HOLLISTON, Mass.–Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBIO – News) today announced it has completed the sale of its Genomic Solutions Division and its Belgian subsidiary, Maia Scientific, both part of its Capital Equipment Business Segment, to Digilab, Inc. The purchase price payable by Digilab under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement consists of $1,000,000 in […]

WEST CHESTER, PA, November 6, 2007 – VWR International, LLC, a leading supplier to the global research laboratory industry, today announced that it has acquired Omnilabo International B.V., a Netherlands-based laboratory supply distributor. Omnilabo has 42 employees based in the Netherlands and Belgium. Manuel Brocke-Benz, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of VWR’s European Operations, […]

Chip array key technology with exclusive usage rights expands bio solutions portfolio. Initial systems already on the market. Jena/Itzehoe, November 06, 2007 – Analytik Jena AG (Frankfurt, Prime Standard: AJA), the leading provider of analytical measuring systems for food inspection, environmental analysis, medicine and biotechnology, today announced the conclusion of an agreement which gives Analytik […]

Nova Capital Management, the specialist acquirer of private equity and corporate portfolios, is pleased to announce the £75million acquisition of the Barloworld Scientific Laboratory Group of businesses from Barloworld Limited, a South African listed international industrial company. Nova Capital Management, the specialist acquirer of private equity and corporate portfolios, is pleased to announce the £75 […]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has acquired NanoDrop Technologies, LLC, a leading manufacturer of micro-volume ultraviolet visible (UV-Vis) instrumentation. The acquisition will strengthen Thermo Fisher’s portfolio of UV-Vis spectrophotometry instruments for applications involving small sample volumes. For example, micro-volume samples are used in emerging life […]

WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 5 — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has acquired the instrument sales business of Davis Inotek Instruments, LLC. The acquired business will be branded Davis Instruments and excludes its related calibration services. Davis Instruments is a leading provider of test, measurement and process control instruments, […]

WALTHAM, Mass., July 26 — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Qualigens Fine Chemicals, a division of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (GSK India) based in Mumbai. Qualigens is India’s largest laboratory chemical manufacturer and supplier, serving customers in a variety […]

Privately Held Eppendorf to Acquire All Outstanding Common Stock for $11.50 Per Share Edison, New Jersey and Hamburg, Germany, July 11, 2007—New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. (“NBS”) (Nasdaq: NBSC), and Eppendorf Group (“Eppendorf”) today announced that they have entered into a merger agreement whereby Eppendorf will acquire the outstanding common stock of NBS for $11.50 […]

Expanded market development planned for next generation cell culture technology ROCHESTER, New York (July 9, 2007) -Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has acquired all assets of the OptiCellT product line from BioCrystal Ltd. of Westerville, OH. Included in the transaction were trademarks, production equipment, inventory, and 12 […]

WEST CHESTER, PA, June 20, 2007 – VWR International, Inc., a leading supplier to the global research laboratory industry, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bie & Berntsen A-S, a Danish scientific laboratory supply distributor. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt […]