Minneapolis, MN 1/31/14—Techne, a manufacturer of biotechnology products and hematology calibrators and controls, has announced a three-year agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific. Thermo will distribute Techne’s R&D Systems, Tocris and Boston Biochem brand catalog products in the US and Canada through its Fisher Scientific customer channel. Techne will be a Thermo preferred supplier but will […]
Shoreview, MN 2/15/14—Measurement solutions firm TSI has acquired Enwave Optronics’ business assets and Raman spectroscopy technology for an undisclosed sum. Enwave provides handheld, portable, benchtop and process control systems. “Raman technology expends our chemical characterization business so that now we can address molecular-based as well as elemental-based material analysis,” stated TSI President Tom Kennedy. TSI’s […]
New Castle, DE 1/30/14; New Castle, DE 1/30/14; Washington, DC 2/27/14—TA Instruments, a division of Waters, has acquired three companies. In December 2013, TA acquired US-based LaserComp, a manufacturer of thermal conductivity test instruments, including heat flow meters and guarded hot plate systems. The company was purchased for $12 million in cash, according to an […]
Cambridge, UK 2/27/14—Horizon Discovery plans to raise £25 million ($42 million = £0.60 = $1) through an IPO on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. Horizon supplies the GENESIS gene editing and X MAN cell line platforms for genomics research and the development of personalized medicines. In 2013, Horizon revenues grew more than 70% to […]
Hillsboro, OR 2/5/14—FEI has acquired Lithicon, a provider of digital rock technology services and pore-scale micro–computed tomography (microCT) equipment to oil and gas companies, for $68 million. In addition, through a licensing and development agreement, FEI has acquired the helical scan microCT product and associated software from Australian National University. “The acquisition of Lithicon and […]
Waltham, MA 2/3/14—Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed its $15.1 billion acquisition of Life Technologies (see IBO 4/15/13). The purchase price consisted of $76.13 in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $13.6 billion, and the assumption of $1.5 billion in net debt. “Our combined offering provides cutting edge technologies, such as genomics and proteomics, […]
Radnor, PA 2/3/14—VWR International has agreed to acquire Germany-based Peqlab Biotechnologie for an undisclosed amount. Peqlab has subsidiaries and operations in the US, UK and Austria and also owns the Clemens manufacturing operation in Germany. Peqlab develops, manufactures and supplies molecular and cell biology reagents, consumables and instruments to support the education, research, health care […]
Kyoto, Japan 2/10/14; Boston, MA 2/12/14—HORIBA has acquired the assets of Photon Technology International (PTI), a supplier of fluorescence spectroscopy research instrumentation, including microscopy-based fluorometers. The purchase price was not disclosed. Based in New Jersey, PTI has 40 employees at sites in the US, UK, Canada and Germany. HORIBA stated that it aims to increase […]
Abingdon, England 1/23/14—Oxford Instruments has announced its acquisition of German firm Roentgenanalytik Systeme, a supplier of coating thickness measurement and materials analysis systems using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy. Oxford Instruments stated that the acquisition substantially expands its range of XRF products and that it will make Roentgenanalytik’s headquarters in Taunusstein, Germany, a center of excellence […]
Beijing, China 1/15/14; Beijing, China 1/20/14; Washington, DC 1/31/14— Thermo Fisher Scientific’s proposed acquisition of Life Technologies (see IBO 4/15/13) has received clearance in the US and China. Stating that the merger would have restricted competition in the cell culture products, sequence-specific primer (SSP) kits, protein standards for SDS-PAGE and siRNA reagent markets, China’s Ministry […]
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