Milford, MA 8/15/07—Waters has acquired Calorimetry Sciences Corporation (CSC). Based in Linden, Utah, CSC provides differential scanning and isothermal titration calorimeters and has annual sales of $4 million. Waters expects the transaction to be neutral to 2007 earnings.
Rheineck, Switzerland 6/20/07—Hach Lange has completed the acquisition of Züllig AG, a provider of online measurement solutions, as of June 12. Founded in 1913, Züllig AG specializes in control and automation solution for waste and drinking water plants. Hach plans to maintain Züllig’s Swiss headquarters.
New Delhi, India; Mumbai, India 7/25/07—Indian news sources report that RFCL, an Indian supplier of laboratory products and services, has acquired Wipro Biomed, an OEM partner and distributor of research and clinical products, from software company Wipro. The transaction price was not disclosed. Wipro Biomed consists of three businesses: the Life Science Group, Diagnostic System […]
Thermo Fisher Scientific has entered into an agreement to acquire India-based Qualigens Fine Chemicals from GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals for INR 240 crore ($59.5 million). According to Thermo, Qualigens is India’s largest laboratory chemical manufacturer and supplier. Based in Mumbai with 150 employees country-wide, Qualigen’s manufactures and sells fine chemicals, diagnostic kits and laboratory products, and had […]
Abingdon, UK 7/26/07—Oxford Instruments has agreed to acquire 81.4% of Worldwide Analytical Systems AG (WAS), a supplier of arc/spark optical emission spectrometers. Oxford Instruments will pay a maximum of £9.3 million ($19.1 million) in cash. Based in Uedem, Germany, with 67 employees, WAS generated 2006 revenues of £5.7 million ($10.5 million) and a profit of […]
Waltham, MA 7/26/07—PerkinElmer has announced that Robert F. Friel, president of the company’s Life and Analytical Sciences division (LAS), will become president and COO, effective August 1. He is expected to be named CEO in February 2008, replacing Gregory L. Summe, who will become executive chairman until April 2009. The LAS presidency is not expected […]
Rochester, NY 7/9/07—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired the assets of the OptiCell product line, consumable products for cell culture growth, from BioCrystal for an undisclosed amount. Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Nalge Nunc International subsidiary has exclusively distributed the product since last year. “This acquisition helps us leverage and further develop OptiCell as a next generation cell […]
St. Louis, MS and Richmond, CA 7/10/07—Sigma-Aldrich has licensed Sangamo BioSciences’ zinc finder DNA-binding proteins (ZFPs) for development of research reagents for the regulation of gene expression in living cells. Sigma-Aldrich also acquired rights to sublicense the technology for research applications. Sigma-Aldrich will initially pay Sangamo $13.75 million in the form of an upfront licensing […]
Graz, Austria 6/29/07—Anton Paar GmbH has acquired German company Dr. Wolfgang Kerchen GmbH, a maker of refractometers and polarimeters, effective July 1. Dr. Wolfgang Kerchen’s primary market is the sugar industry and it has served as the exclusive supplier of high-precision refractometers to Anton Paar.
Pittsburgh, PA 7/2/07—Mettler-Toledo has sold its Berger SFC (Supercritical Fluid Chromatography) division to Thar Technologies for an undisclosed amount. “The combination of Berger SFC and Thar Instruments will result in a fully integrated SFC instrumentation company that will have the necessary critical mass to further penetrate the rapidly developing analysis and purification market, while providing […]
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