Waltham, MA 9/8/11—PerkinElmer has agreed to acquire Caliper Life Sciences for $10.50 per share, a 42% premium over the closing price on September 7, for a total net purchase price of $600 million in cash. Caliper Life Sciences is a provider of microfluidic, molecular imaging and sample preparation technologies. “The acquisition of Caliper Life Sciences […]
Helsinki, Finland 8/19/11—Pipette maker Biohit announced that it has arranged a direct issue of new series B shares to Sartorius Lab Holding, corresponding to 4.98% of all Biohit shares. The issue was priced at €2.95 ($4.21 = €0.70 = $1) per share. Biohit stated the action strengthens its financial position and provides for collaboration opportunities […]
Uppsala, Sweden 8/29/11—Investment firm nxt2b has agreed to acquire a 49% ownership share in Olink for an undisclosed amount. Olink Bioscience’s Duolink products are used for the visualization and quantification of individual proteins and their interactions and modifications in unmodified cells and tissues. Founded in 2004, Olink has 25 employees. “Together with nxt2b, we have […]
Eden Prairie, MN 8/25/11—MTS Systems Chairman and CEO Laura B. Hamilton has stepped down by mutual agreement, effective August 25. Board member William V. Murray has been named interim CEO. He was most recently president of ReShape Medical and, prior to that, served as president of Applied Biosystems’ Molecular Biology Division. Board member David J. […]
Darmstadt, Germany 8/26/11—Merck KGaA has named Robert Yates president of its Merck Millipore division effective September 1. He will report to Bernd Reckmann, who is responsible for Merck’s Chemicals business sector, of which Merck Millipore is a division. Mr. Reckmann previously led Merck Millipore. He stated that the company appointed a dedicated president for Merck […]
Chalfont St. Giles, UK 8/16/11—GE Healthcare has entered into an agreement to acquire PAA Laboratories, a developer and supplier of cell culture media for biomedical research and biopharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing. Financial details were not disclosed. Headquartered in Pasching, Austria, with 215 employees, PAA had 2010 revenues of $55 million. “GE Healthcare Life Sciences is […]
Darmstadt, Germany 8/30/11; Seattle, Washington 8/30/11—Merck Millipore has agreed to acquire Amnis, a designer, manufacturer and seller of high-speed cell-imaging instrumentation. Financial terms were not provided. Amnis had 2010 sales of $14 million. The company has 40 employees. “Amnis’ technology will put EMD Millipore at the forefront of cell analysis by providing us access to […]
Port Washington, NY 8/8/11; Lake Forest, IL 8/8/11—Pall has appointed Larry Kingsley as president and CEO effective October 3. Mr. Kingsley was previously chairman, president and CEO of IDEX. He replaces Eric Krasnoff, who announced his retirement earlier this year (see IBO 3/15/11). To replace Mr. Kingsley, IDEX has promoted Andrew Silvernail to CEO effective […]
Rye, NY 7/7/11; Farnborough, UK 7/7/11—Spectro, a provider of instrumentation for oil and fuel analysis, has been acquired from QinetiQ by SFW Capital Partners, CEO Suneet Chadha and senior management for a total cash consideration of £20.5 million ($32.9 million = £0.62 =$1). The sale is expected to generate proceeds of £17 million ($27.2 million). […]
Washington, DC 8/2/11—In a filing with the SEC, Bruker has disclosed that it is investigating anonymous allegations of improper conduct at the Chinese operations of its Bruker Optics subsidiary. The Audit Committee of Bruker’s Board has begun an investigation, assisted with outside counsel and a forensic consulting firm. Bruker stated in the filing: “To date, […]
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