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Articles 1-100 out of 100 article(s) Title Author Type Date Words Agilent Technologies Announces Completed Acquisition of Keithley Instruments' RF Product Line. Nov 30, 2009 323 Millipore Acquires Remaining Ownership of its Joint-Venture in India. Nov 23, 2009 708 Ixia Completes Acquisition of Agilent Technologies' N2X Data Network Testing Product Line. Nov 2, 2009 480 United States: Tektronix buys Sypris Solutions for $39 million. Oct 27, 2009 143 Ixia acquires Agilent N2X product line: pays $44 million in cash deal. Billingsley, Eric Oct 26, 2009 299 Smaller StockerYale: Salem firm sells laser business to Calif. company. Sanders, Bob Oct 23, 2009 341 Canada: Powell Industries to Acquire PowerComm Business. Oct 23, 2009 471 Ixia to Buy Agilent Technologies' N2X Data Network Testing Product Line. Oct 21, 2009 828 Ixia Launches Fusion Initiative to Support Upcoming Acquisition of Agilent Technologies' N2X Product Line. Oct 21, 2009 367 United States : Networking Cos Rise After Cisco Agrees To Acquire Starent. Oct 16, 2009 495 United states : Varian stockholders approve acquisition by Agilent Technologies. Oct 9, 2009 195 United States: Pason Systems acquires 100% stake in Petron Industries. Oct 9, 2009 110 Capitol transaction. Waldon, George Brief article Oct 5, 2009 107 United States : Pason Systems Inc. announces closing of acquisition of Petron Industries Inc. Oct 5, 2009 102 Agilent Technologies Inc. has agreed to acquire Palo Alto, Calif.-based Varian Inc. for $1.5 billion. Oct 1, 2009 64 United States: Pason Systems Inc. announces acquisition of Petron Industries Inc. Sep 12, 2009 439 PerkinElmer Acquires Leading Diagnostics Company in China. Sep 8, 2009 913 Cell Biosciences Signs Agreement to Acquire Alpha Innotech. Sep 8, 2009 1352 United States: perkinelmer to acquire Chinese company for $64 mln. Sep 5, 2009 152 Germany : Thermo Fisher to buy Brahms for $470 million. Sep 4, 2009 200 Agilent Technologies has entered into an agreement to acquire Varian Inc. for $1.5 billion in cash. Sep 1, 2009 74 Millipore Expands Drug Discovery and Development Services with BioAnaLab Acquisition. Aug 10, 2009 795 United States : Millipore Expands Drug Discovery and Development Services with BioAnaLab Acquisition. Aug 10, 2009 433 United States: US Rudolph Technologies buys Adventa Control Technologies. Aug 5, 2009 443 United States : Rudolph Technologies Acquires Adventa Control Technologies, Inc. Aug 4, 2009 439 Rudolph Technologies Acquires Adventa Control Technologies, Inc. Aug 3, 2009 992 United Kingdom: Fluke acquires Hawk IR International. Jul 30, 2009 253 Wolf Haldenstein Announces Investigation into Varian, Inc. Proposed Acquisition. Jul 28, 2009 230 Scooped up: Ixia. Drury, Sharareh Brief article Jun 29, 2009 58 Ixia Completes Acquisition of Wireless Test Vendor Catapult Communications. Jun 24, 2009 477 Beckman Coulter Inc., based in Fullerton, Calif., has agreed to acquire the Cogenics division of Clinical Data Inc., headquartered in Newton, Mass., for $17 million. Jun 1, 2009 44 Acquisition: Calabasas Internet technology company Ixia said it plans to buy Catapult Communications Corp., a Silicon Valley digital telecom test systems supplier, for about $105 million. May 18, 2009 69 United States: Ixia Buys Catapult Communications. May 13, 2009 104 United States: Wilcom offers to buy Tii Network Technologies. May 13, 2009 176 Ixia to Acquire Catapult Communications. May 11, 2009 1157 Two Band of Angels 'Seeded' Companies Acquired in First Quarter of 2009. May 4, 2009 484 Sizeable deals made in diagnostics sector. May 1, 2009 671 Accutest Laboratories Announces the Acquisition of SouthWest Water's Analytical Testing Operations. Apr 20, 2009 318 Bruker Advanced Supercon, Inc. Acquires ACCEL Research Instruments Business from Varian Medical Systems. Apr 3, 2009 1036 Beckman Coulter to acquire diagnostic-systems portion of Olympus' life sciences. Apr 1, 2009 135 ChemInstruments buys Tantec meter line. Brief article Apr 1, 2009 243 John Crane Buys Bearings Firm. Mar 30, 2009 431 Micronetics Inc. Brief article Mar 27, 2009 79 Roxar recommends $179m Emerson takeover bid. Mar 11, 2009 273 United Kingdom: Emerson to finance deal through existing cash balances. Mar 6, 2009 309 India: Roxar recommends $179 mln Emerson takeover bid. Mar 6, 2009 141 Brookfield Engineering acquires RheoTec Messtechnik GmbH. Mar 1, 2009 90 Millipore Expands Cell Biology Offering With Acquisition of Guava