Domestic mass spectrometers have much room for development

Since its birth, the mass spectrometer has established its unshakable position in the field of analytical instruments with its accurate quantitative qualitative analysis capabilities. After decades of development, the mass spectrometer's technology and performance have been continuously enhanced, and applications have become increasingly widespread. More and more detection standards and detection methods have adopted mass spectrometry, and mass spectrometers have gradually evolved from the “mafia” to “highlight”. "Aristocratic" instruments have evolved into a mainstream, routine analytical test instrument. China has developed rapidly in the field of mass spectrometry. However, due to the late start, the market share of the domestic market is currently less than 10%. However, the editor of China Chemical Instrument Network believes that domestic mass spectrometry still has a lot of room for development because domestic mass spectrometers are not only In terms of price, it can take advantage of the intensive services such as debugging and maintenance of mass spectrometers. Domestic instruments can show advantages in maintaining service fees and thus usher in new development opportunities.

Market demand for mass spectrometry increases substantially Domestic market share of mass spectrometers is less than 10%

Mass spectrometry and mass spectrometry are among the most cutting-edge and active disciplines in the field of analytical science. The mass spectrometry industry will be a vibrant industry that will greatly promote the development of other related disciplines and important research fields. At present, the global market for mass spectrometry instruments is huge, and the annual growth rate of international market demand exceeds 10%. In 2007, it reached US$3.08 billion. In 2009, the sales volume was US$3.9 billion. In 2012, it is expected to reach US$4.5 billion. The annual increase in demand for the mass spectrometer instrument market in China is far greater than 10%. In 2003, China imported more than 300 mass spectrometers and reached 1,700 in 2007. In 2010, China imported more than 3,400 mass spectrometers and reached 2,400 in the first half of 2012. Industry experts estimate that the annual growth rate of the market over the next five years will reach more than 20%.

China's mass spectrometry market started relatively late. From 2003 to now, China's mass spectrometer market has achieved more than a decade of growth, but it is still less than 10% of the world's mass spectrometer market, and does not reach 10% of the Chinese analytical instrument market. The potential is still very high. Large, but China's increasing investment in food safety and environmental monitoring, as well as the rapid increase in demand for testing in the fields of import and export trade, has also increased the demand for mass spectrometers.

Domestic mass spectrometry began to rise and industrialization is slow

The future of the mass spectrometry market is obvious to all. Although specializing in one type of instrument is also a good path, if we want to develop to the high end, we must keep up with the development trend of analytical instruments, and we must not be absent in the field of mass spectrometry. According to the statistics of the American ACS website, eight of the top ten instrument manufacturers in the world are currently engaged in the production of mass spectrometers, and domestic analytical instruments such as East and West, Nuoke, Puerhili, HannStar, Yuxin, and Ju. Guangguang and Tianrui have also developed their own mass spectrometry products in recent years. Obviously, they all have seen this.

The state attaches great importance to the development of the mass spectrometry industry. In particular, the national major scientific instrument special projects have supported a number of mass spectrometry projects and the total investment has exceeded 300 million yuan. Such a large domestic market for mass spectrometer instruments and such strong support have brought huge profits to foreign mass spectrometry instrument manufacturers, but they have not brought significant progress to the industrialization process of mass spectrometry instruments in China. At present, domestic mass-mass spectrometry is mostly engaged in research and development from scratch. It is not easy to rely on self-reliance, and it may be impossible to buy technology, but the cost of time and cost is too great. In contrast, foreign instrument manufacturers have their mass spectrometers. Many of the technologies were acquired through acquisitions, investments in smaller companies at that time, or other forms of acquisition at lower prices.

Domestic Mass Spectrometry Should Improve Cost-effectiveness and Strengthen Service Advantage

The first is the price of the most prominent advantage, although the application of mass spectrometer is more and more widely, is gradually becoming the mainstream analytical instrument, but the high price, has always been one of the most important obstacles to mass spectrometer popularity. Although the requirements for analysis and detection have increased, more and more standards and methods have been adopted for mass spectrometry, which has led people in the industry to believe that mass spectrometry will not only lead to new users, but some users who originally used or plan to use chromatographic and spectroscopic instruments may also adopt it. Mass spectrometry. However, the reality is that the price of mass spectrometers is generally much higher than that of spectroscopy and chromatographic instruments, and it is at least several times the difference. Even with the application requirements and willingness of mass spectrometers, users can accept universally more than one million yuan or even more than one thousand. Millions of imported mass spectrometers? This is really a big problem.

As a precision instrument, the mass spectrometer's commissioning and maintenance require intensive services. The services of well-known foreign instrument manufacturers are good, but they often need to pay higher fees, and domestic equipment has great advantages in service costs. Moreover, many domestic well-known instrument manufacturers' services can be called up, and there are many outlets, and they still have advantages in service response. The advantages of domestic instruments in service can offset some of the advantages of imported instruments in terms of quality, and they can also gain some advantages in user experience. Adhering to or even expanding the advantages in service will earn a lot of extra points for domestic mass spectrometers.