M&A Deal Summary

VWR International Acquires Advanced Instruments Sales & Service

On April 1, 2005, VWR International acquired distribution company Advanced Instruments Sales & Service

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is VWR International’s 2nd transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is VWR International’s 1st transaction in Puerto Rico.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-04-01
Target Advanced Instruments Sales & Service
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) VWR International
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Advanced Instruments Sales & Service

San Juan, Puerto Rico
Advanced Instruments Sales & Service, Inc. is a distributor of a broad range of services, instrumentation, equipment, and consumables to the Puerto Rican pharmaceutical, biochemical, and scientific markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

VWR International

Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1852
Sector Distribution
Employees9,300
Revenue 4.5B USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION

VWR International LLC is a distributor of products, services and solutions to laboratory and production facilities. VWR enables science for customers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial, education, government and healthcare industries.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 50
Sector (Distribution) 2 of 25
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 43
Country (Puerto Rico) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-01 AGB Scientific

Dublin, Ireland

AGB Scientific Ltd. is a distributor of laboratory instrumentation, equipment and consumables throughout Ireland and elsewhere.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-12 Technical Service Lab BV

Boxmeer, Netherlands

Technical Service Lab BV is a provider of pipettors, balances and other laboratory instruments.

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