PerkinElmer Announces Intent to Acquire Euroscreen Products S.A.
December 21, 2006
Aequorin Technology Would Strengthen Leadership Position in GPCR Screening BOSTON--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI - News), a global technology leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced it signed an agreement with Euroscreen S.A., entitling it to acquire Euroscreen S.A.'s majority owned subsidiary, Euroscreen Products S.A., in a cash transaction. Based in Gosselies, Belgium, Euroscreen Products [...]
December 20, 2006
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) today announced that it has acquired the chemiluminescence product line -- including a market-leading sulfur detector and a nitrogen detector -- from GE Analytical Instruments, a division of GE Water & Process Technologies. Agilent will offer the acquired products as add-ons to its gas chromatographs (GC). The [...]
Analytical Spectral Devices to Demo First Portable Drug Anti- Counterfeiting Technology at IFPAC
December 19, 2006
Boulder, Colo., — December 19, 2006 — Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) will debut the pharmaceutical industry’s first portable drug anti-counterfeiting device, the RxSpec® 700Z, at the upcoming IFPAC show, the world’s leading conference on process analysis technology. Now in its 21st year, the International Forum on Process Analytical Technology takes place in Baltimore, January 28-31. [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Provider of Sample Extraction and Liquid Chromatography Equipment
December 15, 2006
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 15 -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO - News), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has acquired Massachusetts-based Cohesive Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of advanced sample extraction and liquid chromatography products. Cohesive has annual revenues of approximately $15 million. The Cohesive product line enhances the company's Thermo Scientific-branded [...]
December 15, 2006
Boulder, Colo., — December 15, 2006 — Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc. (ASD), a leading manufacturer of precision analytical instruments for real-time material analysis solutions announces the release of a commercial application for the accurate real-time prediction of tenderness in beef. Working with ASD, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) researchers [...]
Luminex Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire Tm Bioscience
December 14, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas and TORONTO, Ontario, Dec. 14 -- Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX - News) and Tm Bioscience Corporation (TSX: TMC - News) today announced a definitive agreement for Luminex to acquire Tm Bioscience Corporation (TSX: TMC - News), a leader in the commercial genetic testing market. Under the terms of the agreement, each Tm Bioscience [...]
Rockwood Announces Agreement to Sell Groupe Novasep to Consortium Led by Gilde Buyout Partners
November 30, 2006
Princeton, New Jersey; November 30, 2006 — Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC), a global producer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Groupe Novasep subsidiary to a consortium of buyers comprising Gilde Buyout Partners BV, Banexi Capital and Groupe Novasep management. This transaction values [...]
November 21, 2006
MILFORD, Mass.--Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT - News) announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire all the outstanding capital stock of ERA, a privately held company located in Arvada, Colorado, U.S.A., for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is expected to be complete before the end of 2006. Current annual revenues for ERA are [...]
November 17, 2006
New Demonstration Centers Highlight Agilent’s Full Portfolio of Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Capabilities SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today launched a new product demonstration center at its Santa Clara, Calif., corporate headquarters, showcasing its life sciences and chemical analysis capabilities. The Center of Excellence launch follows Monday’s opening of a similar center in [...]
Ocimum Biosolutions acquires European based Oligo manufacturing company – Isogen Life Science
November 17, 2006
November 17, 2006, IJsselstein/Hyderabad - Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading provider of laboratory information management systems (LIMS), bioinformatics solutions, Microarrays and contract research headquartered in Hyderabad, India, has acquired the BioMolecules synthesis business of Isogen Life Science based in The Netherlands. Ms. Anuradha Acharya, CEO of Ocimum Biosolutions said “We are very pleased to have taken [...]

