Billerica, MA 9/3/10; Washington, DC 9/3/10—Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST), a subsidiary of Bruker, has filed an S-1 registration statement with the SEC for an IPO. Following the stock offering, Bruker will retain a controlling stake. BEST develops, manufactures and markets superconducting materials, ceramic high-temperature superconductors, non-superconducting Cuponal materials and wires, and devices, such […]
Glenview, IL 9/2/10; London, UK 9/3/10—Private equity firm 3i has agreed to sell Panreac, a Spanish manufacturer and supplier of chemicals for lab research and production, to industrial conglomerate Illinois Tool Works (ITW). Panreac’s portfolio is comprised of 12,000 products, including reagents, high-purity solvents for HPLC, and fine chemicals. Based in Barcelona, the company has […]
Chicago, IL 9/10/10—Celsis In Vitro (Celsis IVT) announced that the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has entered a preliminary injunction against CellzDirect, part of Life Technologies’ Invitrogen business, due to their infringement of US Patent No. 7,604,929 (see IBO 6/30/10). The Patent relates to methods for producing multi-cryopreserved hepatocytes and methods […]
White Plains, NY and College Station, TX 9/14/10—ITT, a high technology engineering and manufacturing company, has entered into a definite agreement to acquire OI Corporation for $29 million. ITT will purchase all outstanding shares of OI for $12 per share, a 42.9% premium to OI’s closing price on September 13. OI provides total organic carbon […]
Guildford, UK, Burlington, MA and Portland, ME 8/26/10—Data management and analytics solutions provider IDBS has agreed to acquire Quantrix for an undisclosed amount. Quantrix provides business modeling and analytics software and services. IDBS currently licenses Quantrix’s technology for use in its E-Workbook Suite electronic laboratory notebook. “This transaction allows us to accelerate the introduction of […]
Holliston, MA 8/23/10—Harvard Bioscience has acquired substantially all the assets of Coulbourn Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Coulbourn Instruments manufactures behavioral measurement products, with an emphasis on systems for assessing learning and memory utilized in research labs. “The acquisition of Coulbourn provides us another well established brand in our portfolio of products and enables us […]
Washington, DC 8/16/10—DNA sequencer developer Pacific Biosciences has filed a registration form with the SEC for an IPO to raise $200 million. The company’s SMRT (single-molecule real-time) sequencing technology provides single-molecule resolution. The company plans to introduce its PacBio RS system in early 2011 at a list price of $695,000, with an initial focus on […]
Portland, OR 8/16/10; Arlington, VA 8/16/10—FLIR, a developer of advanced sensor technologies, has entered into a definitive merger agreement with ICx Technologies for an aggregate cash purchase price of $274 million. ICx Technologies product offerings include systems for chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear and explosives detection. The offer consists of a cash tender offer for outstanding […]
Waltham, MA 8/31/10—PerkinElmer has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Illumination and Detection Solutions (IDS) business to private equity firm Veritas Capital Fund III for $500 million, or $482 million net of payments for acquired cash balances. The IDS business provides custom-designed specialty lighting and sensor components, subsystems and integration solutions to major OEMs […]
Carlsbad, CA and Guilford, CT 8/17/10—Life Technologies has agreed to buy Ion Torrent for $375 million in cash and stock. Ion Torrent’s PostLight sequencing technology translates chemical signals into digital information on a semiconductor chip. An additional consideration of $350 million cash and stock will be available upon the achievement of certain technical and time-based […]
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