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 […]

Stakes Claim in Emerging Spatial Genomics Space PLEASANTON, CA.—10x Genomics today announced the acquisition of Stockholm-based Spatial Transcriptomics, a pioneer in the emerging field of spatial genomics. The new field enables researchers to not only see what is in a cell but how cells are organized in relation to one another, offering up invaluable insight into understanding […]

Stockholm – Biotage AB (publ) (Biotage), (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOT.ST) has today entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares in the privately held company PhyNexus, Inc. (PhyNexus) based in California, US, for a total purchase price of approx. USD 21.5 million (corresponding to approx. SEK 195 million[1]) financed through a combination of newly issued […]