M&A Deal Summary

Waters Acquires Analytical Products Group

On December 15, 2008, Waters acquired medical products company Analytical Products Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Waters’ 2nd transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Waters’ 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Waters’ 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-12-15
Target Analytical Products Group
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Waters
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Analytical Products Group

Belpre, Ohio, United States
Analytical Products Group, Inc. (APG) provides existing and prospective laboratory customers stand to benefit significantly through expanded availability of superior laboratory standards, access to an innovative and secure data system, and the assurance of leading regulatory and quality systems tools.

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Buyer

Waters

Milford, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1958
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees7,900
Revenue 3.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Waters' corporate headquarters in Milford, Massachusetts.
Entrance to Waters' corporate headquarters in Milford, Massachusetts.

Waters is a manufacturer of high and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry instruments. It offers thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments and supplies software based products to interface with the company's and other manufacturers' instruments. Waters was formed in 1958 and is based in Milford, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 11
Sector (Medical Products) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 10
State (Ohio) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 9
Year (2008) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-05 Thar Instruments

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Thar Instruments, formerly a division of Thar Technologies, is solely focused on advancement and applications of supercritical fluid technologies (SFC). Thar Instruments, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is the world leader in design, development and manufacturing of analytical and preparative SFC instrumentation for pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry. Thar Instruments’ customers include top pharmaceutical, universities and government research organizations worldwide.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-02-02 Thar Instruments

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Thar Instruments, formerly a division of Thar Technologies, is solely focused on advancement and applications of supercritical fluid technologies (SFC). Thar Instruments, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is the world leader in design, development and manufacturing of analytical and preparative SFC instrumentation for pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry. Thar Instruments’ customers include top pharmaceutical, universities and government research organizations worldwide.

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