Bruker AXS Acquires MAC Science to Further Penetrate Japanese Life Science and Materials Research Markets
Bruker AXS Inc, a leading global provider of advanced X-ray solutions for the life and advanced materials sciences, today announced that its wholly owned Japanese subsidiary, Nihon Bruker AXS K.K., has signed a binding agreement to acquire substantially all the assets and certain liabilities of MAC Science Ltd., a Yokohama, Japan-based company focused on X-ray analysis instrumentation. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2002.
MAC Science was founded in 1987, and has become a significant competitor participant in the Japanese in X-ray and thermal analysis instrumentation market. The Japanese X-ray analysis market is estimated to total more than $150 million annually. MAC Science has an established Japanese distribution system with both a direct sales and a service force, as well as an additional distributors network. Since its foundation, MAC Science has installed more than 1,500 systems in Japan and the Pacific Rim.
Bruker AXS entered the Japanese market in 1997 with its CCD-based life- science systems, and has established a strong position in the crystallography market. The new combined business will be located in the Tokyo area to provide strong sales, applications and service support for the existing and future customers of Bruker AXS and MAC Science. The new facility will also house R&D, production and final systems integration for the Japanese market.
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