Firm Announces Launch of Blackstone Life Sciences Investment Platform New York – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that it has agreed to acquire Clarus, a leading global life sciences investment firm that has raised $2.6 billion since its founding. Clarus, with offices in the life sciences hubs of Boston and San Francisco, is focused on funding growth-stage […]
End-to-end Software Solution for Fully Connected Smart Fab of the Future SYRACUSE, N.Y.–On October 1, 2018 INFICON Inc. (SWX:IFCN), a leading supplier of vacuum instrumentation and process control software to the semiconductor manufacturing industry acquired all assets of Final Phase Systems (FPS) of Austin, Texas, USA. Founded in 2009 by Industrial Engineers from AMD/Spansion’s Fab25, FPS has grown to […]
Demonstrating continued growth as a global market leader in rapid and portable microbiological monitoring tools, LuminUltra has acquired aqua-tools’ Rapid Microbial Solutions division, including its B-QUA™ product line for ballast water compliance monitoring and the European customer base for its 2nd Generation ATP®(Adenosine Triphosphate) measurement products. This acquisition closed today. This is the second significant acquisition […]
LGC has today announced a further strengthening of its nucleic acid chemistry (NAC) offering with the acquisition of Berry and Associates, premier supplier of specialty oligo reagents. Berry and Associates’ products are sold to customers in the pharmaceutical, clinical diagnostics and academic research sectors as well as to oligonucleotide synthesis companies and contract manufacturing organisations. […]
Global investment firm backs growth plans for TTP Labtech Cambridge, UK: TTP Labtech Ltd, an international leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science research is pleased to announce that investment from Battery Ventures has underpinned their aggressive growth plans. Over the last 18 years TTP Labtech has successfully […]
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GENEWIZ Group, a leading global genomics service provider headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey. The total cash purchase price for the acquisition will be approximately $450 million, subject to working capital and other adjustments. The transaction is expected to […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. Highlights: Acquisition adds a differentiated portfolio and organizational capabilities in the fast-growing cell analysis market Combined portfolio expands cell-based applications and workflows allowing customers more choices to answer more questions from a single sample Combined clinical reagent and instrument portfolio allows for optimized complete solutions Expands R&D, Manufacturing & Operations, and Commercial […]
Avidity Science is pleased to announce it has completed its acquisition of CT Chemicals Inc. The acquisition furthers Avidity Science’s efforts to broaden its range of products and solutions supporting the research tools market. Based in Lebanon, OH, CT Chemicals manufactures and sells filtration products including ion exchange and filtration media-based solutions used in water […]
New Castle, Delaware, USA. – TA Instruments today announced the acquisition of certain assets related to the thermophysical property measurement business of Theta Industries, Inc. Theta Industries is a premier developer and manufacturer of instrumentation for the measurement of high temperature thermophysical properties. The company’s product offerings covered a broad range of instruments including dilatometers, […]
September 19, 2018 – It’s now possible to both quickly and easily identify all microbes in a sample and determine the abundance of specific microbes as LuminUltra, a global market leader in rapid and portable microbiological monitoring tools, has acquired InstantLabs, a developer of DNA-based measurement technologies. “LuminUltra is now a one-stop shop for microbiology management in […]
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