Acquisition bolsters Avantor’s portfolio of high-purity cGMP materials and solutions for Biopharma, Research and Electronic Materials customers CENTER VALLEY, PA — Avantor® Performance Materials, LLC, announced today the acquisition of Puritan Products, Inc., a supplier of cGMP buffers and solutions for Biopharma customers, and high-purity chemistries for Research and Electronic Materials customers. Avantor is a global […]

BERWYN, Pa. and MINNEAPOLIS — AMETEK, Inc. (AME) and MOCON, Inc. (MOCO) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which AMETEK will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of MOCON at a price of $30 per share in cash, which represents a premium of 39% to MOCON’s closing […]

CULVER CITY, Calif. — NantOmics, the leader in molecular diagnostics and a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of families, announced today the acquisition of Genos, the leading community for next-generation sequencing, personal genetic discovery and research, based in San Francisco. Genos was spun out of Complete Genomics in 2016 and quickly has become the leader in making […]

BASEL, Switzerland—-ChemChina and Syngenta today announced that they have received approval from the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) for the proposed acquisition of Syngenta by ChemChina. This represents a further step towards the closing of the transaction, which is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2017. The […]

– Integration completed in under three months – Local SYGNIS and C.B.S. sites in San Diego consolidated – CBS products now also sold through SYGNIS direct sales force Madrid, Spain, and Heidelberg, Germany – SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; Prime Standard) today announced the successful completion of the integration of C.B.S. Scientific Company Inc. […]

Smiths Group announces completion of acquisition of Morpho Detection Following the clearance from US Department of Justice on March 31st 2017 Smiths Group plc today confirms that it has completed the acquisition of Morpho Detection. Consistent with the clearance from the European Commission, the DOJ approval is conditional on the post-completion divestment of Morpho Detection’s […]

Acquisition further expands VWRCATALYST Services for Clinical Trial Studies RADNOR, Pa. — VWR (NASDAQ: VWR), the leading global independent provider of product and service solutions to laboratory and production customers, announced today that it has acquired MESM Ltd., a provider of laboratory and medical equipment and ancillary supplies to clinical trials worldwide. Widely respected by customers for its ability […]

Porvair Sciences is pleased to welcome J. G. Finneran Associates into the Porvair family following its acquisition by Porvair plc earlier today. Based in Vineland, New Jersey (USA) – J. G. Finneran designs, manufactures and distributes specialist laboratory consumables including vials, filters, microplates, closures and ancillary products. Finneran products clearly complement the biotechnology and chromatography […]

Essen achieves substantial growth in revenues and profitability, and significant strategic, organizational, and operational transformation under SFW ownership   RYE, N.Y.–SFW Capital Partners, a specialized private equity firm that invests in mid-sized companies providing analytical tools and related services with a particular focus on instrumentation, software, information, and workflow solutions, today announced it has completed […]

GOETTINGEN, Germany– Sartorius (FWB:SRT), a leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry and research laboratories, today acquired through its subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech the company MKS Instruments AB (Umetrics) based in Malmö, Sweden. Umetrics is a leading specialist in data analytics software for modeling and optimizing biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing processes. Umetrics has already been […]