M&A Deal Summary

Danaher Acquires Beckman Coulter

On February 7, 2011, Danaher acquired life science company Beckman Coulter for 6.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Danaher’s 3rd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Danaher’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Danaher’s 17th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Danaher’s 5th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-02-07
Target Beckman Coulter
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Danaher
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 6.8B USD

Target

Beckman Coulter

Brea, California, United States
Beckman Coulter develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing. More than 275,000 Beckman Coulter systems operate in both Diagnostics and Life Sciences laboratories on seven continents. For more than 75 years, our products have been making a difference in peoples' lives by improving the productivity of medical professionals and scientists, supplying critical information for improving patient health and delivering trusted solutions for research and discovery.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Danaher

Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Diversified
Employees79,000
Revenue 23.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Danaher designs, manufactures and markets professional, medical, industrial and commercial products and services. Danaher's research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative facilities are located in more than 50 countries. Danaher's business consists of five segments: Test & Measurement; Environmental; Life Sciences & Diagnostics; Dental; and Industrial Technologies. Danaher was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 43
Sector (Life Science) 3 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 22 of 39
State (California) 5 of 9
Country (United States) 17 of 28
Year (2011) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-20 Esko-Graphics bvba

Gent, Belgium

Esko-Graphics bvba is a full service solutions provider for the digital packaging design and production market. Esko focuses on smart software tools and hardware for the packaging and labels, printing and publishing industries.

Buy $470M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-03 Martel Electronics

Derry, New Hampshire, United States

Martel Electronics corp. manufactures hand held and bench calibrators, process instruments, process indicators and power supplies.

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