Waldkrich/Moscow,– Sensor producer SICK has founded its own subsidiary based in Moscow. SICK AG used to offer its sensors on the Russian market via a representative. Now Konstantnin Tsarev is the Managing Director of the new subsidiary “O.O.O. SICK”. The new company will sell products from both SICK segments, factory automation and process automation, principally […]
NEWARK, CA-InVision Technologies has signed a waiver letter specifying additional terms for its acquisition by GE Infrastructure. The original merger agreement stated that if the merger did not occur by October 31, either party could terminate the agreement. The new agreement waives until December 27 the rights of either party to terminate the merger and […]
East Hills, NY and Fremont, CA- Pall has agreed to purchase Ciphergen Biosystems’ BioSepra Process Chromatography division for $32 million, net of cash and debt. BioSepra develops, manufactures and markets chromatography sorbents for protein purification development and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Pall will establish Process Proteomics Service Centers modeled on Ciphergen’s existing process center. Ciphergen retains certain […]
Princeton, NJ and Pompey, France-Rockwood Specialties Group’s Dynamic Synthesis custom synthesis operation and Groupe Novasep SAS have announced their intent to merge operations to form a new company that will be part of Rockwood. The new company, which would have had 2003 revenues of approximately euro300 million ($375 million), will keep the Groupe Novasep name […]
Billerica, Massachusetts—Axsun Technoloiges, Inc. a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, announced the successful completion of tests at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) using the Axsun NIR-APS analyzer to analyzer core drying functions, an important element in meeting GSK’s commitment to implementing the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations’ […]
WITNEY, UK-Oxford Instruments has agreed to acquire Finland-based Metorex International OY for €4.9 million ($6.0 million) in cash and a deferred cash consideration of €6.1 million payable upon significant sales growth over the next 18 months. Metorex supplies instruments for chemical analysis and rapid elemental identification, including x-ray fluorescence (XRF) alloy analyzers, mobile optical emission […]
BONN, GERMANY- The German Bundeskartellamt (cartel office) has cleared GE’s acquisition of InVision Technologies. However, it will require that InVision sell its Yxlon division, which makes x-ray systems for defect detection in order to prevent a dominant market share in Germany.
NEWARK, CA and WILTON, CT-InVision Technologies, which was scheduled to be acquired by General Electric this month, met with the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose its internal investigation concerning possible offers of improper payments by distribution in connection with foreign sales activities. The company is conducting the internal […]
Andover, MA-MKS Instruments, Inc., a leading supplier of gas measurement, control and analysis products used in semiconductor and other advanced thin-film manufacturing processes, announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Spectra International, a privately held company with products and technology in process monitoring. The transaction was for $9.7 million in cash; […]
Wilmington, MA- July1, 2004- MKS Instruments, Inc., a leading provider of process control technologies for improving productivity in semiconductor and other advanced manufacturing processes, will introduce the IP Series of web-enabled residual gas analyzers (RGAs) at SEMICON West 2004. Usable with any of the MKS range of application-specific RGAs, “IP control” enables new process monitoring […]
Pay Invoice
Latest Blogs
-
New Report Details Higher Education Science R&D Spending
February 27, 2026 3:23 pm
-
Single Use Leads Bioreactor Market Growth
December 30, 2025 6:04 pm
Sitemap
Your Data and Privacy
About Us
IBO (Instrument Business Outlook) is a twice-monthly newsletter aimed at providing decision-makers with the latest and most complete information available on the life science and analytical instrument industry, and lab product markets. IBO delivers the latest curated industry news, information and trends, as well as SDi data and analysis to deliver the maximum in industry insight with a minimum time investment for executives and investors.
