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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Market Definition

INTRODUCTION

MARKET SECTORS

GLOBAL MARKET POSITION

MARKET TRENDS

Market Size

THE TOTAL MARKET

FOREIGN TRADE

Table 1: The UK Market for Laboratory Equipment and Consumables by Sector ( percent), 1998

Table 2: Expenditure on Laboratory Equipment and Consumables by Market Sector (£m), 1993-1998

Table 3: Sales of Laboratory Equipment and Consumables by UK Manufacturers (£bn), 1993-1998

Table 4: Apparent UK Market for Laboratory Equipment and Consumables (£bn), 1994-1998

Table 5: Exports of Laboratory Equipment and Consumables (£000), 1994-1998

Table 6: Imports of Laboratory Equipment and Consumables (£000), 1994-1998

Table 7: Balance of Trade in Laboratory Equipment and Consumables (£m), 1994-1998

Industry Background

TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURES

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION

DISTRIBUTION AND SALES

EMPLOYMENT

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

OTHER UK ORGANISATIONS

Table 8: Breakdown of UK Manufacturers of Medical, Precision and Optical Instruments by Turnover (£000 and number), 1997

Table 9: Number of UK Employees of Selected Scientific and Electronic Instrumentation Companies, 1996/1997

Competitor Analysis

THE MARKETPLACE

MARKET LEADERS

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Table 10: Leading UK Manufacturers and Suppliers of Laboratory Equipment by Turnover (£m), 1996/1998

Table 11: Major Industry Exhibitions Organised for 1998/1999

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

THE INDEPENDENT HEALTHCARE SECTOR

GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION LABORATORIES

THE PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET

THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Buying Behaviour

THE MARKETPLACE

Table 12: Major Users of Laboratory Equipment by Market Sector, 1998

Table 13: NHS Hospital Expenditure on Supplies by Sector (£m), 1993-1998

Table 14: Breakdown of Laboratories in the Independent Sector by TypeÅ ( percent), 1997

Table 15: Major Independent Laboratory Testing Providers in the UK, 1997

Table 16: Independent Acute Hospital Expenditure on Equipment and Consumables (£m), 1993-1998

Table 17:UK Science Budget (£000), 1997/1998 and 1998/1999

Table 18: English Universities Receiving the Most Research Funding (£m), 1997/1998

Table 19: Government Expenditure on Laboratory Equipment and Materials for Scientific Research (£m), 1993-1998

Table 20: The Top Five Companies in the UK by Research and Development Expenditure (£m), 1997

Table 21: The Top Ten Pharmaceutical Companies in the UK by Research and Development Expenditure (£m), 1993-1997

Table 22: Pharmaceutical Industry Expenditure on Equipment and Materials (£m), 1993-1998

Table 23: The Top Ten Chemical Companies in the UK by Research and Development Expenditure (£m), 1993-1997

Table 24: Chemical Industry Expenditure on Laboratory Equipment and Consumables (£m), 1993-1998

Table 25: Research and Development Expenditure in Other Industries (£m), 1993-1997

Table 26: Other Industrial Expenditure on Laboratory Equipment and Consumables (£m), 1993-1998

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

INTRODUCTION

THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY

THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY

THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Current Issues

LOTTERY FUNDING

THE MILLENNIUM BUG

UNIVERSITY COLLABORATIONS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

ELECTRONIC ORDERING

THE UK LIFE SCIENCES COMMITTEE

LATE PAYMENT BILL

VENTURE CAPITAL FUND

RECYCLING

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT VIA THE INTERNET

NHS TRUST MERGERS

THE FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE

RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

CORPORATE ACTIVITY

Forecasts

FORECASTS 1998 TO 2003

Table 27: Forecast Sales of Laboratory Equipment and Consumables (£m), 1998-2003

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report examines the market for laboratory equipment and consumable products in the UK. This market is more difficult to define than the market for medical equipment and consumables, as laboratory products are frequently used in non-laboratory settings. However, the main user sectors in the UK are the National Health Service (NHS), independent acute care, government and higher education, and the major industry sectors of pharmaceuticals and chemicals.

In 1998, the total market for laboratory equipment and consumables in the UK is estimated to be worth £1.45bn, with an annual growth of 4.6 percent. The largest single market sector is the pharmaceutical industry, with a 36.6 percent share of the total market, followed by the NHS with 28.3 percent. Government and higher education is the third largest market, with a 17.6 percent share of the total.

Growth in the public sector markets has been restricted by funding cuts and budgetary constraints -- particularly in capital spending -- but the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in the health sector, and the increasing partnership between industry and education, is likely to increase funding and opportunities.

In the industry sectors, the pharmaceutical industry is showing the highest growth, primarily among small to medium companies. The largest company, Glaxo Wellcome, has shown a 1 percent fall in research and development (R&D), principally because of consolidation after Wellcome was acquired by Glaxo. The chemicals sector is small and growing modestly, and there is concern that growth in R&D is not matching that of equivalent companies overseas.

The total market for laboratory equipment and consumables is projected to grow to £2.02bn in the year 2003, with growth fuelled mostly by the advances of a technologically driven market. The market as a whole has seen a large number of acquisitions and mergers, and is increasingly dominated by a smaller number of large companies with wide product ranges and sophisticated distribution systems.

The market for laboratory equipment and consumables in the pharmaceutical industry is predicted to reach £792bn in 2003.

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