Spectris plc in Surrey, England, (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announced on June 23 that it acquired the business and assets of the Canadian company La Corp. Scientifique Claisse Inc., a global market leader in sample preparation for atomic spectroscopy (including x-ray) analysis, for an undisclosed sum. Revenues for the year ending March 2014 were CAD 13 million.
AMETEK Inc. headquartered in Berwyn, Pa. (NYSE: AME), announced on June 20 that it completed its acquisition of Zygo Corp. (NASDAQ: ZIGO) for $19.25 per share in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $280 million net of cash acquired. As a result of the completion of the merger, the common stock of Zygo will no longer be listed for trading.
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tenn. launched the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials to accelerate discovery, design and deployment of new materials. The institute will meld world-class capabilities in imaging, high-performance computing, materials science and other scientific disciplines to probe materials. It supports President Obama’s Materials Genome Initiative, which aims to bring new materials to the marketplace.
A new application note by Olympus (Center Valley, Pa.) uncovers how the enhanced time-saving efficiency of opto-digital microscopy has profited quality assurance projects of the SGS group. Bringing a new level of efficiency to materials testing, the Olympus DSX500 opto-digital light microscope has transformed the way Dortmund-based SGS Institut Fresenius GmbH (a subsidiary of the SGS Group) undertakes a diverse range of quality assurance tasks in the automotive, aerospace and medical technology sectors.
ASM’s Computational Materials Data Network group launched a new website to better serve the needs of the materials data community, particularly those in pursuit of the goals of the U.S. MGI and the promises of ICME.
