Palo Alto, CA and Tokyo, Japan -Agilent has announced that it will purchase Yokogawa Analytical Systems, its joint venture with Yokogawa Electric, for $160 million, consisting of $98 million for Agilent’s 49% share of the company and $7.5 million in Yokogawa Analytical dividends. Founded in 1991, Yokogawa Analytical makes ICP-MS and GC and had sales […]
Morris Township, NJ and Washington, D.C. – Honeywell is set to acquire First Technologies after raising its bid for the company to 385 pence for ordinary share in a deal valued at $718 million, fully diluted for the exercise of all outstanding options and including the assumption of $199 million of outstanding debt. The bid […]
Milpitas, CA and Bend, OR -Process metrology equipment provider Nanometics has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Accent Optical Technologies for $80.9 million in stock. Together the companies will have trailing annual revenues of more than $100 million for the twelve months ended October 1, 2005. “The combination of Nanometrics and Accent creates one […]
AUSTIN, Texas – Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance solutions, and Thermo Electron, a world leader in analytical instruments, today announced a worldwide strategic joint marketing agreement to deliver complete solutions of software, process analyzers and consulting services to meet the pharmaceutical industry’s Process Analytical Technology (PAT) needs. […]
Thermo Electron Corporation’s NITON Analyzers announces the introduction of the first hand-held X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzer equipped with a helium purging mechanism for direct analysis of so-called “light elements”. Thermo’s line of NITON portable XRF analyzers has been recognized worldwide for their ability to provide immediate chemical analysis of alloys, electronic materials, coatings, plastics and […]
Wilmington, MA –Process Monitoring and control technologies provider MKS Instruments has agreed to acquire Umetrics AB, a maker of multivariate data analysis and modeling software for semiconductor, pharmaceutical, petrochemical and manufacturing processes. Terms of the transaction were not announced. “I am pleased that our partnership with Umetrics has expanded beyond our exclusive license agreement, and […]
Woburn, MA, —Nova Analytics, a provider of water quality measurement instrumentation, has acquired ADS Corporation from Axel Johnson, Inc. ADS Corporation’s Accusonic division designs and manufactures multiple, parallel path transit time monitors for the hydroelectric and water transport industries andits ADS Environmental Services division provides acoustic Doppler technologies,analytical software and real-time, web-hosted reporting for the […]
Nova Analytics Corporation of Woburn, Massachusetts announced the acquisition of ADS Corporation a subsidiary of Axel Johnson Inc. ADS Corporation manufactures and distributes flow measurement equipment and software. Collectively, the two divisions of ADS, ADS Environmental Services and Accusonic Technologies provide services to customers in over 40 countries and have conducted over 5000 flow measurement […]
Washington, DC- Danaher announced that its Hach subsidiary has purchased 10.7% of the outstanding shares of DKK-TOA for approximately $5 million and that DKK-TOA will become the exclusive Japanese distributor of several Hach products. DKK-TOA is a Japanese manufacturer and distributor of laboratory and process analytical instruments or environmental markets, primarily water quality.
Goettingen, October 20, 2005 – The Sartorius Group, a leading laboratory and process equipment provider worldwide, closed the first nine months of the year 2005 with increases in sales revenue and earnings. The Biotechnology Division in particular grew profitably because of the excellent development of its filter business for biopharmaceutical applications. The Mechatronics Division with […]
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