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Minneapolis, MN 7/1/16; Minneapolis, MN 7/6/16—Bio-Techne has acquired two companies. On July 6, the company announced the purchase of Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) for $250 million in cash plus an additional $75 million based on attaining certain milestones. ACD provides consumables for genomic analysis for research and diagnostic applications. Its products include the RNAscope RNA […]
Brumath, France & Nottingham, UK 7/5/16—France’s Dominique Dutscher (DD) and the UK’s Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), two independent laboratory product distributors, have announced a merger agreement. Financial details were not disclosed. The new company, the largest independent European distributor of lab products, will have revenues of €180 million ($200 million = €0.90 = $1). The […]
Goettingen, Germany 7/15/16; Broomfield, CO 7/15/16—Sartorius, a supplier of pharmaceutical and lab equipment, has acquired ViroCyt for $16 million. ViroCyt provides automated platforms for virus counting. In 2016, ViroCyt’s sales are expected to grow double digits to more than $3 million, with break even underlying EBITDA anticipated by the end of 2018. “After acquiring the […]
Radnor, PA 7/5/16—Lab product and services provider VWR has acquired PAW BioScience Products for an undisclosed amount. PAW focuses on single-use connectors and components, custom design and assembly, and product distribution for cell culture and purification processes. “VWR bioprocessing customers will now have access to an even broader range of innovative products in our single-use […]
Basel, Switzerland 6/30/16—Pharmaceutical industry supplier Lonza has announced the acquisition of Triangle Research Labs (TRL) from PBM Capital. Financial details were not disclosed. TRL provides fresh and cryopreserved hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells from multiple species, and supporting media and culture systems. “Integrating this business into its primary cell portfolio lays the basis for new product […]
Berlin, Germany 6/20/16—Bruker has announced the acquisition of Yingsheng Technology for an undisclosed amount. Yingsheng’s Advanced Mineral Identification and Characterization System (AMICS) software package is designed for advanced minerals identification and characterization. AMICS is used with SEMs, energy dispersive x-ray spectrometers (EDS) and micro-XRF analyzers. “Making AMICS an integral part of our QUANTAX EDS systems […]
Company Announcements DKSH signed in March an exclusive marketing, sales, distribution and after-sales service agreement with China-based Rigol Scientific for Malaysia for HPLC systems and UV-Vis spectrometers. Phenomenex announced in April that its Indian business grew 15% in 2015. Analytik Jena announced in April the sale of its Optics business to NOBLEX, a subsidiary of […]
Venlo, the Netherlands 5/19/16; Venlo, the Netherlands 6/8/16; Copenhagen, Denmark 6/8/16—For a third time, QIAGEN has extended its offer to acquire the outstanding shares of publicly held Exiqon (see IBO 3/31/16). The offer period has been extended to June 22, following previous deadlines of May 18 and June 2. On June 8, QIAGEN lowered the […]
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