Los Angeles, CA 10/14/13—Affymetrix has sold its Anatrace business to StoneCalibre, an investment firm specializing in the acquisition of lower middle market companies, for an undisclosed amount. Anatrace develops, manufactures and distributes high purity detergents and synthetic lipids for use in membrane protein studies. “Anatrace is a high quality company offering a value-add product that […]
Chelmsford, MA 10/2/13—Spectro Inc., a developer of instrumentation and software for the industrial performance fluids market, has acquired Wilks Enterprise for an undisclosed amount. Wilks specializes in the development and manufacture of mid-IR application-specific analyzers that are used for biofuel, petrochemical, environmental, quality control, manufacturing and ambient air monitoring measurements. “Wilks has built an excellent […]
Heysham, UK 9/16/13—Research chemicals provider Alfa Aesar has bought Biomedical Technologies (BTI). BTI product lines include specialty proteins, cell culture additives and immunoassay tools. “The acquisition of BTI brings protein research and characterization, all types of profiling tools and certain separation technologies and provides opportunities for Alfa Aesar to leverage BTI’s manufacturing capabilities to enhance […]
Kobe, Japan 9/24/13—Diagnostics firm Sysmex has acquired Partec, a German provider of flow cytometers for research and diagnostic applications, for an undisclosed amount. Sysmex plans to leverage its sales and support network to increase Partec sales, as well as combine flow cytometry with its hematology offerings. In fiscal 2012, Partec had sales of €20.1 million […]
Newton, NJ and Westwood, MA 10/7/13—Photonics product manufacturer Thorlabs has acquired CompuCyte, the supplier of the Laser Scanning Cytometry technology for high content cellular and tissue-based analysis, for an undisclosed amount. CompuCyte’s iCyte, iCys and iColor instruments incorporate non-confocal laser scanner imaging technology. “The acquisition of the CompuCyte product lines is an important step forward […]
Aubagne, France 10/7/13—Sartorius Stedim Biotech has made a cash offer to acquire UK-based TAP Biosystems. The offer values the equity of TAP at approximately €33 million ($45 million = €0.74 = $1). TAP designs and develops small scale, multi-parallel fermentation systems, automated cell processing systems and other benchtop equipment. “Adding capabilities in the early steps […]
In the era of productivity pressure, paperless labs and drug development partnerships, standards are becoming a greater issue for laboratory-generated data. Data standardization facilitates the transfer, analysis and storage of data by creating a common language that can be universally read and written. Standards can be applied to many aspects of data, including format and […]
Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY 9/27/13; Osaka, Japan 9/27/13—Panasonic has agreed to sell its Healthcare business to investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) for approximately $1.67 billion. Following the sale, Panasonic will purchase 20% of outstanding shares in the new company. Panasonic Healthcare consists of three businesses: In Vitro Diagnostics, Medicom and […]
Enthusiasm has dampened for instrument and lab product sales growth in coming months, according to the annual fall IBO Business Climate Survey. Following a rebound in optimism this spring (see IBO 5/15/13), respondents are again moderating their expectations for sales growth over the next six months. More moderate expectations are also evident in the International […]
For the second quarter, revenues for IBO’s Laboratory Equipment/Consumables Sales Index grew 1.2%, 2.2% excluding currency, to $4,111 million. Operating profits for the Index rose 0.2% to $738 million. Based on continuing operations, operating margin slipped 30 basis points to 17.9% of sales. For the fiscal second quarter ending May 31, revenue for Gerresheimer’s Life […]
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