September 2022 – content
Life Sciences
Two investment companies acquire large-scale ULT storage company
MegaRobo raises $300 million in series C round
Joint equity-firm ownership results in synthetic biology shopping spree
EMS buys lucrative cryo-EM sample support lines
Singleron buys Proteona to expand single-cell capabilities and international reach
TFS and TransMIT enter co-marketing deal for MSI
Digital SPR company acquires diagnostics device start-up
Biotium acquires extraction kits supplier
General Laboratory
Two specialists in refurbished instruments combine with global leadership ambitions
PerkinElmer to sell its applied, food and enterprise services businesses
Hanon Instruments celebrates 15th anniversary
Microscopy supplier latest acquisition target of Calibre Scientific
Hamamatsu expands offering with fibre laser capabilities
Process & hand-held instrumentation
Acquisitions expand Headwall’s scope following recapitalisation
Donaldson expands fledgling life science business
TFS buys FTIR gas analyser for indoor air monitoring
Suez buys microbial monitoring company
Repligen expands with injection moulding specialist
Financials
Growth driver Laboratory buttresses profitability at Porvair
Annual expenses to reach 1.7x revenues at Twist
Lower Covid sales hit Corning LS
Takara expects waning Covid sales to reduce 2023 turnover
Biopharmaceutical demand drives Mesa Labs’ organic growth
Neogen grows topline on eve of transformational deal
PE Life Sciences business strong at eve of transformational split
Pandemic causes topline to slide at Köttermann
Halma sees double-digit rates in 80% of its businesses
Demand for Hamamatsu’s analytical back to normal
Zeiss IQR driven by demand for EM and industrial QC
Organic growth hampered by waning Covid-demand at Thermo Fisher
Pandemic buoys sales at Waldner’s laboratory segment
Triple headwind whammy create challenges for Kewaunee
Restructured Suez more than doubles operating profits
Growth rates reduce at Repligen in first half
Geopolitical situation increases interest in Kromek’s products
Environmental instruments see weak growth at Teledyne
Following restructuring deals Luna Innovations expects 25% full-year sales growth
Industrial international weak at Parker Hannifin
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