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Advanced Instruments - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Advanced Instruments M&A Summary

Advanced Instruments has acquired 3 companies of its own, including 3 in the last 5 years.

Advanced Instruments has acquired in 1 US state, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (67%) and healthcare services (34%).

Advanced Instruments Ownership

Who owns Advanced Instruments?

Advanced Instruments is owned by HarbourVest Partners and Patricia Industries. It was acquired on September 28, 2020.

Is Advanced Instruments PE-backed?

Yes. Advanced Instruments is owned by private equity investors HarbourVest Partners and Patricia Industries.

Was Advanced Instruments formerly PE-backed?

Yes. Advanced Instruments was formerly owned by 1 private investor.

Advanced Instruments Business Overview

Where is Advanced Instruments headquartered?

Advanced Instruments is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts.

What sector is Advanced Instruments in?

Advanced Instruments is a test/measurement equipment company.

When was Advanced Instruments founded?

Advanced Instruments was founded in 1955.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity3
    • M&A Buy Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Advisors 4

Advanced Instruments

Advanced Instruments, Inc.

Two Technology Way ,
Norwood, Massachusetts 02062
United States,
(781) 320-9000
www.aicompanies.com

Advanced Instruments is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of laboratory test equipment and related consumables for use in clinical, food and dairy, microbiology, pharmaceutical, and biotech markets. With an array of technical competencies, including being the world’s foremost authority on the application of Freezing Point Depression technology for measuring the osmolality of solutions, AI serves thousands of end-users in over 90 countries under the Advanced Instruments, Fiske, and Mart Microbiology brands. Advanced Instruments was founded in 1955 and is based in Norwood, Massachusetts.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # - 1 1 - - 1 3
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  3
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Nova Biomedical Corp. 2025-03-19 - Merger
Waltham, Massachusetts · www.novabiomedical.com
SAL Scientific Ltd. 2022-08-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Hampshire, United Kingdom · www.salscientific.com
Solentim Ltd. 2021-08-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Dorset, United Kingdom · www.solentim.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science 2 (67%) - - -
Healthcare Services 1 (33%) - - -
Total 3 - - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 2 - - -
United States 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (33%) - - -
Cross-border 2 (67%) - - -
Total 3 - - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
UBS Investment Bank
 1
Rothschild Global Advisory
 1
Legal Deals
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
 3
Cooley
 1

Company Summary

SECTOR

Test/Measurement Equipment

Established

1955

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