Konica Minolta Sensing appointed Metalinspec and Equipar as Mexican distributors. Metrolab was appointed a technical support provider for Mexico. Perten Instruments AB named Newport Scientific an exclusive distributor for North America effective April 1. Perten will exclusively distribute Newport Scientific’s products in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway beginning this month. Perten will integrate CAMO Software’s […]
AVISO GmbH appointed Analytik Jena AG a distributor of its CellCelector system. Harvard Bioscience entered into a comarketing and codevelopment agreement with Nanoentek, giving BTX Harvard Apparatus exclusive distribution of Digital Bio’s Microporator gene delivery system in the US and giving Digital Bio exclusive distribution of BTX’s electroporation products in selected Asian nations. Advalytix, a […]
Venlo, The Netherlands and Gaithersburg, MD 6/3/07—QIAGEN NV has agreed to acquire publicly listed molecular diagnostics firm Digene for approximately $1.6 billion, including $170 million in cash. QIAGEN will offer Digene stockholders $61.25 in cash per share, a 37% premium over Digene’s June 1 closing price, or 3.545 of QIAGEN stock. QIAGEN and Digene shareholders […]
Airgas named James A. Muller senior vice president, Specialty Gases and Life Sciences, in January. He was previously president of Airgas East. In March, Air Liquide purchased Linde Gas UK based on an enterprise value of €105 million ($138.2 million). Air Liquide UK’s sales are around €60 million ($78.9 million). In March, Corning Life Sciences […]
Northbrook, IL 6/12/07—IDEX has acquired Quadro Engineering, a provider of particle control solutions for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries for $31 million in cash. Quadro Engineering specializes in products for fine milling, emulsification and special handling of liquid and solid particulates for lab, pilot phase and production scale processing. Based in Ontario, Canada, the company […]
DeltaDOT appointed Richard Lingard as vice president of Sales. He was previously director of Strategic Alliances for Invitrogen. SRU Biosystems exclusively licensed Novartis’s Evanescent Resonance technology for drug discovery applications. The technology enables enhanced sensitivity to fluorescence-based assays. In April, Caliper Life Sciences named John DelliSanti executive vice president and chief commercial officer. He previously […]
Farmingdale, NY 3/6/07; 5/2/07—Cemtrex, a provider of continuous emissions monitoring systems, has acquired Griffin Filters. Griffin Filters designs, manufactures and supplies air filtration and environmental control systems, including fabric filters. “Griffin Filters has been a leading supplier of dust collection systems for the past forty years with hundreds of installations nationwide,” stated Cemtrex President and […]
New York, NY 5/30/07—Enzo Life Sciences, a subsidiary of Enzo Biochem, has signed an agreement to acquire Axxora Life Sciences for approximately $16.3 million in cash. Axxora, based in San Diego, California, manufactures and markets life science reagents. Two of Axxora’s divisions, ALEXIS Biochemicals and Apotech, are based in Switzerland, and manufacture a variety of […]
In March, Techcomp announced exclusive distribution agreements in China and Asia Pacific markets with Kurabo Industries, Implen GmbH, Corona and Astranet. In March, the Verder Group and engineering firm Samuel Hodge acquired Autoclude, a manufacturer of peristaltic pumps for the OEM and laboratory markets. In April, Mocon opened a technical support office in Shanghai, China […]
London, UK 5/30/07—The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has published its final decision that Thermo Fisher Scientific’s purchase of GV Instruments (see IBO 7/31/06) “would lead to higher prices, or other adverse effects, for customers of some Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) instruments” (see IBO 3/15/07). The CC’s findings specify that the acquisition of GV Instruments […]
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