New Orleans, LA 3/3/08—Agilent Technologies’ Life Science and Chemical Analysis business (also known as Bio-analytical Measurement) has announced two acquisitions to grow its Materials Science Solutions Unit, which was formed last year (see IBO 04/15/07). Agilent has agreed to acquire TILL Photonics GmbH, a provider of fluorescence microscopy products. The acquisition is expected to close […]
Wetzlar, Germany; Liechtenstein; Vienna, Austria 2/21/08—Leica Microsystems, a Danaher company, has acquired Bal-Tec AG, a provider of sample preparation equipment for scanning electron microscopy (EM). Leica will manage the new business from its Ultramicrotomy facility in Vienna, Austria. “Leica Microsystems was already a leader in key segments of the EM sample preparation market and now, […]
Norwalk, CT 2/29/08—Applera has announced its Celera subsidiary, one of the company’s two tracking stocks, along with Applied Biosystems, will pursue a possible spin-off from Applera to become a separately traded public firm (see IBO 8/15/07). Celera provides diagnostic products and services. Holders of the Celera tracking stock would receive Celera shares in a one-for-one […]
Paoli, PA 2/26/08—AMETEK has acquired Motion Control Group (MCG), a manufacturer of motors and motion control solutions for a range of markets, including the medical and life sciences markets. MCG generates annual sales of approximately $26 million. “MCG greatly enhances our capability in providing precision motion technology solutions,” stated AMETEK Chairman and CEO Frank S. […]
Sunnyvale, CA 2/5/08 and 2/25/08; Houston, Texas 2/7/08—Publicly held Integrated Media Holdings (IMHI) has acquired TeleChem International for 35 million shares, or approximately 64.4% of the outstanding shares, following a 1 for 30 reverse stock split. TeleChem operates under the name Array It and provides cost-effective microarray systems and products. “The business combination with IMHI […]
Holliston, MA 2/6/08—Harvard Bioscience announced that it has adopted a shareholders rights plan designed to protect the company in the case of a hostile takeover bid. Each stock holder will recive one preferred stock purchase right per share, which will become exercisable in the event of one person’s purchase of, or tender offer for, 20% […]
Jena, Germany 2/27/08—Laboratory automation supplier CyBio AG announced that it has appointed Dr. Holger Wolf as CEO effective March 1. Mr. Wolf was most recently vice president of Sales, Central Europe, for the Danish medical products firm Coloplast. He joins the company’s executive committee, whose other member is Sonja Strauss.
Carlsbad and Santa Clara, CA 2/5/08—Invitrogen and Agilent have reached a confidential agreement to settle three lawsuits. Stratagene, which Agilent acquired last year (see IBO 4/15/07), was a party in all three suits. Under the agreement, Agilent will make a payment to Invitrogen for an undisclosed amount and discontinue sales of RNase H minus reverse […]
Caluire, France and Pensauken, NJ 2/1/08—Setaram, a provider of thermal analysis and calorimetry systems, has acquired Hy-Energy, a manufacturer of gas sorption instruments for clean energy applications. “The integration of Hy-Energy with Setaram further strengthens Setaram Instruments’ North American operations and provides us with a physical presence on the West Coast, closer to many of […]
Paoli, PA 2/11/08—AMETEK has purchased Newage Testing Instruments, a manufacturer of hardness testing equipment. Newage will join AMETEK’s Measurement and Calibration Technologies division. AMETEK Chairman and CEO Frank S. Hermance stated that Newage’s “hardness testing equipment and technology complements our Lloyd Instruments universal materials testing machines and broadens the range of materials testing solutions we […]
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