Bellevue, WA 1/5/11; Nova Scotia, Canada 1/7/11; Washington, DC 1/27/11—Danaher’s Sea-Bird Ocean Measurement Group has acquired Satlantic, a provider of optical sensors and systems for aquatic research and water quality monitoring. The Sea-Bird Ocean Management Group consists of Sea-Bird Electronics and WET Labs. “Satlantic joining Sea-Bird and WET Labs is combining the best in biogeochemical […]
San Jose, CA 1/18/11—Gas-detection systems company RAE Systems has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Vector Capital. An affiliate of Vector Capital will acquire the company’s common stock for $1.75 per share in cash, a $0.04 premium over the stock’s closing price on January 17. In connection with this transaction, RAE Systems has terminated […]
St. Louis, MO 1/31/11—Sigma-Aldrich has acquired Resource Technology, a provider of analytical standards and certified reference materials, for an undisclosed amount. Sigma-Aldrich stated that the acquisition would complement its Supelco and Fluka brand products with expertise in design, development, characterization and packaging of analytical standards, matrix standards, certified reference materials and proficiency testing. “Their experienced […]
Santa Clara, CA and Danbury, CT 1/18/11—Agilent Technologies has definitely agreed to acquire specific assets of A2 Technologies, a provider of FT-IR technology for laboratory and field use. Financial information was not provided. Agilent will acquire substantially all of the company’s intellectual property, technology, employees and spectroscopy product portfolio. “We set out to grow our […]
White Plains, NY 1/12/11—ITT plans to separate into three separate publicly traded companies. The company’s Residential & Commercial Water, Flow Control and Water & Wastewater businesses will be spun off to create a stand-alone water technology corporation with estimated pro forma 2011 revenues of $3.6 billion. This company will include ITT’s analytical instrument business, consisting […]
Darmstadt, Germany 1/5/11—Merck KGaA has acquired 100% of the share capital of Beijing Skywing Technology for CYN 120 million ($18 million = CNY 6.60 = $1). Beijing Skywing Technology supplies cell-culture media products, related technical services and bioreactors for the Chinese biopharmaceutical industry. “These capabilities will enable Merck Millipore Process Solutions to strengthen the upstream […]
New York, NY 1/12/11—Bloomberg has reported that Thermo Fisher Scientific is planning to sell its Athena Diagnostics and Lancaster Lab businesses. A reference laboratory, Athena Diagnostics develops and provides diagnostic tests for neurological disorders. Lancaster Labs is a commercial contract lab that provides testing services for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and environmental markets. Bloomberg reported that […]
San Diego, CA 1/11/11; San Diego, CA 1/11/11—Illumina has acquired Epicentre Biotechnologies, a supplier of nucleic acid sample preparation reagents and specialty enzymes used in sequencing and microarray applications, including the Nextera technology for next-generation sequencing library preparation. Financial details were not provided. “Epicentre’s Nextera technology provides a step-change improvement in library prep that will […]
Billerica, MA 1/6/11—Bruker has acquired the radiation detection instruments business of PROTECT-US for an undisclosed sum. The technology can differentiate naturally occurring radioactive materials and radioactive medical treatments from possible threats, as well as likely threats from non-threats within persons, containers and moving vehicles. Bruker’s current radiation detection product line consists of dose rate and […]
Ettlingen, Germany 12/21/10—Bruker has acquired Sigma ElectroOptics GmbH, a developer and producer of remote gas-sensing systems based on dispersive and FT-IR spectroscopy. The company’s 2010 revenues are expected to be €1 million ($1.3 million). “With the additional Sigma high-performance products, and the acquired intellectual property and applications know-how, Bruker is planning to become an even […]
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