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Leica Microsystems' US Acquisition Expands Histopathology Range

By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 19 May 2008
In a move that further advances its strong global position in the histopathology field, Leica Microsystems announced the acquisition of the assets of US-based Coretech Holdings. More...
The acquired concern is to become a business unit within Leica Microsystems' Biosystems Division, and will be renamed Leica Biosystems St. Louis, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Composed of a group of strong brands including McCormick Scientific, The Vibratome Company, Paraplast embedding media, TurbOflow II histology cassettes and myNeuroLab.com, Coretech (St. Louis, MO, USA) provides an extensive range of systems, instruments, reagents, and consumables for the clinical and research histology laboratory.

According to Doug Martin, formerly CEO of Coretech Holdings and now Vice President & General Manager of Leica Biosystems St. Louis, LLC, The synergies created by combining the Coretech products and team with those of Leica Microsystems are considerable. Both companies will quickly leverage an improved product offering for our customers and expand our ability to service their needs.

Anne De Greef-Safft, President of Leica Microsystems' Biosystems Division added, With this acquisition, Leica Microsystems continues to broaden and strengthen the product line we offer our customers. The benefit to customers is that they now have a single partner to come to for all their histology equipment, reagent, and consumable needs. Having internal R&D, as well as manufacturing capabilities for the instrument and their associated reagents and consumables allows us to better optimize the entire system, leading to higher quality and more consistent results for our customers.

Leica Microsystems (Wetzlar, Germany) is a leading global developer and producer of precision optical systems for the analysis of microstructures. The company manufactures a broad range of products requiring microscopic imaging, measurement, and analysis, and offers system solutions for life sciences including biotechnology and medicine, R&D of raw materials, and industrial quality assurance. Leica Microsystems is represented in over 100 countries with 9 manufacturing facilities in 7 countries, sales and service organizations in 19 countries and an international network of dealers.


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