Sartorius acquires Biohit’s liquid handling business
28 October, 2011Sartorius concludes agreement to acquire the liquid handling business of Finnish laboratory supplier Biohit.
AMS Instrumentation & Calibration appointed Australian distributor for Michell Instruments
25 October, 2011AMS Instrumentation & Calibration has been appointed exclusive distributor for the Michell Instruments range of analytical instrumentation for Australia. The company manufactures dewpoint transmitters, cooled mirror hygrometers, relative humidity sensors, process moisture analysers, hydrocarbon dewpoint analysers, moisture in liquid analysers and oxygen analysers.
Rigaku acquires Raman products
17 October, 2011Rigaku acquires handheld Raman products from BaySpec.
Scientex appoints distributor
14 September, 2011Scientex has appointed Micro Emission as distributor of the MH-5000.
UWA and Agilent to create plant protein monitoring database
18 August, 2011The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Agilent Technologies have announced that the Australian Research Centre’s Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, located in UWA, will use Agilent’s informatics systems in its research to build the world’s first plant protein monitoring database.
Crown Scientific and Quantum Scientific to merge
02 August, 2011Crown Scientific and Quantum Scientific will merge and trade as VWR International Pty Ltd.
Thermo Fisher acquires Sterilin
23 May, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific has expanded its consumables offering for microbiology, life science and clinical laboratories through its acquisition of Sterilin.
Merger of Adept Electronic and Total Turnkey
18 May, 2011The merger of Adept Electronic Solutions and Total Turnkey Solutions will create a leading machine vision industrial company, with a complementary portfolio of products, advanced technologies and enhanced growth opportunities.
QIAGEN NV to acquire Cellesis Limited
08 April, 2011QIAGEN NV has reached an agreement to acquire Cellesis Limited, which will provide them with access to QuantiFERON technology.
Alliance provides one-stop biosafety testing service
05 April, 2011Beckman Coulter Genomics and Vitrology Ltd have announced a strategic partnership to offer customers a wide range of biosafety testing services. The alliance provides the biopharmaceutical industry with two inclusive sources for the full complement of molecular, in vitro and in vivo genomic services necessary for the identification, stabilisation and purification of biological products.
Accurate Detection and Accurate Measurement acquired by Hach
02 March, 2011Hach Company has acquired Accurate Detection and Accurate Measurement.
Sigma-Aldrich expands analytical chemistry area
02 February, 2011Sigma-Aldrich has acquired the assets of Resource Technology Corporation of Laramie, Wyoming, a company in analytical standards and certified reference materials.
Qiagen to acquire stake in Alacris
13 January, 2011Qiagen has acquired a strategic stake in Alacris Theranostics GmbH, a German start-up company using novel technologies to develop individualised cancer treatment strategies based on a patient’s genomic profile. The company has also acquired an exclusive option to access all biomarkers emerging from this discovery program.
Sigma-Aldrich acquires Cerilliant
10 January, 2011Sigma-Aldrich has acquired all outstanding shares of Cerilliant of Round Rock, Texas to strengthen the company’s analytical chemistry product portfolio and to continue to deliver on its strategic growth plans.
Thermo Fisher Scientific acquires laboratory water purification system provider
22 December, 2010Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that it has completed the acquisition of TKA Wasseraufbereitungssysteme GmbH, a European provider of laboratory water purification systems. Based in Niederelbert, Germany, TKA has nearly 60 employees and had 2009 full year revenue of AU$14 million.
