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Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes: Global Markets and Technologies

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  • 162 Pages
  • August 2022
  • Region: Global
  • BCC Research
  • ID: 4752250

This report aims to provide a comprehensive study of the global market for laboratory automation systems and processes, both in terms of quantitative and qualitative data, to help develop business/growth strategies, assess the market landscape, analyze position in the current marketplace and make informed business decisions regarding laboratory automation systems and processes.

An in-depth analysis of the global laboratory automation system and process market includes historical data and market projections on sales by product type, application, end user and region. The analysis describes the different types of laboratory automation products (equipment and consumables) and current and historical market revenues. This report examines end users of laboratory automation (clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, research and academic institutes, food and agriculture industry, environmental testing laboratories and other laboratories) and applications of laboratory automation systems and processes (pre-analytics/sample preparation, analytics/ high-throughput screening, post-analytics/sample management and laboratory information management systems).

For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors and recent strategic activities. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Report Includes

  • 34 data tables and 39 additional tables
  • An updated review and analysis of the global markets for laboratory automation systems and processes
  • Analyses of the global market trends, with historic market revenue for 2019-2021, estimates for 2022, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2027
  • Estimation of the actual market size for laboratory automation systems and processes, and corresponding market share analysis by product type, application, end-user, and geographic region
  • Highlights of the current state of the market for laboratory automation systems and processes, recent technologies and platforms, ongoing research activities and clinical trials
  • Discussion of the COVID-19 impact on demand and supply of supporting technologies and end-users of laboratory automation systems and processes
  • Information about patents and patent applications for laboratory automation systems and processes across each major category
  • Insight into the recent industry structure, government regulations and policies, development issues, and the vendor landscape
  • Updated information on the key merger and acquisition deals, partnerships, collaborations and joint ventures as well as other strategic alliances within the industry
  • Descriptive company profiles of the leading pharma corporations, including Hamliton Co., HighRes Biosolutions, OPENTRONS and QIAGEN N.V.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Study Goals and Objectives
1.2 Scope of Report
1.3 Methodology and Information Sources
1.4 What’S New in this Update?
1.5 Geographic Breakdown
1.6 Analyst's Credentials
1.7 Custom Research
1.8 Related Research Reports

Chapter 2 Summary and Highlights
2.1 Summary
2.2 Highlights

Chapter 3 Market and Technology Background
3.1 Overview: Laboratory Automation
3.1.1 Types of Laboratory Automation
3.1.2 Overview of Laboratories
3.2 Laboratory Testing Uses
3.2.1 Research
3.2.2 Clinical Diagnostics
3.2.3 Scientific Product Development
3.2.4 Biotechnology
3.2.5 Pharmaceuticals
3.2.6 Food and Agriculture
3.2.7 Quality Control/Quality Assurance
3.3 Technologies
3.3.1 Liquid Handling
3.3.2 Common Applications for Automated Liquid Handling Systems
3.3.3 Sample Preparation
3.3.4 High-Throughput Technologies
3.3.5 Total Lab Automation
3.3.6 Open-Source Automation

Chapter 4 Market Dynamics
4.1 Overview
4.2 Market Drivers
4.2.1 Current Healthcare Challenges
4.2.2 Increasing Healthcare Spending
4.2.3 Rising Demand for Clinical Diagnostic Tests
4.2.4 Growing Applications in Omics (Genomics, Proteomics and Epigenomics) Sciences and Cell Biology
4.2.5 Developments in Analytical Technologies and Assay Methods
4.2.6 Broadening of Laboratory Automation into New Market Sectors
4.2.7 Shift Towards Spending Up the Value Chain
4.2.8 Laboratory Staff Constraints
4.3 Challenges
4.3.1 High Upfront Cost of Automation
4.4 Trends in Laboratory Automation Industry

Chapter 5 Market Breakdown by Product Type
5.1 Overview
5.2 Laboratory Automation Equipment
5.2.1 Automated Liquid Handlers
5.2.2 Different Robotic Systems
5.3 Laboratory Automation Consumables
5.4 Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes by Product Type
5.4.1 Laboratory Automation Equipment
5.4.2 Laboratory Automation Consumables

Chapter 6 Market Breakdown by Application
6.1 Overview
6.2 Pre-Analytics/Sample Preparation
6.3 Analytics/High-Throughput Screening
6.4 Post-Analytics/Sample Management
6.5 Laboratory Information Management System (Lims)
6.6 Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes by Application
6.6.1 Global Market for Laboratory Automation Equipment by Application
6.6.2 Global Market for Laboratory Automation Consumables by Application

