Process Analytical Instrumentation Markets Continue Growth

According to a recent report compiled by Frost & Sullivan of Mountain View, Calif., the market for process analytical instrumentation will continue to grow at a moderate pace between 1998 and 2004.
The company found that the spectrometer segment was growing faster than the process chromatograph segment. Analysts predict a rosy future for full spectrum scanning machines including Fourier transform IR, Fourier transform near-IR and mass spectrometers.