Torrance, CA 2/22/11; Atlanta, GA 3/15/11—Chromatography aftermarket and sample preparation company Phenomenex announced that it acquired Wibby Environmental in January. Wibby Environmental is a provider of environmental standards. Founder Chuck Wibby remains with the 15-person company, according to Jason Campbell, senior marketing manager at Phenomenex. Phenomenex has also announced a co-marketing agreement with Shimadzu Scientific […]
Newtown Square, PA 3/3/11; Portland, OR 3/3/11—Riverlake Partners has sold SP Industries to Graham Partners, a lower middle-market private equity firm. Terms were not disclosed. SP Industries design and manufactures laboratory products and pharmaceutical production equipment. “SP has built a reputation within the industry for cutting edge, cost-effective products that deliver high level solutions to […]
Santa Clara, CA 3/1/11—Agilent Technologies has acquired BIOCIUS Life Sciences, the developer of the RapidFire high-throughput MS drug screening platform, for an undisclosed amount. “BIOCIUS’s unique RapidFire technology gives customers an unsurpassed ability to increase the effectiveness and reduce the cost of drug discovery and compound identification,” stated Gustavo Salem, vice president of Agilent’s Biological […]
As reported in IBO’s February 15 issue, Danaher plans to acquire Beckman Coulter for $6.8 billion, or $83.50 per share. Other companies that reportedly bid for Beckman were the private equity combinations of Apollo Global Management and Carlyle Group, and TPG Capital and Blackstone. However, a new name emerged later in the month. Quoting anonymous […]
?tsu, Japan 2/15/11; New Delhi, India 2/15/11—Takara Bio will set up a joint venture with Indian distributor DSS Imagetech for the manufacture and sale of research reagents, kits and instruments. Takara Bio will hold a 51% stake in the new company, which will be named DSS Takara Bio. Takara Bio stated that its goal for […]
Waltham, MA 2/24/11; Madison, NJ 2/24/11; Paris, France 2/24/11—Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to sell two of its laboratory testing businesses (see IBO 1/15/11). The company will sell reference lab Athena Diagnostics to Quest Diagnostics for $740 million in cash. Athena Diagnostics had 2010 revenues of $110 million. Thermo will also sell contract testing lab […]
Billerica, MA 2/24/11—Bruker has entered into an agreement to acquire Michrom Bioresources, a provider of LC instrumentation, accessories and consumables. Financial details were not disclosed. Michrom recorded 2010 revenues of $3 million. “Michrom’s broad portfolio of novel technologies and high-performance products is highly complementary to our mass spectrometry products,” said Mr. Collin D’Silva, president of […]
Waltham, MA 2/14/11—PerkinElmer has acquired chemagen Biopolymer-Technologie AG, a provider of automated nucleic acid isolation technologies. “The addition of chemagen’s complementary products to PerkinElmer’s portfolio will provide the company with robust platforms and solutions to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving molecular diagnostics market,” stated Daniel R. Marshak, PhD, chief scientific officer and president […]
Santa Clara, CA 2/28/11—Agilent has acquired Lab901, a provider of electrophoresis equipment and consumables, for an undisclosed amount. Lab901 develops and markets the TapeStation benchtop electrophoresis instrument and Screen Tape consumables and reagents. “With the addition of Lab901’s outstanding technology and talented team, Agilent can now address customer needs across the entire span of electrophoresis […]
Millville, NJ 2/9/11—Wheaton Industries has acquired UK-based Laboratory Sales Limited (LSL), a manufacturer and distributor of tubular glass products and lab consumables. “This strategic investment further strengthens our position as a market leader of specialty packaging and related instruments for cell-based research, chemical compound, in vitro diagnostics and specialty pharmaceutical markets,” commented Wheaton Industries President […]
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