Add-on Acquisition • Medical Products

Waters Acquires Analytical Products Group

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

Acquisition Context

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.

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

Target Company

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
Employees	7,600
Revenue	3.0B USD (2024)

DESCRIPTION

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 Context for Buyer	#
Overall	6 of 12
Sector: Medical Products	2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition	6 of 11
State: Ohio	1 of 1
Country: United States	6 of 10
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.	Buy	-

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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.	Buy	-