Liquid Handling Systems Global Market Report 2024

The liquid handling systems market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $4.09 billion in 2023 to $4.36 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6%. The expansion witnessed during the historical period can be attributed to several factors, including the burgeoning biotech and pharmaceutical industries, the proliferation of clinical trials, the considerable growth opportunities presented by emerging markets, and the escalation in initiatives and research endeavors.

The liquid handling systems market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $5.66 billion in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.8%. The anticipated growth in the forecast period can be ascribed to several factors, including heightened investment in drug development and research, a surge in demand for high-throughput screening, a heightened focus on drug discovery, and the introduction of advanced solutions. Noteworthy trends expected during this period encompass advancements in laboratory development and manufacturing, significant technological enhancements, and the launch of new products and services.

The expansion of the liquid handling systems market is anticipated to be driven by the increasing adoption of personalized medicine. Personalized medicine involves tailoring medical treatments to individual patients based on their unique genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. This approach to healthcare is gaining momentum, driven by advancements in genomic research, technology, and data analytics. Liquid handling systems play a crucial role in personalized medicine by facilitating precise dispensing of reagents and samples customized to individual patient profiles, thereby optimizing workflows and enhancing accuracy in sample preparation and analysis for diagnostics and therapeutics. For instance, according to the Personalized Medicine Coalition, in 2022, the FDA's CDER authorized 37 NMEs, with approximately 34% classified as customized medications, signaling a rise from 35% in 2021, thus underscoring the significance of personalized medicine in driving the liquid handling system market growth.

Leading companies in the liquid handling systems market are concentrating on developing innovative technologies, including automated liquid handling platforms, to strengthen their market position. Automated liquid handling platforms are indispensable tools in modern laboratories, improving efficiency, accuracy, and reproducibility in liquid handling tasks while allowing researchers to focus on more complex analyses and experiments. For example, SPT Labtech, a UK-based manufacturer of lab automation solutions, introduced Apricot DC1 in February 2022, a versatile, 4-in-1 automated platform for liquid management. This state-of-the-art liquid handling platform features user-friendly software interfaces for easy protocol design and optimization. Its compact, scalable design caters to laboratories of various sizes and applications, ensuring precise and accurate results across liquid handling tasks, thereby streamlining processes and expediting research and development efforts.

In February 2022, SPT Labtech acquired BioMicroLab Inc., a US-based company specializing in robotic solutions for laboratory automation and sample handling. The acquisition aims to enhance SPT Labtech's portfolio of laboratory automation solutions by leveraging BioMicroLab's expertise in sample management and liquid handling. By integrating BioMicroLab's capabilities, SPT Labtech seeks to offer customers more comprehensive and innovative workflow solutions to accelerate scientific discoveries.

Major companies operating in the liquid handling systems market are Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Danaher Corporation, Corning Incorporated, Lonza Group Ltd., PerkinElmer Inc., Sartorius AG, Mettler-Toledo International, Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Qiagen N.V., Integra Biosciences AG, Eppendorf, Tecan Trading AG, Promega Corporation, Metrohm A.G., Hamilton Company, 10x Genomics, Analytik Jena AG, BioTek Instruments, Hudson Robotics Inc., Gilson Inc., Orochem Technologies Inc, Aurora Biomed Inc., SciRobotics Ltd.

North America was the largest region in the liquid handling systems market in 2023. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the liquid handling systems market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.

The countries covered in the liquid handling systems market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Liquid handling systems encompass the array of equipment and technologies employed for the transfer, dispensing, and manipulation of liquids across diverse volumes, commonly found in scientific, industrial, and laboratory environments. These systems are crucial for ensuring the precise and accurate management of liquids, which find applications in fields such as biology, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostics.

The primary types of liquid handling systems detailed in this report include manual liquid handling, automated liquid handling, and semi-automated liquid handling. Manual liquid handling entails the use of handheld equipment or pipettes for liquid transfer within laboratory settings. Various products within this category comprise automated workstations, pipettes, dispensers, burettes, and other related tools utilized across applications such as drug discovery, cancer and genomics research, clinical diagnostics, among others. These systems cater to diverse end-users including the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, contract research organizations, academic institutes, among others.

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The liquid handling systems market consists of sales of automated liquid handlers, liquid handling software, automated pipetting, and plate handling. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.


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