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Thermo Fisher Completes Lomb Acquisition

Dec 27, 2010

By a GenomeWeb staff reporter

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Thermo Fisher Scientific today said that it has completed the acquisition of Lomb Scientific, a provider of lab chemicals, consumables, and instruments in Australia and New Zealand, for an undisclosed sum.

Lomb Scientific, which will be integrated into Thermo Fisher's Laboratory Products and Services and Analytical Technologies segments, had revenues in 2009 of A$34 million ($32.8 million), and it has around 100 employees.

The deal was initially announced at the beginning of December.

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