Sony Enters Flow Cytometry Business
NEW YORK and TOKYO, Feb. 17, 2010 – Sony Corp. has acquired iCyt Mission Technology Inc. of Champaign, Ill., a producer of high-performance cell sorters used for stem cell and disease research, through its US subsidiary, Sony Corp. of America (SCA).
With the acquisition, the former company will apply its expertise and technologies to enter the flow cytometry business in the life science field. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of SCA, the Illinois-based company has planned to develop advanced technologies and deliver new...