Frost and Sullivan cited Thermo's success with its new integrated commercial strategy, which promotes cross-selling among its comprehensive product offerings
Thermo Electron received Frost and Sullivan's life science instrument company of the year award at a recent event in San Diego honouring excellence in the global healthcare and life sciences industries.
In addition to recognising Thermo Electron's position in the worldwide life sciences marketplace, Frost and Sullivan cited Thermo's success with its new integrated commercial strategy, which promotes cross-selling among its comprehensive product offerings.
Sinead Igoe, industry analyst with Frost and Sullivan, said: "With a strong focus on providing total customer solutions, Thermo's goal is to simplify the way customers interact with its commercial organisation.
"The company can offer researchers virtually everything needed to outfit a lab, from equipment to prepare and analyse samples to software that manages all data." Dedicated to helping its customers move scientific research forward, Thermo says it provides the most comprehensive set of innovative tools in the industry, including solutions incorporating the latest technology for preparing, storing, analysing and manipulating samples and managing complex data and results to reduce the risk of errors occurring. Thermo's offerings include industry leading product lines such as Finnigan mass spectrometers and Nicolet spectroscopy instruments.
Marijn Dekkers, president and chief executive office of Thermo, commented, "We are gratified to be recognised for our accomplishments in serving the life sciences industry. "As today's research environment presents increasing productivity, quality, and regulatory challenges for our customers, we are proud to offer complete solutions that help them attain better results, faster.
"We provide the tools - under a single Thermo brand - that allow our customers to focus on their important research objectives."
