Holliston, MA —Harvard Bioscience’s Austrian subsidiary, AsysHitech GmbH, has purchased select assets of the microplate reader andwasher product lines of Anthos Labtec Instruments GmbH, a BeckmanCoulter subsidiary. Financial details were not provided. “This acquisi-tion provides us with a new design platform, software and a luminescencecapability which complement our current Asys product line,” said DavidParr, managing director of Biochrom, Asys Hitech’s parent company.Harvard Bioscience estimates the acquisition will add $2–$3 million inrevenues annually and will be accretive to EPS.