Waltham, MA 8/4/16—PerkinElmer announced on its quarterly conference call the acquisition of Bioo Scientific, which provides consumables solutions for life science research, and food and feed safety testing. In its 10-K SEC filing, the company disclosed a purchase price of $61.0 million, net of cash acquired. On the call, PerkinElmer President and CEO Robert F. […]
Berwyn, PA 8/4/16—AMETEK, a supplier of electronic instruments and electro-mechanical devices, has acquired Nu Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Nu provides magnetic sector MS systems used for elemental and isotopic analysis, and has annual sales of around $25 million. “Its products and markets are highly complementary with our CAMECA advanced elemental analysis business, and it […]
Montreal, Canada 8/2/16—Publicly held imaging analysis systems company Clemex Technologies has received a nonbinding letter of intent from its principal shareholders, RAL Diagnostics, Zwick Roell and Yves Bassat, to acquire the company for CAD 3.8 million ($2.9 million), or CAD 0.20 ($0.15 = CAD 1.31 = $1) per share, and take it private. This is […]
South San Francisco, CA 8/4/16—Fluidigm, a provider of life science analytical and preparatory systems, has appointed Chris Linthwaite as president and COO. He will oversee sales, marketing, R&D, manufacturing and quality. Mr. Linthwaite previously served as president of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Genetic Sciences Division. “Chris is a trusted leader with a reputation for developing high […]
Royston, UK 7/4/16; Royston, UK 7/29/16—Blacktrace Holdings, which consists of a group of companies for “Productizing Science,” has introduced two new brands. Spun out of Blacktrace’s Dolomite Microfluidics business, Dolomite Bio is focused on high-throughput single-cell research. Products include microfluidic systems and modules, control software and reagents. Earlier in July, Blacktrace announced the formation of […]
Columbus, OH 7/28/16, Washington, DC 7/29/16—Mettler-Toledo, the largest provider of lab weighing instruments, has agreed to acquire US-based Henry Troemner for $96 million. Henry Troemner supplies lab equipment, weights and weight calibration. The company stated that the purchase would expand its offering of basic lab products distributed under the Ohaus brand, and make it a […]
Changchun, China 7/22/16; Providence, RI 3/31/16—Chinese pharmaceutical company Jilin Zixin Pharmaceutical Industrial has signed an “investment framework agreement” to invest $6.0 million in Nabsys 2.0, according to a Google translation of the company’s website and a report in the Providence Journal. Nabsys 2.0 develops whole-genome mapping technology to electronically analyze very long DNA molecules with […]
Washington, DC 7/2/16; Washington, DC 7/25/16—Danaher has announced new reporting segments following the spin off of Fortive (see IBO 12/31/15) on July 2. Publicly held Fortive consists of Danaher’s former Test & Measurement, and Industrial Technologies (excluding Product Identification) segments, as well as the Retail/Commercial Petroleum platform. Beginning in the third quarter, the new reporting […]
New York, NY 7/7/16—Enzo Biochem’s Enzo Life Sciences subsidiary has finalized a settlement with Illumina resolving a suit brought by the company against Illumina in 2012 in the Delaware Federal District Court. The suit alleged infringement of US Patent No. 7,064,197 (System, Array and Non-Porous Solid Support Comprising Fixing or Immobilized Nucleic Acids) (see IBO […]
Nottingham, UK 7/8/16—Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), a UK-based distributor of lab supplies, has purchased Analab, a Northern Ireland–based lab product distributor. SLS Chairman Peter Chapman said in a statement that SLS is already well-established in the country, but it will now concentrate on increasing sales to the pharmaceutical and medical technology markets. Damien McCorry, Analab […]
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