Hillsboro, OR 8/20/12; Tokyo, Japan 8/21/12—Hitachi High-Technologies and FEI have settled their Japanese patent dispute related to focused ion beam technology for electron microscopes. Under the agreement, FEI will make a one-time payment of $15 million, Hitachi High-Technologies will dismiss its pending claims and the firms will cross license patents. Having previously recorded a $5.4 […]
Franklin Lakes, NJ 8/27/12; Oxford, UK 8/29/12—BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has purchased Sirigen Group, a developer of polymer dyes for flow cytometry and other technologies, for an undisclosed amount. BD stated that the company’s technology has the potential to create novel dyes that are four to ten times brighter than conventional dyes. “We believe […]
Darmstadt, Germany 8/22/12—Merck KGaA has agreed to acquire Germany-based Biochrom, a producer and marketer of cell culture media and buffer solutions, for an undisclosed amount. In 2011, Biochrom had sales of €13 million ($18 million = €0.72 = $1) and 60 employees. Biochrom will join Merck Millipore’s Process Solutions business unit, adding liquid cell culture […]
Cleveland, OH 8/22/12—Parker Hannifin has acquired SciLog, a provider of single-use technologies and systems for the biopharmaceutical market, including sensor technology for process monitoring and control. “The addition of SciLog perfectly complements our existing core strengths in filtration and disposable assemblies for the biopharmaceutical market,” commented Dr. Mike Brailsford, general manager of Parker Hannifin’s Process […]
Santa Clara, CA 7/25/12—Agilent Technologies has announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected the claims of and revoked Affymetrix’s EP 0853679 entitled “Expression Monitoring by Hybridization to High Density Oligonucleotide Arrays.” The ruling is the result of an appeal by Agilent, Combimatrix and Clonediag of a previous decision. The case dates back to […]
Tokyo, Japan 7/25/12; Tokyo, Japan 7/25/12; Tokyo, Japan 8/9/12—Hitachi High-Technologies and Seiko Instruments have announced a delay in the acquisition of Seiko’s SII NanoTechnology business by Hitachi High-Technologies (see IBO 5/31/12) due to regulatory review. The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has stated that following a review of the impact on the acquisition on competitors, […]
Washington, DC 8/3/12—Waters disclosed in its quarterly filing with the SEC that it has acquired software firm Blue Reference for $14 million in cash. Blue Reference develops and distributes software products for real-time mining of multiple-application scientific databases. The filing stated: “The Company will integrate the Blue Reference technology into the current and future software […]
Carlsbad, CA 7/31/12—Life Technologies announced during its second-quarter earnings conference call that it has acquired Chinese distributor Beijing Maojian United Star Technology. The company is a distributor of Life Technologies’ Invitrogen brand reagents in Beijing and North China. “This acquisition now creates one of the largest direct-selling forces in the life sciences reagents market in […]
Burlington, MA 7/31/12; San Diego, CA 8/1/12; Hillsboro, OR 8/1/12—FEI has acquired Visualization Sciences Group (VSG), a provider of high-performance three-dimensional software products for a range of markets, for $55 million. VSG generated pro forma revenues of $19 million for the year ending June 30. “VSG is an extension and acceleration of our strategy to […]
Radnor, PA 7/26/12; Washington, DC 7/25/12—VWR International Chairman, President and CEO John Ballbach has left the company, effective July 25. Manuel Brocke-Benz, senior vice president and managing director of Europe, Lab and Distribution Services, has assumed the position of interim CEO. The company has initiated a search for a new CEO. Mark McLoughlin, senior vice […]
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