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Analytical Instruments:
United States

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Industry Overview
Industry Size and Trends | Product Segmentation | Trade | Regulatory Factors
Research and Development

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Industry Forecasts
Market Environment | Product Forecasts

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Resources

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Industry Structure
Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Companies Cited
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Analytical Instruments: United States

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope & Method

This report forecasts US analytical instrument (including parts and components)
demand and shipments in US dollars to 2017. Total demand and shipments are
segmented in terms of:

process control instruments

laboratory instruments
electrical measuring equipment
other instruments such as magnetometers, seismographs, and
spectrometers.

Analytical instruments consist of devices used for scientific research and industrial
processes. The product scope for this report has changed from previous versions.
Excluded from the report are diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, gauges and
counting devices, search and navigation equipment, controls for commercial and
household appliances, irradiation equipment, watches and clocks, and optical
instruments and lenses.
To illustrate historical trends, total demand and shipments are provided in annual series
from 2002 to 2012; total demand, production, and the various segments are reported at
five-year intervals for 2007 and 2012. Forecasts emanate from the identification and
analysis of pertinent statistical relationships and other historical trends/events as well as
their expected progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities
between reported years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of
five-year compound annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are
generally stated in smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as
demand is projected to rise 3.2% annually through 2017. The result of any particular
year over that period, however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, longterm trend, as historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Sources
Analytical Instruments: United States represents the synthesis and analysis of data from
various primary, secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry

government/public agencies

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national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations

trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated January, March,
and April 2013
the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

334513

3823

334515

334516
334519

Instruments and Related Products

Manufacturing for Measuring,
Displaying, and Controlling Industrial
Process Variables
Instrument Manufacturing for
Measuring and Testing Electricity and
Electrical Signals
Analytical Laboratory Manufacturing
Other Measuring and Controlling
Device Manufacturing

3825
3826
3829

Industrial Instruments for Measurement,

Display, and Control of Process Variables;
and Related Products
Instruments for Measuring and Testing of
Electricity and Electrical Signals
Laboratory Analytical Instruments
Measuring and Controlling Devices, NEC

Copyright & Licensing

The full report is protected by copyright laws of the United States of America and
international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Industry Size & Trends............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Analytical Instrument Demand Trends, 2002-2012 ..................................... 2
Chart 2 | United States: Analytical Instrument Production Trends, 2002-2012 .................................. 3
Product Segmentation ............................................................................................................................. 4
Chart 3 | United States: Analytical Instrument Demand by Type, 2012 ............................................. 4
Chart 4 | United States: Analytical Instrument Production by Type, 2012 ......................................... 4
Process Control Instruments. ............................................................................................................. 5
Laboratory Instruments. ...................................................................................................................... 6
Electrical Measuring Equipment. ........................................................................................................ 7
Other Instruments. .............................................................................................................................. 8
Trade ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
Chart 5 | United States: Analytical Instrument Trade (billion dollars) ............................................... 10
Regulatory Factors ................................................................................................................................. 11
Research & Development ...................................................................................................................... 12
Chart 6 | United States: Research & Development Spending, 2002-2012 ...................................... 12
Chart 7 | United States: Research & Development Spending by Sector, 2002-2012 ...................... 13
Industry Forecasts ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 14
Table 1 | United States: Key Indicators for Analytical Instrument Supply & Demand (bil dollars) ... 14
Product Forecasts .................................................................................................................................. 15
Table 2 | United States: Analytical Instrument Supply & Demand (million dollars) .......................... 15
Process Control Instruments. ........................................................................................................... 15
Laboratory Instruments. .................................................................................................................... 16
Electrical Measuring Equipment. ...................................................................................................... 17
Other Instruments. ............................................................................................................................ 17
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 18
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 18
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 19
Danaher Corporation ........................................................................................................................ 19
Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated .............................................................................................. 20
Agilent Technologies Incorporated ................................................................................................... 21
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 22
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 23
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