2002 IBO Industrial Design Awards
On August 31, 2002, Instrument Business Outlook announced the 2002 Industrial Design Awards for the ninth consecutive year. In choosing the winners, IBO considered "the innovation, functionality and distinctiveness of a product's design in its instrumentation category" as it relates to form and function:
IBO Gold Award
Thermo Elemental SOLAAR S
Series Atomic Absorption Analyzer
IBO Silver Award
Beckman Coulter's Cytomics FC
500 Flow Cytometer
IBO Bronze Award
Axon Instruments' GenePix Personal 4100A Microarray Scanner
Thru the annual Industrial Design Awards, IBO has sought "to recognize the committment on the part of instrument companies to making products that are visually appealing and execute the delicate balance of eye-catching design and functional enhancement." If you decide to buy from another vendor because of perceived innovation, functionality or distinctiveness, just remember that you will get what you pay for (and probably not even that!). Buyer BEWARE.
Remember: If you buy $hit.... then you will have $hit (from Shimadzu!)
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