M&A Deal Summary

bioMerieux Acquires Organon Teknika

On January 1, 2001, bioMerieux acquired medical products company Organon Teknika from Akzo Nobel

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is bioMerieux’s 3rd transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is bioMerieux’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2001-01-01
Target Organon Teknika
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) bioMerieux
Sellers(s) Akzo Nobel
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Organon Teknika

Netherlands
Organon Teknika is a provider in HIV screening and viral load measurement.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

bioMerieux

Marcy l'Etoile, France

Category Company
Founded 1963
Sector Life Science
Employees14,147
Revenue 4.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

bioMerieux is a provider in the field of in vitro diagnostic solutions (reagents, instruments, software) that determine the source of disease and contamination to improve patient health and ensure consumer safety. Its products are used for diagnosing infectious diseases and providing high medical value results for cancer screening, monitoring, and cardiovascular emergencies. bioMerieux was founded in 1963 and is based in Marcy-l'Étoile, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 21
Sector: Medical Products M&A 3 of 9
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2001 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-12-11 Micro Diagnostics

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Micro Diagnostics, Inc. is a specialist in diagnostic and testing media for industrial applications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-16 Bacterial BarCodes

Houston, Texas, United States

Bacterial BarCodes, Inc. is a molecular biotechnology company. BBCI developed and markets for sale Diversilab, a patented system dedicated to the field of automated microbial genotyping, offering solutions to track hospital acquired infections and for environmental control for product safety.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Akzo Nobel

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1646
Sector Chemicals
Employees33,700
Revenue 10.7B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Akzo Nobel is a producer of decorative paints, performance coatings and specialty chemicals. Akzo Nobel was founded in 1646 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 17
Sector: Medical Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 15
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 6
Year: 2001 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-12-23 Akzo Nobel - Industrial Liquid Coatings Business

Hungary

Akzo Nobel - Industrial Liquid Coatings are used to protect various manufactured products such as construction machinery and electrical supply equipment.

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