Carlsbad, CA 6/13/13—Life Technologies has acquired instrument distributor Life Science Korea (LSK) for an undisclosed amount. LSK has served as Life’s primary instrument distribution in South Korea since 1994 and holds distribution rights to Applied Biosystems products. “The acquisition of LSK is in line with our go-direct strategy in South Korea and builds on our […]
Oberkochen, Germany and Pleasanton, CA 6/13/13—Zeiss has announced plans to acquire Xradia, a provider of 3D X-ray microscopes for industrial and academic research applications, for an undisclosed amount. “Based on our unique portfolio of light, electron and ion microscopes, we are now adding the capability of 3-D imaging within objects at unprecedented resolution using X-ray […]
New York, NY 5/21/13; Washington, DC 5/21/13—Reuters has confirmed that Sigma-Aldrich and Roche partnered to bid for the purchase of Life Technologies (see IBO 4/15/13, 4/30/13), with Roche planning to acquire Life’s sequencing business. In Life’s SEC proxy filing for the acquisition (in which Strategic Party A is Sigma and Strategic Party B is Roche, […]
Company Announcements Bruker named Juergen Srega president of the Bruker CALID Group in January. He served as vice president and general manager, Biomarkers, at BRAHMS, a Thermo Fisher Scientific company, from 2011 to 2012. In March, Veolia Environnement and bioMérieux announced a research partnership to develop an innovative technology for the continuous monitoring of the […]
Gilbertsville, PA 4/9/13—Rockland Immunochemicals, a provider of research reagents, has acquired the Epi-Plus antibody product line from 21st Century Biochemicals for an undisclosed amount. According to Rockland, the Epi-Plus antibodies are the most well-validated antibodies for epigenetics research. “The fact that the Epi-Plus brand is co-owned by Novus Biologicals also allows us to expand the […]
Woburn, MA 3/29/13; Santa Clara, CA 4/29/13—SciAps has acquired DeltaNu from Intevac for $500,000 in cash and up to $1 million in an earn out. DeltaNu develops and manufactures portable Raman spectroscopy analyzers. SciAps plans to combine its distribution, marketing and product development expertise with DeltaNu’s Raman technical expertise. DeltaNu will retain its operations in […]
Jena, Germany 5/6/13—Analytik Jena announced that it has purchased all the assets of molecular diagnostics company SIRS-Lab. SIRS-Lab’s offerings were for systemic infections, including LOOXSTER technology for the identification and detection of bacterial and fungal DNA in diagnostic samples. The company filed for bankruptcy in December 2012. Analytik Jena has announced it will place a […]
Minneapolis, MN 4/23/13; San Jose, CA 4/23/13—Honeywell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RAE Systems, a manufacturer of fixed and portable gas and radiation detection systems and software, for $340 million. Based in San Jose, California, with 750 employees, RAE had 2012 sales of $107 million. Honeywell stated that the purchase price is approximately […]
Cary, NC 5/2/13—ABB has announced an agreement to acquire Los Gatos Research (LGR), a supplier of gas analyzers for research and environmental monitoring based in Mountain View, California. LGR’s offerings consist of analyzers for real-time trace-gas and isotope measurement utilizing Off-Axis Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy. LGR’s 2013 sales are projected to be $14 million. “LGR […]
Company Announcements Sigma-Aldrich’s BioReliance business named Archie Cullen, former vice president of Sigma-Aldrich SAFC, president in March. BioReliance agreed to acquire the colonies required for the Big Blue transgenic rodent mutation assay, the first in vivo genetic toxicology mutation assays to be approved by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and obtain a license […]
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