Shimadzu Corporation acquired SINC (SINC do Brasil Instrumentaçâo Cientifica Ltda.), a local distributor, via its Brazilian sales subsidiary SBL (Shimadzu do Brasil Comercio Ltda.) on April 29. Shimadzu has invested US$ 12 million in SBL, not only to purchase SINC but also to move its headquarters to Barueri in the state of Sao Paulo. This will involve construction of a new laboratory, which aims to provide performance evaluations and develop analysis methods, and expansion of a training facility for customers. These developments are designed to strengthen sales and customer relations within the analytical and measuring instruments business in Brazil and throughout South America as a whole.

SBL was founded in 1988, and for the past 28 years has shared with SINC the work of sales and service to Shimadzu’s analytical and measuring instruments in Brazil. The purchase of the company will allow direct sales by the manufacturer, as well as development of new private-sector markets and strengthening of after