Göettingen, German 4/3/17; Andover, MA 4/3/17—Sartorius, a provider of pharmaceutical and lab equipment, has acquired Sweden-based MKS Data Analytics Solutions (formerly Umetrics) from MKS Instruments for $72.5 million in cash. MKS Data Analytics Solutions supplies Multivariate Data Analysis (MVDA) and modeling software. In 2016, MKS Data Analytics Solutions recorded revenues of $13 million. Sartorius estimates the company’s 2017 sales will be $15 million and that it will generate a double-digit operating profit margin. The companies have worked together for around five years. 

MKS Data Analytics offers software for DoE (Design of Experiment) and MVDA for a number of industries. Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) entered into a sales partnership with Umetrics in 2012, under which SSB marketed and distributed Umetrics’ products for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. As part of this agreement, SSB offers the BioPAT platform for bioprocess. Bioprocess applications of MVDA include cell culture processes and  batch-to-batch comparisons.