Regensdorf, Switzerland; Grandville, MI 3/24/06-Eichholf Holding AG, the parent company of Datacolor AG, has submitted a letter of intent for a competing offer to Amazys Holding AG, the holding company of Gretag Macbeth. Subject to completion of due diligence, Eichholf intends to offer at least CHF 108.80 ($83.15) per share in cash, and at least […]
Avocent Corp. (NASDAQ: AVCT) and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement for Avocent to purchase assets and to license technology used by Agilent in its remote management business. Agilent’s customers for this product line will now be obtaining products and services from Avocent. The purchase of this business line is not […]
Tokyo, Japan and Oberkochen, Germany – NanoTechnology, a Seiko Instruments subsidiary, and Carl Zeiss Nano Technology Systems, a division of Carl Zeiss SMT, have announced a global strategic alliance for electron and ion beam systems. The companies will jointly market systems for nanotechnology and semiconductor process control and will combine their scanning and transmission electron […]
BOSTON–PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global technology leader in Health Sciences and Photonics,announced the acquisition of Agilix Corporation’s proprietary proteomics technology. Agilix has developed a powerful labeling technology using isobaric mass tags that allows for the simultaneous quantification of molecules, such as proteins, from multiple samples. This technology now brings quantitative proteomics to PerkinElmer customers […]
Boston, MA—PerkinElmer has acquired Agilix, a developer of labeling technology using isobaric mass tags for simultaneous quantification of molecules from multiple samples. “The Agilix multiplex protein labeling technology represents a breakthrough in quantitative proteomics. This leading-edge technology reduces the process workflow in proteomics analysis, and enables more accurate studies in protein expression kinetics and pharmacodynamics,” […]
Mountain View, CA —Reflect Scientific, a supplier of lab equipment, has signed a letter of intent to acquire JMST Systems, a maker of UV-Vis detectors and fluorometers as well as the CEC-20 capillary electrophoresis system. Reflect Scientific stated that the purchase would increase its share in the life science market.
Wiesbaden, Germany and London, UK—Linde AG has agreed to make a preconditional offer to acquire The BOC Group for 1,600 pence ($28) per share, or approximately $14 billion. The offer represents a 39% premium over BOC’s January 23 share price. On January 24, Linde made public its 1,500 pence bid for the company, which was […]
Milford, Massachusetts,Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) and Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE: TMO) have entered into a collaborative agreement to provide greater integration and connectivity between the Waters® ACQUITY Ultra Performance LC™ (UPLC™) system and Thermo’s full range of innovative mass spectrometers (MS). These instruments include Thermo’s Finnigan™ TSQ Quantum™, LTQ™ Linear Ion Trap, LTQ FT™ Hybrid […]
FOSTER CITY, CA and AUSTIN, TX – Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE: ABI), an Applera Corporation business, announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Research Products Division of Ambion, Inc., a premium provider of innovative products for the study and analysis of ribonucleic acid (RNA), the central molecule used in gene expression […]
Minneapolis, MN —On February 26, MOCON completed the sale of the common stock of its Lab Connections subsidiary to LEAP Technologies for $517,296 in cash. MOCON anticipates an after-tax gain of $90,000 for the first quarter ending March 31. Lab Connections, which MOCON acquired in 1998 makes the LC-Transform product line for fraction collection prior […]
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