Luminex - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Luminex M&A Summary

Luminex has acquired 4 companies of its own. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Luminex’s largest acquisition to date was in 2018, when it acquired Merck KGaA - Flow Cytometry Portfolio for $70M. Luminex has acquired in 3 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (75%) and technology hardware (25%).

Luminex Ownership

Who owns Luminex?

Luminex is owned by DiaSorin. It was acquired on April 12, 2021.

Luminex Business Overview

Where is Luminex headquartered?

Luminex is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

What is Luminex’s revenue?

Luminex disclosed revenue of 417M USD for 2020 and 335M USD for 2019.

How many employees does Luminex have?

Luminex has 1,325 employees.

What sector is Luminex in?

Luminex is a medical products company.

When was Luminex founded?

Luminex was founded in 1995.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity5
    • M&A Buy Activity4
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4
  • M&A Advisors 2

Luminex

Luminex Corp.

12212 Technology Boulevard,
Austin, Texas 78727
United States,
(512) 219-8020
www.luminexcorp.com

Luminex is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary instruments and assays utilizing xMAP open-architecture, multi-analyte platform and MultiCode real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and multiplex PCR-based technologies, that deliver cost-effective and rapid results to clinicians and researchers. Luminex was founded in 1995 and is based in Austin, Texas.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 4 - - - - - 4
vol $128M $128M
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - - - 1 - 1
  5

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Luminex Corp. - Flow Cytometry & Imaging (FCI) Business 2023-02-13 - Divestiture
Austin, Texas
Merck KGaA - Flow Cytometry Portfolio 2018-10-18 70M EUR Divestiture
Darmstadt, Germany
Nanosphere, Inc. 2016-05-16 58M USD Add-on Acquisition
Northbrook, Illinois · www.nanosphere.us
GenturaDx, Inc. 2012-07-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas · www.genturadx.com
EraGen Biosciences, Inc. 2011-06-21 - Add-on Acquisition
Madison, Wisconsin · www.eragen.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science 3 (75%) 58M (45%) - -
Technology Hardware 1 (25%) 70M (55%) - -
Medical Products - - 1 (100%) -
Total 4 $128M 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 3 58M 1 -
  Texas 1 - 1 -
  Wisconsin 1 - - -
  Illinois 1 58M - -
Germany 1 70M - -
Domestic 3 (75%) 58M (45%) 1 (100%) -
Cross-border 1 (25%) 70M (55%) - -
Total 4 $128M 1 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Perella Weinberg Partners
1
Legal Deals
Smith, Gambrell & Russell
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 2 $128M
TOTAL $128M
Largest Merck KGaA - Flow Cytometry Portfolio
$70M (2018-10-18)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
50%
2 (50%)
Strategic(s)
25%
1 (25%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

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