San Diego, CA 7/31/13; Washington, DC 7/31/13—Accelrys has announced that it will reduce its workforce by approximately 80 employees, or 12%, as part of a restructuring program to reduce costs and realign operations to focus on growth opportunities. The program includes the abandonment of a portion of one of the company’s facilities in San Ramon, […]
With the first half of 2013 behind us, it is time to re-examine IBO’s industry forecast for 2013 made in January (see IBO 1/15/13). As in previous years, we should note that our estimates for 2013 were somewhat handicapped by the fact that we did not have the benefit of fourth quarter results for 2012, […]
Statesville, NC 7/8/13—Kewaunee Scientific, a provider of laboratory, healthcare and technical furniture products, has acquired all of the outstanding minority shares of its Kewaunee Labway Asia subsidiary. Based in Singapore with a subsidiary in India, Kewaunee Labway Asia serves as the company’s international center for sales and installation and had fiscal 2013 sales of $17 […]
Paris, France 6/28/13—AREVA has announced that Astorg Partners will not acquire Canberra, its nuclear measurement business, as announced in April (see IBO 4/30/13). AREVA stated that Astorg Partners is unable to purchase Canberra due to a lack of suitable financing. AREVA is maintaining its Action 2016 plan to dispose €1.2 billion ($1.5 billion = €0.78 […]
Tokyo, Japan 7/8/13; Cambridge, UK 7/8/13—Hitachi High-Technologies and Base4 Innovation have announced a collaborative technology development agreement to develop a long read length, single molecule, nanopore-based DNA sequencer. Base4’s nanopore sequencing method increases the signal of unlabeled DNA passing through a nanopore by using laser light-enhanced gold structures. “For this nanopore sequencing system, Hitachi High-Tech […]
Radnor, PA 7/2/13—VWR has acquired United Biochemicals, a manufacturer and supplier of high purity buffers and biochemicals for R&D and manufacturing processes to biotechnology, pharmaceutical, cell culture media and medical diagnostics industries. Financial details were not provided. “United Biochemicals’ manufacturing expertise, combined with VWR’s existing platform of chemical manufacturing assets, enhances our current offering to […]
Framingham, MA 7/10/13—AB SCIEX has taken over Beckman Coulter Life Sciences’ capillary electrophoresis (CE) business. Both companies are owned by Danaher. AB SCIEX’s Eksigent separations business, which provides LC systems, will manage the CE business. The transition includes personnel, technology and resources. “By integrating the Beckman Coulter CE team into the SCIEX separations business, we […]
Calgary, Canada 6/28/13; Toronto, Canada 6/28/13—Galvanic Applied Sciences has received an acquisition offer from a group of private equity firms, led by Tuckerman Capital. Listed on the Toronto stock exchange, Galvanic is a provider of instrumentation for the natural gas processing and distribution markets and for the liquids process markets. Tuckerman is offering CAD 1.70 […]
East Grinstead, UK 6/27/13—Publicly listed UK scientific instrument firm Judges Scientific has acquired Scientifica for £12.0 million ($18.6 million = £0.65 = $1) in cash and a maximum earn out of £1 million ($2 million). Scientifica designs, manufactures and sells systems for electrophysiology research, including micromanipulators, optical microscopes and associated mounting solutions. The company also […]
Ringwood, Australia 5/22/13—Trajan Scientific and Medical has acquired SGE Analytical Science’s chromatography and liquid handling businesses from Dawes Holding for an undisclosed amount. The purchase includes SGE’s manufacturing operations in Ringwood, Australia, and subsidiaries in the US, Europe and Japan. “Trajan’s goal is to bring together a group of leading companies with a common focus […]
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