M&A Deal Summary

Bruker Acquires IonSense

On April 6, 2022, Bruker acquired chemicals company IonSense

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bruker’s 1st transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Bruker’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bruker’s 2nd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-04-06
Target IonSense
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Bruker
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

IonSense

Saugus, Massachusetts, United States
IonSense is a provider of Ambient Ionization (AI) sources, systems, and integrated solutions for the Mass Spectrometry (MS) marketplace. IonSense manufactures, sells, and markets the DART (Direct Analysis in Real-Time) ionization source, the first open-air ionization product to be patented and sold commercially. IonSense was founded in 2005 and is based in Saugus, Massachusetts.

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Buyer

Bruker

Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees9,707
Revenue 3.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Bruker is a provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. Bruker was founded in 1991 and is based in Billerica, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 35 of 47
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 30 of 42
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 15 of 21
Year (2022) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-05 Optimal Industrial Automation

Bristol, United Kingdom

Optimal Industrial Automation offers a complete one-stop-shop for all automation needs. Optimal Industrial Automation software services cover the full spectrum from PLCs through SCADA to DCS, high-level languages such as C# & VB DotNet, and database work including real-time industrial databases. Optimal Industrial Automation was founded in 1987 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Mountain View, California, United States

Inscopix is a provider of brain-mapping platform is the integration and miniaturization of the benchtop fluorescence microscope into a 2-gram device that can be mounted onto the head of a freely behaving animal to observe its brain activity. Inscopix was founded in 2011 and is based in Mountain View, California.

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