Waltham, MA 2/17/15—PerkinElmer has announced a chromatography collaboration with Waters, under which its LC and GC portfolio will be standardized on Waters Empower Software chromatography data system. “Our alliance with Waters combines cutting-edge chromatography technologies and sophisticated analysis software with leading application knowledge and best-in-class services,” stated Jon DiVincenzo, president of Environmental Health, PerkinElmer. PerkinElmer […]
London, UK 1/22/15—Publicly held Judges Scientific has acquired Armfield, a supplier of engineering equipment and research instruments for educational applications, and R&D systems for the food, beverage, diary, vegetable oil and pharmaceutical industry. The purchase price was £8.3 million ($12.6 million = £0.66 = $1) and up to a £1.5 million ($2.3 million) earn out. […]
Ann Arbor, MI 2/2/15; Roanoke, VA 2/2/15—Advanced Photonix (API), a supplier of optoelectronic sensors, devices, and test and measurement instrumentation, has agreed to merge with Luna Innovations, which develops and manufactures fiber optic sensing, and test and measurement products, in a stock-for-stock transaction. Both companies are publicly held. For each share of API stock, API […]
Warminster, PA 1/16/15—SP Industries, a provider of lab equipment and products, and drug-manufacturing solutions, has acquired Stability Environments for an undisclosed amount. Stability provides walk-in environmental rooms, glassware dryers, chambers and accessory products. SP stated that the purchase is complementary to its concentrator, freeze-dryer and thermal-equipment product lines.
Royston, UK 1/16/15—Blacktrace Holdings has announced the purchase of Swedish firm ChemiSens for an undisclosed amount. ChemiSens provides reaction calorimeters, including the CPA200 Series. The ChemiSens products will be sold and supported by Blacktrace’s Syrris brand. Blacktrace stated that it plans to maintain ChemiSens’ current structure and to continue to work with ChemiSens partners.
Radnor, PA 2/3/15—Lab-products, -services and -solutions provider VWR has acquired National Biochemicals (NBC) for an undisclosed amount. NBC is a full-service raw-material manufacturer and supplier to the biochemical industry. Based in Ohio, it supplies molecular biology reagents, multicompendial chemicals, and biotechnology and diagnostic biochemicals. “We continue to make targeted, strategic investments that give VWR access […]
Waltham, MA 2/5/15—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Advanced Scientifics (ASI) for $300 million in cash. With $80 million in 2014 revenues, ASI designs and manufactures customized single-use systems and equipment for biopharmaceutical preparation, processing, storage and transportation. “ASI’s intense customer focus has led to the development of innovative solutions that complement our existing single-use technologies […]
Company Announcements Bruker announced on its third quarter 2014 conference call that its divestiture of certain GC and GC/MS assets (see IBO 10/15/14) and its ICP-MS (see IBO 8/15/14) business generated approximately $28 million in proceeds. As part of the CAM restructuring, Bruker is relocating GC triple-quadrupole MS manufacturing from Fremont, California, to Bremen, Germany, […]
Boston, MA 1/12/15—GC and LC supplier DANI Instruments has acquired Spectra Analysis Instruments (SAI) for an undisclosed amount. SAI develops and manufactures solid-phase IR spectroscopy detectors for GC and LC instruments. With the acquisition, Italy-based DANI will open a US operation headquartered at SAI’s site in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and will sell directly in the US. […]
Chelmsford, MA 1/37/15—Spectro Scientific, which provides analytical tools for industrial-fluids analysis, has acquired On-Site Analysis for an undisclosed amount. On-Site develops and manufactures fluids-analysis technologies, primarily for on-premise coolant, oil and lubrication testing for municipal and commercial fleet vehicles. “Since its inception, OSA has pursued a vision of moving the oil- and lubrication-testing process from […]
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