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Environmental Business Journal Instruments and Information Systems Volume XX, Number 3/4, 2007

Published May 2007



Good data is the sine qua non of environmental decision-making.

Instrument & information systems suppliers are a pivotal segment in the environmental industry, linked to all media and most environmental services in some way. In addition, instrument manufacturing requires significantly more capital investment and technical development than many other forms of environmental equipment that tend to be ‘engineered’ into sites more frequently—so the segment is more consolidated globally than others. The less mature market for environmental, health and safety (EHS) software, information systems and data has only fairly recently moved into the international arena, the challenge of developing packages in multiple languages finally being addressed with moderate success.

EBJ estimates the instruments & information segment of the $275-billion U.S. environmental industry to be $5.1 billion in 2006. The five sub-segments are depicted on a chart on page 1 and in more detail on a table on page 2. The double-digit growth in information segments leads overall segment growth at 7% in 2006, but business for environmental instrument manufacturers cannot be accused of slowing down segment growth that much, despite bench equipment for domestic labs growing slightly less than 2%.

The enduring need for ‘good data’, and the perpetual quest for even better data—coupled with the need for better integration of data collection, information management and decision-making intelligence that environmental information systems will likely increasingly offer—will drive a more consistent market in the future. In addition the environmental information market now has a critical mass of providers of scale and capitalization that exist along with a more sophisticated customer base that doesn’t only regard advanced environmental information management as an oddity or a luxury. In all the business climate for providers of environmental instruments & information systems looks to be heating up—for the better.

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Table of Contents

1 - 4 Environmental Instruments & Information Overview: Instrument companies and the data they deliver remain central to the environmental industry and 2006 was a good year in a global market. Information systems are on the front end of a growth trajectory.
5 - 7 Environmental Testing: Lab productivity increases with better instruments and paperless initiatives; automation is key to production.
8 - 10 Water/Wastewater: Utilities benefit from geospatial models, software and automation.

10 - 15 Instrument Profiles: Thermo finds a nice match in its environmental business with the acquisition of Fisher; RAE Systems expands its emergency response and chemical detection monitoring business into China; Danaher’s long acquisition campaign moves it up in environmental instruments; Sensicore cracks the real-time water monitoring business.
16 - 17 C&E Feature: The leader of Black & Veatch’s new GIS Department reflects on the growing impact of the geospatial industry.

18 - 26 Environmental Information Profiles: ESS continues growth in EHS software; ESP broadens its software suites to include emissions monitoring & credits; Environmental Data Management focuses on mid-tier customers; Enverity books key partnerships; Enviance succeeds with software as a service model; Q&A with 3E CEO finds EHS IT A-OK.

27 - 31 Special Feature: Locus CEO Neno Duplancic fits the environmental industry into the new world of Web 2.0.



Exhibits Found in this Issue
  • EBJ's U.S. Environmental Instruments & Information Industry Breakdown
  • The U.S. Environmental Instruments & Information Industry: 2006 Sales & Growth
  • Top 30 Instrument Companies Analytical/Life Sciences in 2005
  • Top EHS Software Vendors
  • Environmental Lab Productivity Top Ten: 2005
  • Recent Thermo Acquisitions
  • IT Spending Per Employee

Companies Featured in this Issue
    Accutest Laboratories
    Agilent
    AMR Research
    Bentley Systems
    Black & Veatch
    Booz Allen Hamilton
    Bureau of National Affairs
    Chemical Engineering
    ChemWare, Inc.
    Coastal Environmental Systems
    Danaher Corp.
    Donley Technologies
    EarthSoft
    Emerson Process Management
    ENSR
    Enverity
    Environmental Support Solutions
    ESP
    Forrester Research
    Golder Associates
         		Google
    Gulf Coast Analytical Laboratories
    Haestad Methods
    IBM
    Intergraph
    Johnson Controls
    Ke Li Heng
    Locus Technologies
    Microsoft
    Niton
    PerkinElmer
    RAE Systems
    Rutger’s University
    SAFER Systems
    Sensicore
    Strategic Directions International
    TechKNOWLEDGEy Strategic Group
    Thermo Electron
    Thermo Fisher Scientific


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