that suggests where the market might be headed over the next five years from the related standpoints of technology, competition, and growth.