Tewksbury, MA 2/12/16—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired INEL, a French-based real-time XRD supplier. Financial details were not provided. “INEL offers a range of XRD instruments, from simple benchtop instruments for routine applications to sophisticated platforms for analysis of nano-materials, pharmaceuticals, coatings and other advanced materials,” commented Michael Shafer, president, Chemical Analysis at Thermo. INEL will […]
Andover, MA 2/23/16—MKS Instruments, a provider of instrument, subsystems and process control solutions, has agreed to acquire Newport, a supplier of advanced technology products, for $23 per share or approximately $980 million in cash. This is a 52.9% premium over Newport’s closing price on February 22. The combined company will have $1.4 billion in pro […]
Company Announcements The Hindu Business Line reported in December 2015 that Thermo Fisher Scientific will add 70 employees to its approximately 180-employee Global Technology Development Centre in Bengaluru, India, this year. Personnel at the company’s R&D Center in Bengaluru will double to 90 employees this year. Illumina announced in December 2015 four new Illumina Accelerator […]
Orlando, FL 2/9/16; San Diego, CA 2/10/16; Santa Clara and Pleasanton, CA 2/11/16 —10X Genomics, the provider of a molecular barcoding platform for NGS, has signed agreements with three instrument firms to utilize its technology as part of their NGS product lines. Illumina and 10X entered into a comarketing agreement for sequencing solutions. QIAGEN and […]
Paris, France 12/24/15—Nuclear technology firm Areva has announced that it will sell its Canberra nuclear instrumentation and measurement business to Mirion-Charterhouse, a provider of radiation protection equipment, radiation detection and monitoring systems, and dosimetry systems. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2016.
Berwyn, PA 2/5/16—AMETEK, a manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, has acquired Brookfield Engineering for $167 million. Brookfield manufactures and sells viscometers and rheometers, and instrumentation for texture and powder-flow analysis. The company has annual sales of around $55 million. “Its products and technologies complement our existing laboratory instrumentation businesses and provide us with […]
New York, NY 2/2/16—Citing unnamed sources, Reuters reports that Roche is in discussions with sequencer firm Pacific Biosciences regarding a possible acquisition. Pacific Biosciences developed sequencing technology for Roche to sell and for which Roche will create and supply reagents. The system is expected to be commercialized in the second half of 2016. According to […]
Company Announcements LECO opened a European Application and Technology Center in Berlin, Germany, in October 2015. In October 2015, Waters opened a Malaysian subsidiary. Shimadzu established an incorporated association in partnership with Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, for the analysis of residual pesticides in agriculture and food products. Becton, Dickinson Executive Vice President and COO William A. […]
Rochester, NY 1/19/16—Transcat, a provider of calibration and compliance services and handheld-instrument distributor, has acquired Dispersion Laboratory for an undisclosed amount. Based in Canada, Dispersion Laboratory provides services for the calibration, repair and product sales of weights, balances, temperature instruments and liquid handling devices. “We are also gaining the only laboratory in Canada offering automated […]
Castle Rock, CO 1/26/16—Strand Life Sciences (Strand LS), a genomics and bioinformatics firm, has announced a merger with Venaxis, a publicly held IVD company. To comply with Indian tax and financial regulations, the merger is being structured through a series of purchases. Venaxis shareholders will purchase Strand LS shares, with proceeds to be reinvested in […]
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