Bruker AXS Buys XRF Biz
MADISON, Wis., July 20, 2006 -- Bruker AXS Inc. announced today that it bought privately-held KeyMaster Technologies Inc., a maker of hand-held x-ray fluorescence (XRF) systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Bruker AXS, a division of Bruker BioSciences Corp. that makes life science, materials research and industrial x-ray analysis tools, bought the company from its majority shareholder, the private equity firm Advent International, and other shareholders. The agreement was signed and the transaction closed...