Acquisition
Aug. 17, 2010
Bruker Corporation announces the signing of an agreement to acquire the Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) and Optical Industrial Metrology (OIM) instruments business from Veeco Instruments for US-$ 229 million in cash. The transaction has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2010, pending regulatory review and subject to customary closing conditions.
moreAug. 03, 2010
PerkinElmer announced that it has acquired VisEn Medical an in vivo molecular imaging technology company based in Bedford, Massachusetts. The acquisition enables PerkinElmer to enhance its cellular imaging business, by expanding the Company's technologies and capabilities downstream into preclinical research undertaken in academic institutes and pharmaceutical companies. VisEn's proprietary fluorescence molecular imaging systems and reagents are currently used in applications involving research into cancer, inflammation, cardiovascular, skeletal and pulmonary diseases.
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