Chapter 7 Market Breakdown by End-user
  • Overview
7.1 Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes by End-user
7.2 Clinical Laboratories (Hospitals and Diagnostic Laboratories)
7.2.1 Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies
7.2.2 Research and Academic Institutes
7.2.3 Food and Agriculture Industry
7.2.4 Environmental Testing Laboratories
7.2.5 Other Laboratories (Industrial Quality Control, Forensic, Public Health, Etc.)
7.3 Global Market for Clinical Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes by Product Type
7.3.1 Global Market for Clinical Laboratory Automation Equipment by Application
7.3.2 Global Market for Clinical Laboratory Automation Consumables by Application
7.4 Global Market for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type
7.4.1 Global Market for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Laboratory Automation Equipment by Application
7.4.2 Global Market for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Laboratory Automation Consumables by Application
7.5 Global Market for Research and Academic Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes by Product Type
7.5.1 Global Market for Research and Academic Laboratory Automation Equipment by Application
7.5.2 Global Market for Research and Academic Laboratory Automation Consumables, by Application
7.6 Global Market for Food and Agriculture Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes by Product Type
7.6.1 Global Market for Food and Agriculture Laboratory Automation Equipment by Application
7.6.2 Global Market for Food and Agriculture Laboratory Automation Consumables by Application
7.7 Global Market for Environmental Testing Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes by Product Type
7.7.1 Global Market for Environmental Testing Laboratory Automation Equipment by Application
7.7.2 Global Market for Environmental Testing Laboratory Automation Consumables by Application
7.8 Global Market for Other Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes by Product Type
7.8.1 Global Market for Other Laboratory Automation Equipment by Application
7.8.2 Global Market for Other Laboratory Automation Consumables by Application

Chapter 8 Market Breakdown by Region
8.1 Overview
8.2 Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes by Region
8.3 North America
8.3.1 North American Market by Product Type
8.3.2 North American Market Revenue by End-Users
8.4 Europe
8.4.1 European Market by Product Type
8.4.2 European Market Revenue by End-user
8.5 Asia-Pacific
8.5.1 China
8.5.2 Japan
8.5.3 Asia-Pacific Market by Product Type
8.5.4 Asia-Pacific Market Revenue by End-user
8.6 Row
8.6.1 Row Market Revenue by Product Type
8.6.2 Row Market Revenue by End-user

Chapter 9 Government Regulations
9.1 U.S.Fda
9.1.1 Software
9.2 European Medicines Agency (Eu States)
9.1.2 Software
9.3 Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products
9.3.1 Software
9.4 Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency, Japan
9.4.1 Software
9.5 Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)
9.5.1 Software
9.6 Therapeutics Products Directorate, Health Canada
9.6.1 Software
9.7 Oecd and Non-Oecd Signatories
9.8 Department of Science and Technology (India)
9.8.1 Software
9.9 China Food and Drug Administration (China)
9.9.1 Software
9.10 Open Channel Automation

Chapter 10 Patent Review/New Developments
10.1 Patent Review
10.2 Selected New Product Developments/Emerging Technologies in Lab Automation

Chapter 11 Impact of Covid-19
11.1 Overview
11.2 Impact on Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes
11.2.1 Impact on Diagnostic Laboratories
11.2.2 Impact on Research and Academic Laboratories
11.2.3 Conclusion

Chapter 12 Competitive Landscape
12.1 Overview
12.2 Industry Structure
12.2.1 Manufacturers
12.2.2 End-users
12.2.3 Oem Producers
12.3 Key Manufacturers
12.4 Key Players in the Lims Market
12.5 Acquisition and Mergers in the Laboratory Automation Industry

