Danaher’s Fluke Acquires Hart Scientific
May 16, 2001
Everett, WA and Washington, DC-Danaher plans to acquire all of Lifschultz Industries' outstanding shares in an acquisition valued at around $33 million. Lifschultz operating subsidiary Hart Scientific will become part of the Precision Measurement Group of Danaher's Fluke subsidiary. Hart Scientific, a supplier of precision temperature calibration products and calorimetry instrumentation, will continue doing business [...]
April 23, 2001
Nuremberg/Erlangen, Germany and Gothenburg, Sweden-Siemens Automation & Drives has acquired AltOptronic, a laser spectrometry product supplier for combustion process, environmental technology and metallugy applications. AltOptronic specializes in in-situ methods and fiber-optic sensors. Semiconductor spectrometry enables a highly accurate analysis of gas concentrations under difficult conditions. AltOptronic will operate as a subsidiary of Siemens of Sweden. [...]

