2007 market figures:
Total market: USD 909 million
Total imports: USD 673 million
U.S. import market share: 75 %
- The Swiss market is an attractive market for U.S. suppliers of analytical and process control equipment and instruments, which enjoy an excellent reputation and are much in demand.
- Switzerland’s R&D activity, in relation to the size of the country, is rather impressive at an estimated USD 36 billion from 2004 through 2007.
- The main end-users of laboratory equipment and scientific instruments are Swiss manufacturers, including about 180 chemical companies, 230 pharmaceutical producers, 200 biotech companies and 165 food manufacturers. They account for about 45% of the total market demand. Research institutes and universities, mostly federally funded, account for about 35% of the market demand and 20% of the end-user market are cantonal (state) and communal (city) laboratories.
Best Products/Services
- Mass-Spectrometers (MALDI-TOF, ICP)
- NMR spectrometers
- LC analyzers (liquid chromatography)
- Gas chromatographic analyzers
- Spectrometers (IV/UV range)
- Ion selective analyzers
- Titration, extraction, and supercritical extraction systems
- Robotized systems (sample changers, etc.)
- Automated analytical systems
- pH, redox, temperature, conductivity, viscosity measuring instruments
- Precision flow metering instruments for (inductive, doppler effect, etc.
- Supplies
- 3-D simulation software for laboratory/research use (simulating laboratory tests