1999 Market Engineering Awards

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1999 Market Engineering Awards


Frost & Sullivan (Mountain View, CA) is an international marketing,
consulting and training company that monitors the U.S. biotechnology,
pharmaceutical and analytical instrument arena for market trends,
market measurements and strategies. In a news release dated 27
September 1999, Frost & Sullivan's U.S. Biotechnology and
Pharmaceutical Analytical Instrumentation Markets research presents
"analyses of the markets for HPLC instrumentation, mass spectrometers,
DNA analytical instrumentation and automated protein/peptide analytical
instrumentation." In addition, Frost & Sullivan gives out Market
Engineering Awards to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry "to
recognize companies that have worked hard to make a positive
contribution to the instrumentation market."


The 1999 Market Engineering Customer Focus Award for the biotechnology
and pharmaceutical instrumentation market was awarded to:

                            Beckman Coulter, Inc.

                     8-capillary automated DNA sequencer

                Frost & Sullivan noted that "the introduction
              of this product exhibits Beckman Coulter's superior
             knowledge of customer needs and the company's ability
                  to meet and exceed customer expectations."



The 1999 Market Engineering Customer Service Award was presented to:

                               PE Biosystems

                Frost & Sullivan rewarded Perkin-Elmer for "its
              ability to build and maintain customer relationships
             through fast responses, good support and fair treatment
                 of customer complaints and marketplace needs."


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