Chapter 13 Company Profiles
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Accelerated Technology Laboratories Inc.
  • Agilent Technologies Inc.
  • Becton, Dickinson and Co.
  • Danaher Corp.
  • F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
  • Hamilton Co.
  • Highres Biosolutions
  • Hudson Robotics Inc.
  • Opentrons
  • Perkinelmer Inc.
  • Qiagen N.V.
  • Siemens Healthineers
  • Spt Labtech Ltd.
  • Tecan Group Ltd.
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
  • Waters Corp.
Chapter 14 Appendix: List of Acronyms
List of Tables
Summary Table: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, Through 2027
Table 1: Manual Pipetting vs. Semi-Automation vs. Automation
Table 2: Top 10 Features/Factors Respondents Look for When Purchasing an Automated Liquid Handler
Table 3: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 4: Workload and Error Rate in Clinical Laboratory Processes
Table 5: Manual Laboratory Processes/Tasks that Automation Can Optimize, by Stage
Table 6: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Application, Through 2027
Table 7: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Equipment, by Application, Through 2027
Table 8: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Consumables, by Application, Through 2027
Table 9: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, Through 2027
Table 10: Global Market for Clinical Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 11: Global Market for Clinical Laboratory Automation Equipment, by Application, Through 2027
Table 12: Global Market for Clinical Laboratory Automation Consumables, by Application, Through 2027
Table 13: Global Market for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 14: Global Market for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Laboratory Automation Equipment, by Application, Through 2027
Table 15: Global Market for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Laboratory Automation Consumables, by Application, Through 2027
Table 16: Global Market for Research and Academic Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 17: Global Market for Research and Academic Laboratory Automation Equipment, by Application, Through 2027
Table 18: Global Market for Research and Academic Laboratory Automation Consumables, by Application, Through 2027
Table 19: Global Market for Food and Agriculture Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 20: Global Market for Food and Agriculture Laboratory Automation Equipment, by Application, Through 2027
Table 21: Global Market for Food and Agriculture Laboratory Automation Consumables, by Application, Through 2027
Table 22: Global Market for Environmental Testing Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 23: Global Market for Environmental Testing Laboratory Automation Equipment, by Application, Through 2027
Table 24: Global Market for Environmental Testing Laboratory Automation Consumables, by Application, Through 2027
Table 25: Global Market for Other Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 26: Global Market for Other Laboratory Automation Equipment, by Application, Through 2027
Table 27: Global Market for Other Laboratory Automation Consumables, by Application, Through 2027
Table 28: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Region, Through 2027
Table 29: North American Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 30: North American Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, Through 2027
Table 31: European Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 32: European Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, Through 2027
Table 33: Asia-Pacific Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 34: Asia-Pacific Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, Through 2027
Table 35: RoW Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, Through 2027
Table 36: RoW Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, Through 2027
Table 37: Patents on Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Company, Jan. 2019-June 2022
Table 38: Selected New Product Developments/Emerging Technologies in Lab Automation, by Company
Table 39: Total Number of COVID-19 Confirmed Cases and Deaths, by Region, as of June 2022
Table 40: COVID-19 Confirmed Cases and Deaths, by Select Country, as of Dec. 31, 2021
Table 41: Competitive Analysis of Laboratory Automation Instrument and Consumable Manufacturers, 2021
Table 42: Acquisitions and Mergers in the Laboratory Automation Industry, 2019-2021
Table 43: Abbott: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 44: Abbott: Selected Recent Developments, January 2019-May 2022
Table 45: Accelerated Technology Laboratories: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 46: Agilent: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 47: Agilent: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 48: BD: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 49: Beckman Coulter: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 50: Beckman Coulter: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 51: Roche Diagnostics: Laboratory Automation and Software Solutions
Table 52: Roche Diagnostics: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2021
Table 53: Hamilton: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 54: Hamilton: Selected Recent Developments Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 55: HighRes Biosolutions: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 56: Hudson Robotics: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 57: Opentrons: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 58: Opentrons: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 59: PerkinElmer Inc.: Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes Portfolio
Table 60: PerkinElmer Inc.: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 61: Qiagen: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 62: Qiagen: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 63: Siemens Healthineers: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 64: Siemens Healthineers: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 65: SPT Labtech: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 66: SPT Labtech: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 67: Tecan: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 68: Tecan: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 69: Thermo Fisher Scientific: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 70: Thermo Fisher Scientific: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 71: Waters Corp.: Laboratory Automation System and Process Portfolio
Table 72: Waters Corp.: Selected Recent Developments, Jan. 2019-May 2022
Table 73: Acronyms Used in This Report

