Building separations
3 Aug 2004
W. R. Graces' subsidiary, The Separations Group, has acquired AlltechInternational Holdings, a manufacturer and supplier of chromatography products based in Deerfield, IL.
Alltech will be integrated into the separations business of Grace's Davison Specialty Materials unit. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded in 1970, Alltech is a privately held company with manufacturing facilities and R&D laboratories in the US, England and Belgium and has a sales, marketing and distribution organisation with 21 locations worldwide, including China, Australia, England, Germany, and the US.
Its products are used in high performance liquid, gas, and ion chromatography, as well as solid phase extraction technologies, for drug discovery and production.
Grace has been building its separations business through a strategy of internal growth and acquisitions. This is the company's fifth acquisition for the separations business.
It recently acquired Grom Analytik + HPLC GmbH and in 2003, MODcol Corporation and the Jones Chromatography high performance liquid chromatography line.
Each acquisition has broadened the company's offering of liquid and gas chromatography columns, media, systems, and packing services to its global biotechnology and pharmaceutical customers.
