San Diego, CA 5/23/11—Accelrys has acquired Contur Software, a Swedish supplier of cost-effective ELNs, for $13.1 million in cash, including $0.5 million in milestone payments. “With the addition of Contur’s software solutions, Accelrys now offers cost-effective ELNs to meet the range of needs of various scientific research and development teams—from R&D organizations transitioning from paper […]
St. Louis, MO 5/23/11—Sigma-Aldrich has acquired all outstanding shares of Vetec Quimica Fina for an undisclosed amount. Based in Brazil with more than 200 employees, Vetec is a supplier of specialty chemicals for the academic and industrial markets. “In addition to localizing our supply chain, the combination of Vetec and Sigma-Aldrich allows us to broaden […]
Marcy l’Etoile, France 5/19/11—IVD supplier bioMérieux has agreed to acquire AES Laboratoire, a provider of industrial microbiology products, for €183 million ($261 million = $0.70 = $1). AES Laboratoire’s AES Chemunex business had fiscal 2011 sales of €76 million ($108 million) (excluding the divested Agrobio business). AES Laboratoire’s product offerings include culture media, rapid microbiology […]
Waltham, MA 5/16/11—PerkinElmer has acquired Labtronics, a provider of procedures-based electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) solutions for labs performing routine analysis. Financial details were not disclosed. “This acquisition successfully positions PerkinElmer as the only technology provider able to deploy an optimized ELN solution across a global customer’s entire value chain, from research to manufacturing,” said Dusty […]
Waltham, MA and Uppsala, Sweden 5/19/11; London, UK 5/19/11—Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Phadia, a provider of allergy and autoimmunity diagnostics, from private equity firm Cinven. Thermo will pay €2.47 billion ($3.5 billion = €0.71 = $1) in cash for Phadia. In 2010, Phadia had sales of €367 million ($525 […]
Company Announcements Merck Millipore’s 2010 sales grew 81.0% to €1,681 million ($2,211 million). Legacy Millipore products represented 38% of sales. Organic revenue grew 5.6%. Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia/Africa/Australasia accounted for 39%, 24%, 9% and 28% of revenue, respectively. Sales this year are forecast to grow 51%–56%. In March, Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed […]
Chelmsford, MA 4/21/11; Manchester, UK 4/1/11—Brooks Automation has acquired RTS Life Science, a provider of lab automation systems for life science, from Entologi for $3.3 million, net of cash on hand. Entologi, which acquired RTS Life Science just last year (see IBO 10/31/10), stated that RTS Life Science now generates monthly sales of £1 million […]
Minneapolis, MN 5/3/11—Techne has acquired Tocris, a UK-based supplier of reagents for nonclinical life science research, for £75 million ($124 million = £0.60 = $1) in cash. In 2010, Tocris generated revenues of £11.7 million ($18.2 million = £0.64 = $1), EBITDA of £7.4 million ($11.4 million) and an EBITDA margin of approximately 63%. Techne […]
Waltham, MA 5/5/11—PerkinElmer has acquired Geospiza, a developer of software systems for the management of genetic analysis and laboratory workflows delivered through a cloud-computing environment. Financial details were not disclosed. PerkinElmer stated that the acquisition supports its Next Generation DNA Sequencing and Analysis Services offerings (see IBO 2/15/11). “The acquisition of Geospiza, along with existing […]
Minneapolis, MN 4/4/11—Techne’s R&D Systems division has acquired the assets of Boston Biochem and its European distributor for an undisclosed amount. A developer and manufacturer of ubiquitin-related research products, Boston Biochem had 2010 sales of $2.5 million. The acquisitions are expected to be dilutive to Techne’s fiscal 2012 net earnings by less than $0.02 per […]
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