by Dr. Robert L. Stevenson
The 70th annual meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) was held last month in Minneapolis. With mass spectrometry (MS) growing rapidly—and a top-down analytics forecast of over 17,000 MS instruments to be installed globally in 2022—the meeting qualifies as one of the most important in the science space.
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Instrument type
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2021 Market Share ($, %)
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Projected Shipments 2022 (units)
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Projected Growth in 2022/2021 (%)
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Triple Quadrupole & Ion Trap LC-MS
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35%
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4,000
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7.6%
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LC-ToF, Q-ToF, Orbitrap, FT-ICR
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25%
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2,000
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8.1%
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GC-MS
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17%
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7,000
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5.7%
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MALDI-TOF
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9%
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1,000
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8.2%
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Single Quadrupole LC-MS
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7%
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3,000
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8.5%
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Total
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17,000
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The installed base has been largely driven by advances in the applications of MS. Rapid advances in instrumentation contribute to the short product life cycle (~ 5 years), leading to a significant replacement market.
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