Washington, DC 8/29/14—Bio-Rad Laboratories stated in an SEC filing that Bradford J. Crutchfield, executive vice president and president of its Life Sciences Group, is no longer employed by the company, effective August 26. A replacement has yet to be named.
Montpellier, France 8/11/14 ; Paris, France 8/12/14—Alpha MOS, which filed for bankruptcy last year (see IBO 12/15/13), has announced that publicly held French company DMS, a provider of diagnostic medical-imaging systems, plans to make an investment in the company as part of a capital increase that will also include current shareholders. The offering will take […]
Paris, France 7/21/14; St. Ives, UK 7/22/14 —Environnement, a publicly held French provider of online environmental monitors, has acquired UK-based PCME for €8 million ($11 million = €0.74 = $1). PCME supplies continuous particulate monitors for industrial processes and had fiscal 2014 revenues of €10 million ($14 million). “The expertise of PCME for the monitoring […]
San Diego, CA 7/28/14—Independent service organization (ISO) Zef Scientific has filed suit against Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) in US District Court for the Southern District of California, alleging monopolization, restraint of trade, tortious interference with contractual relations, tortious interference with prospective business advantage, and unfair competition. In the complaint, Zef states that SSI changed its […]
San Diego, CA 8/21/14; London, England 8/21/14—Illumina has formed collaborative partnerships with AstraZeneca, Janssen Biotech and Sanofi to develop a universal next-generation sequencing (NGS)–based oncology test system. The system will be used for clinical trials of targeted cancer therapies with a goal of developing and commercializing a multigene panel for therapeutic selection. The partnership involves […]
Tokyo, Japan 8/4/14; Sedgefield, UK 8/5/14—Publicly held Japanese firm ReproCELL, a supplier of iPSC-derived products, and media and reagents for cell culture, has acquired UK-based Reinnervate and US-based BioServe Biotechnologies for an undisclosed amount. Reinnervate provides 3-D cell-culture products. BioServe supplies human tissue and other biological samples. “The ReproCELL group of companies now offers products […]
Purmerend, Amsterdam 7/1/14—Midmarket buyout firm AAC Capital has acquired a majority interest in Hobré Instruments from Parcom Capital. Hobré’s management team has also invested in the firm. Hobré designs and manufactures online analyzers, sample systems and turnkey systems for the oil and gas, and process industries. The company has annual revenues of €20 million ($27 […]
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 8/14/14—Miltenyi Biotech, a provider of products and services for biomedical research and cellular therapy, has acquired Lentigen’s lentiviral-vector–manufacturing business and related assets, including intellectual property and process technologies. The purchase price was not disclosed. “It is our goal at Miltenyi Biotec to become the major supplier of lentiviral vectors for cell and […]
Berwyn, PA 8/5/14—AMETEK has purchased Amptek, a provider of x-ray detectors for XRF systems, electronics for nuclear and spaceflight instruments, and gamma-ray detectors. Financial details were not provided. Amptek has annual revenues of $30 million. “Its products and technology nicely complement our existing materials-analysis capabilities,” stated AMETEK Chairman and CEO Frank S. Hermance. “They also […]
Jena, Germany 8/13/14; Jena, Germany 8/14/14—Analytik Jena has agreed to acquire Bruker’s ICP-MS business and assets (see IBO 7/31/14) for an undisclosed amount. The business generated $12 million in revenues in 2013. “With the acquisition of the ICP-MS business from Bruker, we expect to close an important technological gap and will be in position to […]
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