St. Louis, MO 3/16/10—Sigma-Aldrich has announced an agreement to purchase Ace Animal, a provider of research rodents to the biomedical industry, for an undisclosed amount. Ace Animal will operate as part of Sigma Advanced Genetic Engineering (SAGE) Labs. “With the Ace Animals acquisition, SAGE Labs will be in a better position to offer a greater […]
Austin, TX 3/25/10; New York, NY 3/25/10—Luminex has acquired BSD Robotics, an Australian company that specializes in the automation and robotics of dry-sample handling, for $5 million and future earn-out payments. “There is great potential to combine our technologies and expertise to create new products and reach scientists in many industry sectors, from genetic testing […]
Bad Ragaz, Switzerland 1/29/10—INFICON has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Agilent’s micro GC business. The divestiture by Agilent is required by the EU as a condition for approval of Agilent’s acquisition of Varian (see IBO 1/31/10, 2/15/10). Earlier this month, Agilent agreed to sell three other product lines as part of the EU’s requirements […]
Männedorf, Switzerland 3/4/10—Laboratory automation provider Tecan announced in its 2009 earnings release that it is “exploring a wide range of strategic alternatives” for its Sample Management business. The business primarily consists of REMP, which Tecan purchased five years ago for CHF 92 million ($73.3 million) (see IBO 6/15/05). REMP provides compound storage systems, consumables, software […]
Santa Clara, CA 2/22/10—Agilent Technologies announced a decision in its favor in its trade secrets and breach of contract case against Advanced Materials Technology (AMT) and three of its employees (see IBO 1/31/08). AMT develops and sells the Halo line of Fused-Core particle technology HPLC columns for fast LC. Agilent stated that the Delaware Court […]
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 3/15/10—Bruker’s Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST), a subsidiary of Bruker, has acquired AIXUV GmbH, a developer of XUV/EUV (extreme ultraviolet) systems and components. XUV/EUV light allows chemically sensitive measurements with nanometer lateral resolution, according to Bruker. “This acquisition paves the way for the development of our business in new markets for scientific […]
Hong Kong 2/26/10—Techcomp, a manufacturer and distributor of analytical instruments, has acquired 80% of Precisa Gravimetrics AG from Swiss Scale AG for CHF 3.5 million ($3.1 million = CHF 1.08 = $1). Established in 1935 and based in Switzerland, Precisa Gravimetrics AG manufacturers and sells analytical balances and moisture analyzers. “Whilst Asia remains one of […]
Billerica, MA and Santa Clara, CA 3/9/10; Washington, DC 3/12/10—Bruker and Agilent Technologies have entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement for Varian’s ICP-MS, laboratory GC and triple quadrupole GC-MS instruments for $37.5 million in cash. The EU required the divestiture of these product lines, as well as Agilent’s micro GC product line, as a […]
White Plains, NY 2/17/10; Woburn, MA 2/2/10—ITT, a provider of transport and treatment for water, wastewater and other fluids, has agreed to acquire Nova Analytics for an undisclosed amount. Nova Analytics provides lab, field and online analytical instruments for environmental, medical, and food and beverage applications. Its brands include WTW, SI Analytics, Global Water and […]
Foster City, CA and Concord, Canada 2/16/10—MS supplier AB SCIEX has acquired Eksigent Technologies for an undisclosed amount. Eksigent provides advanced low-flow HPLC systems. “This acquisition addresses a broad range of life science applications, such as the rapidly growing peptide quantitation market, by further enabling breakthrough performance and ease of use through the combination of […]
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