SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A – News) today announced that it has acquired the chemiluminescence product line — including a market-leading sulfur detector and a nitrogen detector — from GE Analytical Instruments, a division of GE Water & Process Technologies. Agilent will offer the acquired products as add-ons to its gas chromatographs (GC). The […]
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 15 — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO – News), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has acquired Massachusetts-based Cohesive Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of advanced sample extraction and liquid chromatography products. Cohesive has annual revenues of approximately $15 million. The Cohesive product line enhances the company’s Thermo Scientific-branded […]
AUSTIN, Texas and TORONTO, Ontario, Dec. 14 — Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX – News) and Tm Bioscience Corporation (TSX: TMC – News) today announced a definitive agreement for Luminex to acquire Tm Bioscience Corporation (TSX: TMC – News), a leader in the commercial genetic testing market. Under the terms of the agreement, each Tm Bioscience […]
Princeton, New Jersey; November 30, 2006 — Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC), a global producer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Groupe Novasep subsidiary to a consortium of buyers comprising Gilde Buyout Partners BV, Banexi Capital and Groupe Novasep management. This transaction values […]
MILFORD, Mass.–Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT – News) announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire all the outstanding capital stock of ERA, a privately held company located in Arvada, Colorado, U.S.A., for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is expected to be complete before the end of 2006. Current annual revenues for ERA are […]
November 17, 2006, IJsselstein/Hyderabad – Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading provider of laboratory information management systems (LIMS), bioinformatics solutions, Microarrays and contract research headquartered in Hyderabad, India, has acquired the BioMolecules synthesis business of Isogen Life Science based in The Netherlands. Ms. Anuradha Acharya, CEO of Ocimum Biosolutions said “We are very pleased to have taken […]
Woburn, MA, November 13, 2006 – Nova Analytics Corporation is pleased to announce the acquisition of Ebro Electronics GmbH & Co. KG (Ebro) from KPS Special Situation Funds (KPS). Headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany, Ebro Electronic GmbH (www.ebro.com) is one of the leading producers of instruments that measure temperature, pressure, humidity, and pH. Its products include […]
SAN DIEGO & HAYWARD, Calif.–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN – News) and Solexa, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLXA – News) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Illumina will acquire Solexa in a stock-for-stock merger. Under the merger agreement, which was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, Solexa’s […]
Montreal, Canada — Alcan has entered into an agreement to sell its Wheaton Science Products business in New Jersey, U.S.A. to River Associates Investments, LLC, a private equity group headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The parties expect to complete the transaction in November, following regulatory approval. “Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging is focusing resources on its primary […]
VENLO, The Netherlands, October 30, 2006 – QIAGEN N.V. (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA), a leading provider of molecular diagnostics products and the world’s premier supplier of solutions for preanalytical sample preparation, today announced that it acquired all outstanding shares of Genaco Biomedical Products, Inc. (Genaco). Genaco is an early-stage company applying a proprietary […]
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