Lissieu, France 3/7/12—Life Technologies has acquired Laboratorie Service International (LSI), a manufacturer of animal-health diagnostics, for an undisclosed amount. “Combining the breadth of complementary solutions in our respective portfolios will benefit customers in Europe,” said Nir Nimrodi, vice president and general manager of Life Technologies Food Safety and Animal Health. “LSI offers first-class diagnostic products […]
Washington, DC 4/10/12; Grand Rapids, MI 4/10/12—Danaher has definitively agreed to acquire color-measurement technology firm X-Rite for $5.55 per share in cash for a total of about $625 million, including the assumption of debt, net of cash. The price per share is 39% higher than X-Rite’s April 9 closing price of $4 per share. “We […]
Basel, Switzerland 4/28/12; San Diego, CA 4/28/12—Roche did not extend its unsolicited offer for Illumina stock after Illumina shareholders’ April 18 vote to re-elect Illumina’s Board nominees and reject Roche’s proposals (see IBO 4/15/12). “We continue to hold Illumina and its management in very high regard but, with access only to public information about Illumina’s […]
The first of IBO’s biannual new laboratory roundup focuses on new pharmaceutical and consumer product labs, along with labs in Brazil. The table on page 6 showcases plans for new academic, chemical and nonprofit labs. New pharmaceutical labs have been announced in the US and Asia. Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a current hot spot for new […]
The 23rd Analytica exhibition and conference took place in Munich, Germany, from April 17 to 20. As usual, it was a roaring success. Although the attendance of 30,000 was down slightly from 32,061 in 2010, it was hard to tell, given the general enthusiasm throughout the exhibition’s five halls. The number of exhibitors was up […]
Personal image-based cell analyzers integrate the basic principles of high-end cellular imagers and flow cytometry systems into compact, lower-cost instruments, which are oftentimes designed for multiparameter cellular analysis. These instruments utilize fluorescence or trypan blue as the primary form of detection, allowing scientists to detect and obtain a wide array of cellular parameters, including cell […]
The IBO Laboratory Sales Index has been updated from the February 28 issue. For the fourth quarter of 2011, Index sales grew 7.8%, 7.4% excluding currency, to $6,374.87 million. Operating profit climbed 16.2% to $1,442.69, and operating margin rose 60 basis points to 20.5% of sales. For the full-year 2011, revenues grew 9.1%, 7.1% organically, […]
Company Announcements Brooks Automation announced its January the acquisition of the Celigo Cell Cytometer product line from Cyntellect for up to $9.2 million. The acquisition includes the majority of employees. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced in January a collaboration with De Novo Software to provider FCS Express 4 Image Cytometry software users with access to data […]
Company Announcements Freeman Technologies established a US subsidiary in January. Dynisco announced in February the purchase of the assets of China’s Shanghai Hao Ying Measurement and Control Technology, which will make and sell products under the Hao Ying brand and Dynisco brand names. Brookfield Engineering Laboratories and Indian distributor Amkette Analytics opened an advanced application […]
Company Announcements Fluidigm in February appointed AH diagnostics as its exclusive Scandinavian distributor. Life Technologies named Asuragen a Certified Service Provider for Ion Torrent’s Personal Genome Machine. Pacific Biosciences’ 2011 sales rose 19.2% to $33.9 million (see page 12), as it sold 48 instruments to 45 customers. The company’s backlog was comprised of 16 instruments. […]
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