Los Angeles, CA 10/14/13—Affymetrix has sold its Anatrace business to StoneCalibre, an investment firm specializing in the acquisition of lower middle market companies, for an undisclosed amount. Anatrace develops, manufactures and distributes high purity detergents and synthetic lipids for use in membrane protein studies. “Anatrace is a high quality company offering a value-add product that […]

Kobe, Japan 9/24/13—Diagnostics firm Sysmex has acquired Partec, a German provider of flow cytometers for research and diagnostic applications, for an undisclosed amount. Sysmex plans to leverage its sales and support network to increase Partec sales, as well as combine flow cytometry with its hematology offerings. In fiscal 2012, Partec had sales of €20.1 million […]

Aubagne, France 10/7/13—Sartorius Stedim Biotech has made a cash offer to acquire UK-based TAP Biosystems. The offer values the equity of TAP at approximately €33 million ($45 million = €0.74 = $1). TAP designs and develops small scale, multi-parallel fermentation systems, automated cell processing systems and other benchtop equipment. “Adding capabilities in the early steps […]

Engham, UK 9/30/13; Amesbury, UK 9/30/13; Malvern, UK 9/30/13—Spectris’s Malvern Instruments business, which provides instrumentation for materials and biophysical characterization, has acquired NanoSight for £15 million ($24 million = £0.62 = $1) net of debt and cash acquired. NanoSight’s Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis technology enables the simultaneous multi-parameter analysis and characterization of different types of nanoscale […]