Bruker AXS GmbH has announced that it has acquired all of the equity of privately-held Quantron GmbH from Quantron’s founders. The stock purchase agreement for Quantron was signed and the transaction was closed simultaneously on 6 September 2006. Quantron GmbH, located in Kleve, Germany, develops, manufactures and distributes worldwide advanced arc/spark optical emission spectroscopy (OES) systems for numerous metals analysis applications. After the acquisition, Bruker-Quantron GmbH will remain and expand in its Kleve location in order to provide stationary and mobile OES systems. Bruker AXS will contribute its global distribution, demonstration and service capabilities, as well as R&D and operating management assistance, to further accelerate the growth and profitability of Bruker-Quantron. The majority of the successful distributors of Quantron will be retained, and will benefit from support by additional regional Bruker AXS spark-OES applications and service centers worldwide.
