CVC, one of the world’s leading private markets investment firms, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat-detection and security-screening technologies for airports and critical infrastructure, from Smiths Group plc. Leveraging CVC’s extensive experience in executing corporate carve-outs and history of scaling newly independent companies, […]

Birmingham, UK – Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR), a global leader in scientific instrumentation, today announced the successful installation of its 1.2 GHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer at the University of Birmingham’s Henry Wellcome Building for Biomolecular NMR (HWB-NMR). With funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the University of Birmingham, this […]

Northampton, UK — HORIBA UK proudly announces the launch of the HORIBA Foundation UK, its new philanthropic arm dedicated to advancing scientific research and broadening participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) higher education across the United Kingdom. The HORIBA Foundation UK will achieve its mission by working with universities and their established mechanisms […]

Setting New Standard for Benchtop Vacuum FT-IR Spectroscopy in Advanced Research.  New flagship spectrometer enables automated multi-detector flexibility for high-throughput scientific applications. BILLERICA, Massachusetts – Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced the launch of the VERTEX NEO Ultra, its most advanced and versatile benchtop vacuum Fourier-Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer. Building on the VERTEX NEO platform, […]

Latest Spectrus applications offer deeper integrations, improvement to low code/no code automation, expansion of data import/export, and enhanced analytical data processing and interpretation. Percepta delivers improved prediction accuracy for several models.  Toronto, CANADA —ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of digitalized R&D, today announced the widespread release of version 2025 […]

Shimadzu Corporation (head office: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto; Representative Director, President & CEO Yasunori Yamamoto, hereinafter “Shimadzu”) announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement (hereinafter “Partnership Agreement”) with Japan Activation Capital, Inc. (Representative Director & CEO Hiroyuki Otsuka, hereinafter “JAC”) to achieve sustainable growth and increase corporate value at Shimadzu. Background to the […]

As of January 1, 2026, Anton Paar will be represented in Chile with its own subsidiary, expanding the company’s international sales network to a total of 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Anton Paar Chile, headquartered in Santiago de Chile, will be responsible for sales, service, and support in the Chilean market. Santiago, with a population of around […]

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Datacolor, a global leader in color management solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with A.S. Paterson Company Limited, a national chemical distributor with nearly 100 years of experience serving Canada’s industrial and specialty chemicals markets. A.S. Paterson Company will act as Datacolor’s official Agent in Canada for pigment-related applications and solutions. Founded in 1928, […]

In one of the largest acquisitions in its history, FOSS acquires a world-leading spectrometer specialist, accelerating its investments in photonics and optical technologies FOSS announces the acquisition of North American spectrometer specialist Wasatch Photonics. The Danish family-owned company continues its investments within photonics and optics, this time with one of the biggest acquisitions in the […]

Acquisition deepens Revvity Signals’ presence in research informatics while furthering its ongoing expansion into development and manufacturing solutions WALTHAM, Mass. — Revvity, Inc. (NYSE: RVTY), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ACD/Labs, a global provider of scientific software solutions that support analytical characterization and molecular design across pharmaceutical and material sciences end […]