Technologies. Feb 2, 2009 900 Waters Acquires Thar Instruments; Establishes "Green" Separation Science Leadership and Expands Chromatography Application Range. Feb 2, 2009 327 Accutest Laboratories Announces the Acquisition of Evergreen Analytical Laboratory. Jan 5, 2009 375 Finland : Vaisala Oyj acquires US airport service company. Dec 31, 2008 88 United States: Teledyne Technologies acquires assets of Demo Systems LLC. Dec 28, 2008 107 Brazil : Parker acquires PVC manufacturer Detroit. Dec 9, 2008 141 Stock buyback: the board of Ixia, a Calabasas-based maker of performance test systems, has approved a stock-repurchase program of up to $25 million. Mendoza, Lauren Alicia Brief article Dec 1, 2008 32 United Kingdom: Smiths buys ZDMI. Nov 21, 2008 168 Canada : ABB acquires Ber-Mac Electrical and Instrumentation Ltd., boosting presence in Western Canada. Nov 14, 2008 188 New Life: a merger between scientific instrument makers Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems will create a new business named Life Technologies, the companies said Nov. 4. Chambers, Heather Nov 10, 2008 74 IDEX Corporation Acquires Semrock. Oct 20, 2008 363 China: Sensormatic acquires Vue Technology. Oct 11, 2008 220 Orbotech Completes Acquisition of Photon Dynamics. Oct 2, 2008 857 KLA-Tencor Completes Acquisition of Microelectronic Inspection Equipment Business Unit of Vistec Semiconductor Systems. Oct 1, 2008 437 GE Healthcare Acquires MicroCal Broadening Capabilities in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research. Sep 30, 2008 827 Industrial laser specialist Virtek Vision International Inc., which recently fended off a hostile takeover bid by Salem, N.H.-based StockerYale Inc., said Gerber Scientific Inc. and Gerber Scientific Canada Inc. have agreed to buy the company for $32.96 million Canadian, or $1.05 per share, in cash. Sep 26, 2008 77 United States: Teradyne, Inc. To Acquire Eagle Test Systems, Inc. Sep 5, 2008 207 United States: ATE consolidation continues nTeradyne to buy Eagle Test. Sep 5, 2008 202 Horiba Instruments acquires maker of surface area analyzers. Aug 31, 2008 85 Techcomp acquires majority of Chinese supplier. Brief article Aug 31, 2008 87 AMETEK Completes Acquisition of Xantrex Programmable Power. Aug 25, 2008 513 Virtek turns to Buffett-linked firm to thwart StockerYale. Sanders, Bob Aug 15, 2008 398 Transcat Acquires Westcon, Inc. Aug 14, 2008 838 United States: AquaSensors Acquired By Thermo Fisher Scientific. Aug 8, 2008 189 United States: ESCO Acquires LDIC GmbH. Aug 6, 2008 165 Xantrex spins off San Diego division. Randolph, Ned Aug 4, 2008 150 United States: Xantrex Spins Off San Diego Division. Aug 4, 2008 239 United States: KLA-Tencor to acquire Vistec s microelectronic inspection unit. Aug 1, 2008 388 Germany: KLA-Tencor buys MIE unit. Jul 31, 2008 80 United States: KLA buys Vistecs inspection unit. Jul 31, 2008 324 Waters adds to materials characterization portfolio. Brief article Jul 31, 2008 119 United States: AMETEK to Acquire Xantrex Programmable Power. Jul 29, 2008 304 United States: Ametek Inc. buys another company. Jul 29, 2008 132 United States: AMETEK to acquire Xantrex Programmable Power. Jul 28, 2008 163 AMETEK to Acquire Xantrex Programmable Power. Jul 28, 2008 551 United States: Waters Acquires Fla. Manufacturer. Jul 26, 2008 83 United States: LTX Corporation to merge with Credence Systems Corporation. Jul 25, 2008 188 Waters Corporation Announces the Purchase of VTI Corporation's TGA Products. Jul 24, 2008 283 StockerYale rebuffed again in takeover try. Sanders, Bob Brief article Jul 18, 2008 208 Australia: Qiagen acquires Corbett Life Science for $135 million. Jul 3, 2008 244 United States: Agilent Technologies Acquires Nano Instruments Business of MTS Systems Corp. Jul 3, 2008 175 3M Completes Acquisition of Quest Technologies Inc. Jul 1, 2008 267 Agilent Technologies Acquires Nano Instruments Business of MTS Systems Corp. Jun 30, 2008 466 Agilent makes GC-related acquisition. Jun 30, 2008 176 StockerYale takeover try may go hostile. Sanders, Bob Jun 20, 2008 644 Honeywell gets more defensive, buys IAC. Wiedemann, Liz Brief article Jun 16, 2008 82 Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems merge. Company overview Jun 15, 2008 1133 Thermo makes second Indian acquisition. Jun 15, 2008 156 Four companies make bid for Whatman. Jan 15, 2008 234 Acquisitions. Aug 1, 2003 795 Acquisitions. Feb 1, 2002 348 Acquisitions. Sep 1, 2001 366 Acquisitions. Mar 1, 2001 391