CVC, one of the world’s leading private markets investment firms, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat-detection and security-screening technologies for airports and critical infrastructure, from Smiths Group plc. Leveraging CVC’s extensive experience in executing corporate carve-outs and history of scaling newly independent companies, […]
Analytical Technologies Group (“ATG Service” or “ATG”), a portfolio company of Reynolda Equity Partners (“Reynolda”), has acquired InTech Scientific Solutions (“InTech”). Based in Providence, Rhode Island, ATG Service provides service, maintenance and repair for laboratory instruments critical in pharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing. ATG Service’s customers include pharmaceutical and biotech companies, CDMO’s, universities and government […]
Männedorf, Switzerland – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today announced the acquisition of Wako Automation assets, including the flagship Director™ scheduling software and select hardware modules. The transaction was completed on December 1, 2025. It is Tecan’s strategic objective to expand its addressable market beyond liquid-handling-centric offerings and reinforce its leadership in laboratory […]
We are pleased to announce that effective 20. November 2025, Semilab has acquired Bristol Nano Dynamics Ltd. (BND), a spin-out of the University of Bristol in the UK. BND is an instrument manufacturer specializing in rapid, high-resolution mapping and nanoscale surface characterization. Their 40+ years’ of combined experience in developing scanning probe microscopes resulted in versatile and user-friendly tools to address measurement […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Innovative Lab Services LLC (“ILS”), a leading provider of laboratory maintenance and management solutions, today announced the acquisition of Overbrook Scientific (“Overbrook”), a Boston-based company specializing in equipment planning, laboratory relocations, asset management, and multi-vendor instrument maintenance. The acquisition expands ILS’s national footprint and enhances its specialized capabilities in laboratory relocations and […]
ODENSE, Denmark — Nordic Capital today announced an agreement to become the majority owner in Evosep, a leading Danish innovator of sample preparation and separation solutions for LC-MS-based proteomics. The investment, leveraging Nordic Capital’s experience as a leading investor in healthcare and life science for over 30 years, will be made in close collaboration with Evosep’s founders […]
Richmond, VA — The parent company of Grenova, a leading innovator in sustainable laboratory solutions, today announced the acquisition of certain assets of Peak Analysis and Automation (PAA), a long-established UK based provider of laboratory automation technologies and services. The acquisition marks a significant step toward delivering fully integrated, automation-ready solutions to laboratories worldwide. As sister […]
Twin Lakes, WI, USA / Darmstadt, Germany / Beijing, China — The Advanced Measurement Instruments (AMI) Group, a global leader in materials characterization and catalyst analysis, has acquired a majority interest in STOE & Cie GmbH, the renowned German manufacturer of high-precision X-ray diffraction (XRD) instruments. The combination unites two pioneers in complementary fields of […]
In one of the largest acquisitions in its history, FOSS acquires a world-leading spectrometer specialist, accelerating its investments in photonics and optical technologies FOSS announces the acquisition of North American spectrometer specialist Wasatch Photonics. The Danish family-owned company continues its investments within photonics and optics, this time with one of the biggest acquisitions in the […]
Schlieren, Switzerland — InSphero AG, the global market leader in 3D cell-based assays and organ-on-chip systems signed the definitive agreement to acquire DOPPL SA, a Lausanne-based innovator in the organoid space, including the Sun Bioscience Gri3D® technology. The acquisition strengthens InSphero’s position as the most comprehensive provider of advanced 3D in vitro models, combining scalable spheroid and organoid technologies with integrated assay […]
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