IMA Group acquires Oystar Group

IMA will hold an 80% share of the new holding company IMA Dairy and Food GmbH, leaving private equity firm Odewald with a 20% share

PerkinElmer acquires Perten Instruments

Perten supplies advanced analytical instruments for food, grain, flour, and feed quality control

Novartis takes $10-mn equity in BioLineRx

Strategic collaboration with drug development company will focus on screening and development of novel drug candidates  

Atlas Copco to purchase Titan Technologies

The U.S. bolting solutions specialist will be part of Atlas Copco’s Chicago Pneumatic Tools division.

Dr. Reddy’s launches generic Valganciclovir in the U.S.

The 450mg antiviral tablets are available in bottle counts of 60

New benchmark for optical microscopy

Bruker’s bioAFM system adopts PeakForce Tapping technology for high-resolution imaging and quantitative biomechanical property mapping    

ADM sells global cocoa business to Olam for $ 1.3 billion

The deal will allow ADM to redeploy capital for less-volatile investments with greater returns

Alcoa to strengthen aerospace position with TITAL acquisition

Deal seen expanding global growth platform for titanium aerospace components and as the next step in building a powerful aerospace growth engine  

Modular reamer system features disposable heads

Precimaster Plus from SECO also boasts of common holders for blind, through-hole applications    

Italian technology spells leadership in exports

Asia-bound shipments rising for dairy machinery  

DMG MORI opens global headquarters in Switzerland

At the heart of the 21,000 m² Swiss site, DMG MORI opened its new global headquarters.

World’s largest grain storage being developed in Egypt

Wheat storage project between Blumberg Grain and government of Egypt in line with the country’s goal of becoming food security capital of the Middle East