DeepMatter, the AIM-listed company focusing on digitizing chemistry, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire from global publisher Springer Nature the entire issued share capital of Infochem GmbH (the “Acquisition” or “Infochem”), a specialist in cheminformatics, for a total consideration of approximately €2.0 million to be satisfied as to €0.36 million in […]

WALTHAM, Mass. and SARASOTA, Fla. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP), a leading diversified technology company, today announced that Thermo Fisher’s pending acquisition of Gatan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Roper, requires further review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK. Both parties continue […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and SARASOTA, Fla. – Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) (“Teledyne”) and Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROP) (“Roper”) jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Teledyne will acquire the Scientific Imaging businesses of Roper for $225 million in cash. The Scientific Imaging businesses include Princeton Instruments, Photometrics and Lumenera, […]

Stockholm – Biotage AB (publ) (Biotage), (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOT.ST) has today resolved to initiate negotiations to acquire the Danish company Chreto ApS (“Chreto”) following a decision not to exercise the current call option to acquire all outstanding shares in Chreto. On August 31, 2016, Biotage published that Biotage had invested 15 MDKK (corresponding to approx. […]

BILLERICA, Mass. — Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Alicona Imaging GmbH, a leading provider of optical-based metrology products in Graz, Austria. For calendar year 2018, Alicona expects to be profitable with revenues of approximately $25 million. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Bruker anticipates the […]

The SOTAX Group has acquired GNA Analytical Ltd. and NLG Labserv Ltd. to enhance their service provision with strategic focus on the provision for multi-vendor services on analytical equipment within the Life Sciences sector. The SOTAX Group, a global leader in the development and manufacturing of dissolution testing, automated sample preparation, and physical testing equipment […]

World market leader strengthens competence in the field of lab temperature control Lauda-Königshofen/Burgwedel – LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG has announced the acquisition of GFL Gesellschaft für Labortechnik mbH today. This is the third takeover in total for the world market leader from Lauda-Königshofen. While the previous acquisitions primarily served to open […]

BILLERICA, Mass. — Bruker Corporation and Mestrelab Research SL (www.mestrelab.com) today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to advance chemistry software that handles spectroscopic data and extracts and manages chemical information from a variety of analytical techniques, including for example NMR and mass spectrometry. Together the companies will focus on pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical […]

Excelitas expands portfolio of high performance photonics solutions serving the Medical and Industrial markets. WALTHAM, Mass. Excelitas Technologies® Corp., a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative, customized photonic solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Axsun Technologies (Billerica, MA USA). Axsun is a privately-held company specializing in the development and production […]

LGC has announced that it has acquired M.B.H. Analytical Limited, (MBH) a leading manufacturer of metal alloy reference materials (RMs). Located in Barnet, north London, MBH was founded in 1973 and is certified to ISO 9001:2015. Its RMs are used globally for quality control testing and material validation, including positive materials identification testing, in a […]