NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Analytik Jena has acquired 20 percent of the shares of its Dutch distribution partner, Westburg, for €150,000 ($215,272).
Based in Leusden, The Netherlands, Westburg specializes in molecular diagnostics sales and distribution. Its primary markets are the Benelux and Scandinavian countries.
"We want our market share in the life sciences in Europe [to] continue to expand and are looking for growth opportunities in targeted regions," Analytik Jena CEO Klaus Berka said in a statement.
Analytik Jena is based in Jena, Germany, and sells bioanalytical instruments and kits. It said that for the current financial year it expects revenues from its products sold by Westburg to be around €400,000.