Thermo Fisher to buy Dionex
Laboratory sciences supplier Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. yesterday said it would pay about $2.1 billion to buy Dionex Corp., a California maker of chromatography equipment used in everything from drug manufacturing to testing for contaminants in drinking water.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Life Technologies Corporation, a leading life sciences company, have signed a definitive agreement under which Thermo Fisher will acquire Life Technologies for $76.00 in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $13.6 billion, plus the assumption of net debt at close.