Oxford Instruments plc – Acquisition of Worldwide Analytical Systems AG (WAS).

Oxford Instruments plc ('the Company'), the high technology tools and systems company, announces today that it has received irrevocable acceptances for 81.4% of the issued share capital of WAS, a leading German manufacturer and international supplier of Arc/Spark optical emission instrumentation used to analyse the chemical properties of metals. The acquisition has the full support [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends Reach in India with Addition of Leading Laboratory Chemicals Supplier

WALTHAM, Mass., July 26 -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Qualigens Fine Chemicals, a division of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (GSK India) based in Mumbai. Qualigens is India's largest laboratory chemical manufacturer and supplier, serving customers in a variety [...]

Major Cell & DNA Repository Switches to Micronic Sample Storage…

Micronic (www.micronic.com) has received a major 12-month call-off order for sample storage tubes from the Rutgers University Cell & DNA Repository (Piscataway, NJ, USA). After an open evaluation process - Rutgers selected Micronic 0.75 ml and 1.4ml tubes together with coloured TPE caps to provide high integrity, long-term storage of samples at -80° C. Rutgers [...]

Sartorius Midrics Provides a Simple and Flexible Solution for Industrial Weighing Requirements

Sartorius Corporation, a global leader in precision weighing, introduces the Midrics series industrial scale. Midrics scales offer simple and economical solutions to industrial weighing requirements from incoming inspection and shipping to production, resource planning, packaging, and more. The basic Midrics 1 version features field-proven simple operation for “weigh-only” requirements, while the versatile Midrics 2 version [...]

New Brunswick Scientific and Eppendorf Enter Into Merger Agreement

Privately Held Eppendorf to Acquire All Outstanding Common Stock for $11.50 Per Share Edison, New Jersey and Hamburg, Germany, July 11, 2007—New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. ("NBS") (Nasdaq: NBSC), and Eppendorf Group ("Eppendorf") today announced that they have entered into a merger agreement whereby Eppendorf will acquire the outstanding common stock of NBS for $11.50 [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires OptiCell Product Line

Expanded market development planned for next generation cell culture technology ROCHESTER, New York (July 9, 2007) -Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has acquired all assets of the OptiCellT product line from BioCrystal Ltd. of Westerville, OH. Included in the transaction were trademarks, production equipment, inventory, and 12 [...]

Thar Instruments Completes the Acquisition of Berger SFC® Business from METTLER TOLEDO

The Two Leaders in Supercritical Fluid Technologies Combine to Advance this Emerging Technology and Expand Customer Support PITTSBURGH--Thar Instruments, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) systems announced the acquisition of Berger SFC® division of METTLER TOLEDO. Berger SFC® is a pioneer in the development of SFC and [...]

Anton Paar aquires German Instrument Company

Anton Paar OptoTec GmbH Effective from July 1, 2007, Anton Paar has aquired the German instrument company Dr. Wolfgang Kernchen GmbH in Seelze near Hannover. The German instrument company was founded in 1970 and develops and produces a range of refractometers and polarimeters. Its main market is the worldwide sugar industry. Dr. Wolfgang Kernchen, founder [...]

VWR International, Inc. Acquires Bie & Berntsen A-S, Denmark

WEST CHESTER, PA, June 20, 2007 – VWR International, Inc., a leading supplier to the global research laboratory industry, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bie & Berntsen A-S, a Danish scientific laboratory supply distributor. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt [...]

Roche acquires NimbleGen to gain entry into high-growth research microarrray market

Acquisition strengthens presence in genomics research market Roche and NimbleGen Systems Inc. today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Roche will acquire 100% of NimbleGen, a privately held, Madison, Wisconsin, USA-based company active in high-density DNA microarrays. DNA microarrays are a widely used discovery and research tool in pharma research for [...]

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