1998 IBO Industrial Design Awards

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On August 15, 1998, Instrument Business Outlook announced the 1998 Industrial Design Awards for the fifth 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

Visible Genetic's MicroGene Clipper (a fluorescence-based DNA sequencer)

IBO Silver Award

Varian's Cary 50 Spectrophotometer

IBO Bronze Award

Nicolet Instruments' Avatar FTIR Spectrometer

 

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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