List of Figures
Summary Figure: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, 2019-2027
Figure 1: Benefits of Laboratory Automation
Figure 2: Publications Referencing Laboratory Automation, 2015-2021
Figure 3: Factors that Support Moving to Automation
Figure 4: Commonly Automated Steps in the Field of Genomics
Figure 5: Reasons for Purchasing a New Automated Liquid Handling System
Figure 6: Laboratory Transition between Technologies
Figure 7: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2019-2027
Figure 8: Global Market Shares of Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2021
Figure 9: Drug Discovery Process, High-Throughput Screening
Figure 10: Laboratory Information Management System
Figure 11: LIMS Workflow
Figure 12: Key Benefits of LIMS
Figure 13: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Application, 2019-2027
Figure 14: Global Market Shares of Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Application, 2021
Figure 15: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Equipment, by Application, 2019-2027
Figure 16: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Consumables, by Application, 2019-2027
Figure 17: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, 2019-2027
Figure 18: Global Market Shares of Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, 2021
Figure 19: Global Market Shares of Clinical Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2021
Figure 20: Global Market Shares of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2021
Figure 21: Global Market Shares of Research and Academic Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2021
Figure 22: Global Market Shares of Food and Agriculture Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2021
Figure 23: Global Market Shares of Environmental Testing Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2021
Figure 24: Global Market Shares of Other Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2021
Figure 25: Global Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Region, 2019-2027
Figure 26: Global Market Shares of Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Region, 2021
Figure 27: R&D Resources in the U.S., by Organization Type
Figure 28: North American Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2019-2027
Figure 29: North American Market Shares of Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, 2021
Figure 30: European Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2019-2027
Figure 31: European Market Shares of Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, 2021
Figure 32: Asia-Pacific Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2019-2027
Figure 33: Asia-Pacific Market Shares of Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, 2021
Figure 34: RoW Market for Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by Product Type, 2019-2027
Figure 35: RoW Market Shares of Laboratory Automation Systems and Processes, by End User, 2021
Figure 36: Patents on Laboratory Automation Technologies, by Jurisdiction, Jan. 2019 to June 2022
Figure 37: Abbott: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 38: Abbott’s Core Laboratory Segment: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 39: Abbott’s Core Laboratory Segment: Revenue Share, by Region, 2021
Figure 40: Agilent’s Life Sciences and Applied Markets Segment: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 41: Agilent Life Sciences and Applied Markets Segment: Revenue, by Region, 2021
Figure 42: Danaher’s Life Sciences Segment: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 43: Danaher Life Sciences Segment: Revenue, by Region, 2021
Figure 44: Roche: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 45: Roche Core Laboratory Diagnostics Segment, Annual Revenue, 2020 and 2021
Figure 46: Roche Diagnostics Corp: Market, by Region, 2021
Figure 47: Perkinelmer Inc.: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 48: Perkinelmer Inc: Revenue, by Region, 2021
Figure 49: Qiagen: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 50: Qiagen: Revenue, by Product Group, 2021
Figure 51: Qiagen: Revenue, by Region, 2021
Figure 52: Siemens Healthineers’ Diagnostic Segment: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 53: Siemens Healthineers: Revenue, by Region, 2021
Figure 54: Tecan: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 55: Tecan: Revenue, by Region, 2021
Figure 56: Thermo Fisher Scientific: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 57: Thermo Fisher Scientific: Revenue, by Region, 2021
Figure 58: Waters Corp.: Annual Revenue, 2019-2021
Figure 59: Waters Corp.: Revenue, by Region, 2021

Executive Summary

Laboratories are facing a unique set of challenges: space constraints, labor shortage and growing pressure to do more with less. Smart technology, artificial intelligence and automation streamline processes and workflows. Laboratory automation involves the automation of laboratory systems and processes operating with minimal human supervision, upgrading speed, accuracy, efficiency and output, allowing processes to be scaled up considerably. Other advantages of laboratory automation include increased data quality and reproducibility, improved process reliability and consistency, shortened research timelines and iteration cycles, reduced error rates, space optimization, improved productivity
and efficiency.

The numerous benefits of lab automation coupled with the decreasing cost of adoption is driving labs of all sizes to take advantage of automated systems. Lab automation companies offer flexible and scalable automation and software solutions to fit budgets and workflow, regardless of lab size. An increasing number of all types of laboratories (academic, commercial, standardized testing labs) are integrating automated systems to increase productivity and advance research. With new advancements constantly being developed for automated systems, lab automation will soon be a regular fixture in all labs, worldwide. Many advanced products and solutions are revolutionizing laboratory automation by enhancing productivity, reliability and flexibility. These advanced automation products and processes are helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, clinical laboratories, research organizations and other end-users to create fully-automated laboratories.

Companies Mentioned

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Accelerated Technology Laboratories Inc.
  • Agilent Technologies Inc.
  • Becton, Dickinson and Co.
  • Danaher Corp.
  • F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
  • Hamilton Co.
  • Highres Biosolutions
  • Hudson Robotics Inc.
  • Opentrons
  • Perkinelmer Inc.
  • Qiagen N.V.
  • Siemens Healthineers
  • Spt Labtech Ltd.
  • Tecan Group Ltd.
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
  • Waters Corp.

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