Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions

Malvern Instruments Acquires Viscotek Corporation

17 January 2008: Malvern, UK: Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments has acquired Viscotek Corporation, a leading provider of chromatography solutions for the characterization of natural and synthetic polymers and proteins. Malvern Instruments is a world-class supplier of systems for the characterization of particulate materials, providing complete application solutions across a...

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BAE Systems Acquires Pitch Technologies

28 Nov 2007 Acquisition will expand company's capabilities in training and simulation solutions Orlando, Florida - BAE Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Swedish high-tech company Pitch Technologies AB (Pitch) for a cash consideration of 61.3 MSEK. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Linköping, Sweden, Pitch is an innovator of computer-based training and research...

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Continental Resources Announces $60 Million Williston Basin Property Acquisition and Conference Presentation

ENID, Okla., January 14 / -- Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR) announced today the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire producing oil properties in North Dakota and Montana from an affiliate of Chesapeake Energy Corporation for $60 million. The Williston Basin properties currently produce approximately 700 barrels of oil equivalent per day. As of December 2007, proved reserves for the...

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SKF's Acquisition of Leading Magnetic Bearing Company Now Closed

SKF acquisition of S2M, a leading company in magnetic bearings, has now been closed. SKF had already earlier 12% of the share capital in S2M. S2M has annual sales of around EUR 40 million and 200 employees. The company is headquartered in Vernon, France, where it also has its manufacturing facilities. SKF pays around EUR 55 million for the shares. We are now into the technologies of tomorrow and...

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Arbor Networks Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Ellacoya Networks

January 17, 2008 - Arbor Networks, a leading provider of secure service control solutions for global business networks, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ellacoya Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class broadband service optimisation solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Arbor Networks protects more than 70% of the world's service...

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CPI Card Group Acquires Didier

LITTLETON, Colo., Jan. 17 -- CPI Card Group announces that it has acquired Didier Printing Company, a privately owned secure card manufacturer based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This acquisition will allow CPI Card Group to expand the services offered to its customers with highly flexible and responsive customer card solutions. The combined business will have three state-of-the-art manufacturing sites...

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Burgon Tool Steel, Co., Inc. Acquires Kloster Steel Corp.

Burgon Tool Steel, Co., Inc. announced the acquisition of Kloster Steel Corp., Chicago, IL. Kloster Steel enjoys an outstanding reputation having served the upper Midwest region with the highest quality tool steel products since 1926. We at Kloster Steel are truly excited about becoming part of the Burgon Tool Steel family. Burgon takes care of their customers with the same eye toward quality and...

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Agilent Technologies Completes Acquisition of Velocity11, a Leader in Life Science Lab Automation and Robotics

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 20, 2007 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Velocity11, a leader in automated liquid handling and laboratory robotics for the life science market. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition of privately held Velocity11 enables Agilent to offer a more comprehensive suite of workflow solutions to its life...

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Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Robobat

Acquisition Extends Autodesk's Leadership in Structural Engineering SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Jan. 15 / -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Robobat for approximately $42.5 million in USD cash subject to a working capital adjustment. On November 15, 2007, Autodesk announced an agreement to acquire Robobat, a privately-held company based in Grenoble,...

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Manatron Announces Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Thoma Cressey Bravo in a Transaction Valued at Approximately $66 Million

Shareholders to receive $12.00 per share in cash KALAMAZOO, Mich., Jan. 15 -- Manatron, Inc. (NASDAQ:MANA) the nation's leading provider of integrated, enterprise-level property tax solutions for state and local governments, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Thoma Cressey Bravo ( TCB ), a leading private equity investment firm in a...

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