M&A Deal Summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Dionex

On December 13, 2010, Thermo Fisher Scientific acquired test/measurement equipment company Dionex for 2.1B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Thermo Fisher Scientific’s 5th transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Thermo Fisher Scientific’s 9th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Thermo Fisher Scientific’s 18th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Thermo Fisher Scientific’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-12-13
Target Dionex
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Thermo Fisher Scientific
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 2.1B USD
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)
Cooley (Legal)

Target

Dionex

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Dionex Corp. is a manufacturer and marketer of liquid chromatography and sample preparation systems, consumables, and software for chemical analysis. The company's systems are used worldwide in environmental analysis and by the life sciences, chemical, petrochemical, food and beverage, power generation, and electronics industries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1956
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees122,000
Revenue 42.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Thermo Fisher's corporate headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Thermo Fisher's corporate headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Thermo Scientific is a provider of analytical instruments, laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents for better workflow solutions spanning sample preparation, sample analysis, and data interpretation. Thermo Fisher Scientific was founded in 1956 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 62
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 5 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 26 of 55
State (California) 1 of 6
Country (United States) 18 of 38
Year (2010) 6 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 27
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-16 Fermentas International

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Fermentas International Inc., a manufacturer and global distributor of enzymes, reagents and kits for molecular and cellular biology research. Fermentas provides a broad range of high-quality molecular and cellular biology research tools, including reagents for nucleic-acid and protein purification; restriction and modifying enzymes; molecular weight markers and other life science research and diagnostic tools.

Buy $260M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-24 TKA Wasseraufbereitungssysteme

Niederelbert, Germany

TKA Wasseraufbereitungssysteme GmbH is a provider of laboratory water purification systems.

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