Wetzlar, Germany and São Paulo, Brazil 4/23/13—Leica Microsystems and Leica Biosystems have acquired Aotec Instrumentos Cientificos, their Brazilian distributor for more than 25 years. “Brazil is a very important market. Through this acquisition we are developing our business further and invest into the service to our customers,” commented Jürgen Kress, senior sales director, High Growth […]
New York, NY 4/16/13—Bloomberg reported that Sigma-Aldrich was among the bidders for Life Technologies (see IBO 4/15/13), offering around $12.5 billion for the company. Sigma planned to sell the sequencer business if it acquired Life in order to help fund the transaction, according to the report. Sigma held talks with Roche and Agilent Technologies regarding […]
Santa Barbara, CA and Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 4/23/13—Biomedical research product provider Miltenyi Biotec has acquired Owl biomedical for an undisclosed amount. Owl is the developer of a microchip-based, high speed cell sorter using a disposable cartridge. “We immediately recognized the intrinsic value of Owl’s microchip-based technology for cell processing and its complement to our existing […]
Paris, France 4/3/13—Nuclear energy firm AREVA has agreed to sell Canberra, its nuclear measurement subsidiary, to private equity firm Astorg Partners (see IBO 11/30/12). Financial details were not disclosed. Based in Meriden, Connecticut, with 1,500 employees, Canberra had 2012 sales of approximately €250 million ($321 million = €0.78 = $1). “Following 10 years of organic […]
Jena, Germany 4/2/13; Jena, Germany 4/10/13—Analytik Jena has agreed to acquire US-based UVP for an undisclosed amount. A supplier of digital imaging systems for proteomic, genomic and animal science applications, UVP posted fiscal 2012 sales of $17.2 million, with half of its sales generated in North America. Analytik Jena expects the acquisition to increase its […]
Hilden, Germany and Redwood City, CA 4/29/13—QIAGEN has acquired Ingenuity Systems for $105 million in cash, effective April 29. Ingenuity is a provider of software solutions for the analysis and interpretation of the biological meaning of genomics data, including Knowledge Base, an expert-curated database of genomic variations and disease models. Ingenuity had 2012 sales of […]
Basel, Germany 4/23/13; London, UK 4/23/13—Roche has announced that it is dissolving its Applied Science business, part of its Diagnostics Division, and integrating the product lines into other Diagnostics Business Areas. A new unit will be established to focus solely on sequencing, including the current sequencing business, but the company will cease its sequencer development […]
Company Announcements Halma acquired in January Hong Kong’s Thinketron Precision Equipment, its Chinese subsidiary Baoding Longer Precision Pump and US subsidiary Langer Instruments for £23.7 million ($37.6 million) and deferred consideration. Longer Pump manufacturers and markets peristaltic, syringe and gear pumps used in lab, medical and industrial applications. Halma announced that its Health & Analysis […]
Radnor, PA 4/2/13; Radnor, PA 4/4/13—VWR has purchased two European firms. VWR International has acquired Prolab Laboratuar Teknolojileri (Prolab), a Turkish distributor of scientific laboratory supplies. Financial details were not disclosed. Prolab has been VWR’s distributor in Turkey for several years. “In alignment with our recent acquisitions in China and Latin America, Prolab will allow […]
Irvine, CA 3/28/13—HORIBA Instruments, the US subsidiary of HORIBA, has acquired the process analytical product line of flow equipment provider Cameron. The business includes products, systems and services for measuring liquids and gases used to refine, dissolve and process petrochemical products. The product line will join HORIBA’s Process & Environmental segment. HORIBA stated that the […]
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