World Particle Counter and Size Analyzer Markets Emerging Applications Encourage Market Growth

1. World Particle Counter and Size Analyzer MarketsEmerging Applications Encourage Market Growth “Rising interest in pharmaceutical- and biotechnology-related research and the resultant spurt in investments in these areas are reviving growth in the particle counters and particle size analyzers market worldwide.” Test & Measurement Analyst Team Frost & Sullivan

2. Industry Trends • Market consolidations through acquisitions and mergers of key industry participants • Improved opportunities expected from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology end users of particle counters and particle size analyzers • Downturn in the semiconductor industry adversely affecting the particle counter and size analyzer market as well

3. Industry Trends (Cont’d) • Regulations in end user industries such as 21 CFR 11 by the FDA, impact demand for particle counters and particle size analyzers. • Fragmentation of the particle size analyzer market by number of techniques that cater to different applications. • Growing awareness regarding the merits of particle counting in several end user industries such as food and beverages, municipal applications in drinking water and waste water.

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7. What’s Included Analysis by Technology • Airborne particle counters • Water and aqueous liquids particle counters • Oil and hydraulic fluids particle counters • Particle size analyzers Analysis by Geographic Region • North America • Europe • Asia Pacific • Rest-of-the-world regions

8. What’s Included (Cont’d) Analysis by End-user • Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology • Semiconductors • Industrial • Food & Beverages • Drinking Water • Chemical and Petrochemical • Other growing end-user markets including minerals

9. Key Market Participants Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, Inc. Malvern Instruments, Inc. Micromeritics Instrument Corp. Microtrac, Inc. Pacific Scientific Instruments Parker Hannifin Corp. (Parker Hydraulic Filter Division) Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. Particle Sizing Systems Quantachrome Instruments Rion Co., Ltd. Shimadzu Corp. TSI, Inc. Beckman Coulter, Inc. Biotest Diagnostics Corp. Brookhaven Instruments Corp. Chemtrac Systems, Inc. CILAS CLIMET Intruments Co. Entek GLI International, Inc. Hach Co. Horiba Instruments, Inc. IBR (Inter Basic Resources)

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