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4 articles tagged capex.
A practical method for ROI on a process analytics project that finance will accept. Full lifecycle costs, benefits that survive audit, asset-matched horizons, and the pitfalls that turn a real win into a paper one.
Lonza's May 8 Q1 2026 trading update reaffirmed 11-12% CER sales growth guidance and a CORE EBITDA margin above 32%, with the Vacaville site fully integrated and the Visp and Portsmouth build-outs still on the books.
Cross-read of Q1 2026 prints from six analytical-instrument vendors: bioprocessing and semiconductor metrology are funding capex, while academic and core industrial demand stays cautious.
BASF, Dow, and LyondellBasell all reported Q1 2026 results that point to tight capex, footprint rationalisation, and cost programmes - shifting process-analytics demand toward brownfield retrofits, not greenfield builds.