Milford, MA 7/22/14; Budapest, Hungary 7/22/14—Waters has acquired Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry (REIMS) technology, which represents substantially all the assets of Hungarian start-up company MediMass. REIMS can be used as an ambient ionization source for MS. Waters plans to commercialize a REIMS ion source for its TOF-MS systems. In addition, Waters plans to continue […]
Männedorf, Switzerland 7/30/14—Tecan has agreed to acquire German firm IBL International, a provider of microtiter-plate–based imunoassays for specialty diagnostics for use in research and clinical labs, for €29.0 million ($39.2 million = €0.74 = $1). In 2013, IBL had revenues of €16 million ($21 million = €0.75 = $1). “As part of our strategy, this […]
San Diego, CA 7/16/14—Illumina has purchased Myraqa, a regulatory and quality consulting firm that specializes in IVD, particularly companion diagnostics. The purchase price was undisclosed. Illumina stated that the acquisition adds to its in-house capabilities for clinical readiness and prepares it for its next growth phase in regulated markets. “With Myraqa, Illumina will continue to […]
Washington, DC 7/23/14—Bruker has announced in an SEC filing that it plans to divest certain assets of its Chemical & Applied Markets Division (CAM) and restructure the unit. In 2013, CAM had revenues of $100 million. Bruker stated that it plans to divest or restructure CAM’s GC product lines, including its single-quadrupole GC and GC/MS […]
Waltham, MA 7/17/14; Chicago, IL 7/17/14—Private-equity firm GTCR has agreed to buy Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Cole-Parmer Instrument business (see IBO 5/31/14), part of its Laboratory Products and Services Segment, for $480 million in cash. Based in Illinois with 400 employees, Cole-Parmer is a manufacturer and distributor of laboratory supplies, specializing in fluid-handling, test and measurement, […]
Companies providing lab-testing and associated services form an important segment of analytical instrument demand. Such firms advance analytical developments and work with private and public entities to implement testing requirements and conduct R&D. IBO spoke with three testing firms to gain insight into current demand and the trends affecting their businesses. A provider of inspections, […]
Now with the first six months of 2014 in the history books, it is appropriate to estimate how the remainder of the year will develop, and importantly, how the current full-year estimates match with IBO’s original forecast (see IBO 1/15/14). In January, our industry forecast was based on the previous year’s results without the benefit […]
Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is a planar chromatography technique that in general separates a sample by normal-phase partitioning using a glass, plastic or metal surface commonly coated with silica particles as the stationary phase. Resolution can be adjusted through the thickness of layers and particle sizes, with finer particles providing an upgrade in resolution but a […]
Company Announcements Ibidi announced in March a collaboration with SiMPore to develop live-cell imaging tools combining their respective Cell Biochips and G-Flat Microporous Glass Membranes to create bio-slides. Sysmex entered into a clinical-research, licensing and joint-development agreement with Merck Millipore to use Millipore’s imaging flow cytometry technology for the creation of diagnostic tools for hematologic […]
Company Announcements Freiberg Instruments, a provider of inline metrology solutions, announced in January the acquisition of German firm Magnettech, a supplier of electron spin resonance (ESR) systems. Dr. Kay Dornich succeeded Dr. Eberhard Friese as CEO, but Dr. Friese will remain with the company. More than 300 of Magnettech’s MS 400 ESR/EPR systems are installed […]
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