Tokyo, Japan and Santa Clara, CA 3/30/15—Japan-based scientific-instrument firm Rigaku has agreed to acquire Agilent Technologies’ XRD business for an undisclosed amount. The XRD business provides single-crystal x-ray instruments for chemical crystallography. “The acquisition of Agilent’s x-ray crystallography business represents a significant step in the expansion of our single-crystal x-ray business,” said Rigaku President and […]
Tokyo, Japan and Madison, WI 3/30/15; Tokyo, Japan 3/30/15—Fujifilm has agreed to acquire Cellular Dynamics (CDI) for $307 million in cash, or $16.50 per share, a 108% premium to CDI’s March 27 closing price. CDI develops and manufactures fully functioning human cells, including iPSCs, in industrial quantities to specification. In 2014, CDI generated $16.7 million […]
Waltham, MA 1/21/15—Repligen, a provider of consumables products for manufacturing biological drugs, has appointed COO Tony J. Hunt as CEO, effective May 21. He succeeds Walter C. Herlihy, PhD, who will retire as president and CEO. “We are delighted to promote our COO, Tony Hunt, a seasoned and successful bioprocessing-industry executive, to the position of […]
Burgdorf, Switzerland 2/23/15—ReseaChem, a German provider of chemical services and isotope and laboratory supplies, has acquired Swiss firm ACL Instruments for an undisclosed amount. ACL provides solutions for the characterization of long-term oxidative reactions in solids and liquids, including instrumentation and services. ReseaChem stated that the acquisition was part of an effort to diversify its […]
Washington, DC 3/3/15—OpGen has filed for an IPO of its common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market. OpGen provides the Acuitas multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO)–focused products for rapidly identifying infections in hospital patients and the Argus Whole Genome Mapping system. In 2014, sales increased 71.1% to $4.1 million (see page 12) due to increased collaboration revenue. […]
Waltham, MA 2/17/15—PerkinElmer has announced a chromatography collaboration with Waters, under which its LC and GC portfolio will be standardized on Waters Empower Software chromatography data system. “Our alliance with Waters combines cutting-edge chromatography technologies and sophisticated analysis software with leading application knowledge and best-in-class services,” stated Jon DiVincenzo, president of Environmental Health, PerkinElmer. PerkinElmer […]
Washington, DC 2/27/15; Billerica, MA 3/2/15—RainDance Technologies has filed with the SEC for a proposed IPO of its common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol “RAIN.” The company develops, manufactures and sells systems based on its digital droplet technology as well as consumables and assays for the detection and analysis of complex […]
London, UK 1/22/15—Publicly held Judges Scientific has acquired Armfield, a supplier of engineering equipment and research instruments for educational applications, and R&D systems for the food, beverage, diary, vegetable oil and pharmaceutical industry. The purchase price was £8.3 million ($12.6 million = £0.66 = $1) and up to a £1.5 million ($2.3 million) earn out. […]
Ann Arbor, MI 2/2/15; Roanoke, VA 2/2/15—Advanced Photonix (API), a supplier of optoelectronic sensors, devices, and test and measurement instrumentation, has agreed to merge with Luna Innovations, which develops and manufactures fiber optic sensing, and test and measurement products, in a stock-for-stock transaction. Both companies are publicly held. For each share of API stock, API […]
Hong Kong 12/15/14; Hong Kong 12/29/14; Hong Kong 1/19/15—Shanghai-based BBI Life Sciences, a provider of life science–research products and services, has completed a public offering of its common stock on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company offered 91,815,000 shares at a price of HKD 1.75 per share ($0.23 = HKD 7.76 = $1) on […]
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