Feb 26 2010
PerkinElmer,
Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and
the environment, today announced that it has agreed to purchase the
remaining interest of its joint venture in Inductively
Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and related assets from
Danaher Corporation. Danaher acquired this joint venture stake and these
assets as part of its acquisition of MDS Inc.’s Analytical Technologies
business.
The purchase of the remaining 50% of the joint venture and related
assets will provide PerkinElmer with full ownership of the joint venture
and its ICP-MS product line. Complete PerkinElmer ownership of the
ICP-MS product line and related assets will help to ensure the continued
success of this technology with a dedicated and fully integrated
approach throughout the entire value chain, including R&D,
manufacturing, sales and service.
John Roush, president, Environmental Health, PerkinElmer, said, “The
global population is increasingly vulnerable to safety threats from
toxic elements such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic affecting the
quality of our water and food supplies. Our continued commitment and
innovation in ICP-MS will provide our customers with solutions that
support the analysis of component elements, trace elements or
contaminants in samples of interest, leading to improved products and
applications for their end markets – and ultimately to better outcomes
for human and environmental health."
He added, "The consolidation of the joint venture will reinforce our
market leadership position while further demonstrating our commitment to
the ICP-MS product line and the sustained development of this critical
technology. Customers will benefit from our ability to get products to
market faster, as well as to better align our offering with market
needs.”
ICP-MS is a detection technology that allows high-sensitivity
simultaneous detection of individual chemical elements in a sample, for
diverse applications within the environmental, nutraceutical,
biomonitoring, semiconductor and geochemical research markets.
PerkinElmer has been at the forefront of atomic spectroscopy analytical
technology for over 40 years with a comprehensive product line including
flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption (AA) spectrometers,
inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometers (ICP-OES) and
ICP-MS systems. The purchase of the remaining interest of the ICP-MS
joint venture and related assets further solidifies PerkinElmer’s
dedication to serving the needs of atomic spectroscopy laboratories
across the globe.
