Oberkochen, Germany 9/25/15—ZEISS Microscopy has announced a restructuring plan that includes development, production, sales and marketing. One hundred thirty jobs will be eliminated and 150 relocated. Changes will also be made at all Microscopy sites. All activities at the business’s Göttingen site except production will be transferred. Production at the site, consisting of 240 employees, […]
Darmstadt, Germany 9/28/15; St. Louis, MO 9/28/15—Merck KGaA has announced that it expects to close its $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich (see IBO 9/30/14) within the next two months. Merck had originally expected the transaction to close in the third quarter. “We are diligently working on fulfilling the EU commitments,” commented Bernd Reckmann, member of […]
Newark, DE 8/27/15—Analtech/iChromatography has been acquired by General Manager Steven C. Miles from the estates of Matt Lamkin and Kenneth Rainin, the company’s owners. Analtech manufactures TLC plates, and supplies HPLC columns, SPE columns and semiautomated sample application equipment. Discussing changes to the company’s product lines, Mr. Miles, who has been general manager since 2006, […]
Providence, RI 9/13/15; Providence, RI 9/15/15—Golocalprov.com reported on September 13 that Nabsys, a developer of DNA sequencing technology based on semiconductor technology, had closed. The website reported that, according to witnesses, the firm’s offices had been closed for over a week. The Providence Journal reported on September 15 that stockholder and former employee John Thompson, […]
Begbroke, UK 9/3/15; Nottingham, UK 9/3/15; Oxford, UK 9/10/15—Genetics research solutions firm Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) has sold its NGS services business to Source BioScience, a provider of lab services and products, for an undisclosed amount. As part of the agreement, OGT has licensed its analysis software to Source. “OGT’s genomics products portfolio has been […]
Lake Forest, IL 8/3/15; Vernon Hills, IL 8/18/15—IDEX Health and Science, part of fluid and metering technologies firm IDEX, has sold its Ismatic product line to lab product company Cole-Parmer for $28 million. Part of IDEX’s Scientific Fluidics Platform, the Ismatic business recorded 2014 revenues of $13 million. The independent channel control peristaltic pumps are […]
Omaha, NB 9/9/15; Los Angeles, CA 9/10/15—Transgenomic, a publicly held provider of diagnostics technologies, has sold its IC product line, including columns and resins, and related assets to EdgeBio for $2.1 million in cash. EdgeBio, which is owned by investment firm StoneCalibre, manufactures and distributes sample preparation and clean-up products for NGS. The IC business […]
Brookfield, CT 9/1/15; Boston, MA 8/31/15—Unity Scientific has been purchased by private equity firm Union Park Capital from majority owner Joseph Platano. Unity manufactures NIR, automated wet chemistry and sample preparation instruments for in-line, online and benchtop applications in applied markets, including food and dairy, agriculture and environmental. The acquisition is the first for Union […]
Aubagne, France; Goettingen, Germany; and Chalfont St. Giles, UK 9/1/15—Under an OEM supplier agreement, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) has agreed to supply GE Healthcare Life Sciences with its Sartobind adsorber purification technology. Sartorius will manufacture the technology for GE, which will market it as ReadyToProcess Adsorber. The membrane adsorber ion exchange technology is used to […]
Frankfurt, Germany 9/15/15; Millville, NJ 9/15/15—Duran Group, a portfolio of companies advised by One Equity Partners Capital Advisors (OEP), has acquired laboratory glassware supplier Wheaton from Incline Equity Partners for an undisclosed amount. Wheaton provides glassware and plasticware in North America for life science R&D, IVD and medical packaging. Earlier this year, One Equity closed […]
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