Nanotechnology M&A Activity
Track mergers, acquisitions, and industry consolidation in nanotechnology
50
Known Acquisitions
43
Acquirers
Acquired Nanotechnology Companies
| Acquired Company | Parent Company | Location | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| N Nanosphere (Luminex) | Luminex Corporation | Northbrook, United States | nano diagnostics biomarkers |
| H Hitachi High-Tech | Hitachi Ltd | Tokyo, Japan | electron microscopy nano metrology |
| A Applied Nanostructured Solutions | Lockheed Martin | Baltimore, United States | nanomaterials printed electronics |
| I IBM Research - Nanotechnology | IBM Corporation | Yorktown Heights, United States | nano electronics nano transistors |
| S Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology | Samsung Electronics | Suwon, South Korea | nano electronics nano transistors |
| I Intel Labs | Intel Corporation | Santa Clara, United States | nano transistors nanoprocessors |
| A Asylum Research | Oxford Instruments | Santa Barbara, United States | afm spm nano metrology |
| M Molecular Imprints | Canon | Austin, United States | nano lithography nano manufacturing |
| N NanoH2O (LG Chem) | LG Chem | El Segundo, United States | nano filtration water treatment |
| N NanoXact | nanoComposix | San Diego, United States | nanomaterials nano diagnostics |
| A Arkema - Graphistrength | Arkema | Colombes, France | nanomaterials carbon nanotubes |
| N NanoSight (Malvern Panalytical) | Malvern Panalytical | Malvern, United Kingdom | nano metrology nano characterization |
| P Precision NanoSystems | Cytiva | Vancouver, Canada | lipid nanoparticles mrna delivery |
| E Exosome Diagnostics | Bio-Techne | Waltham, United States | nano diagnostics biomarkers |
| D Dicerna Pharmaceuticals | Novo Nordisk | Lexington, United States | nanomedicine lipid nanoparticles |
| Q QD Vision | Samsung Electronics | Lexington, United States | quantum dots nano displays |
| N Nanonis | SPECS | Zurich, Switzerland | afm spm nano metrology |
| N Neaspec | Attocube | Munich, Germany | nano optics nano metrology |
| A Anasys Instruments | Bruker | Santa Barbara, United States | nano spectroscopy nano metrology |
| J JPK Instruments | Bruker | Berlin, Germany | nano bio afm spm |
| W Witec | Oxford Instruments | Ulm, Germany | nano microscopy nano spectroscopy |
| Z Zetasizer (Malvern) | Spectris | Malvern, United Kingdom | nano metrology nano characterization |
| Z Zeiss Microscopy | Carl Zeiss AG | Oberkochen, Germany | nano microscopy electron microscopy |
| F FEI Company (Thermo Fisher) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Hillsboro, United States | nano metrology electron microscopy |
| O Osram Opto Semiconductors | ams OSRAM | Regensburg, Germany | nano led nano lasers |
| P Picosun | Applied Materials | Espoo, Finland | nano manufacturing thin film deposition |
| H Hysitron (Bruker) | Bruker | Eden Prairie, United States | nano metrology nano characterization |
| E Element Six | De Beers Group | Didcot, United Kingdom | nano diamonds nanomaterials |
| I II-VI Incorporated (Coherent) | Coherent Corp | Saxonburg, United States | nano photonics nano optics |
| S SK Siltron | SK Group | Gumi, South Korea | nano semiconductors nano manufacturing |
| V Versum Materials (Merck) | Merck KGaA | Tempe, United States | nano manufacturing nano electronics |
| N Nanometrics (KLA) | KLA Corporation | Milpitas, United States | nano metrology nano manufacturing |
| Z Zygo Corporation | AMETEK | Middlefield, United States | nano metrology nano optics |
| D Dicerna Pharmaceuticals | Novo Nordisk | Lexington, United States | nanomedicine nano drug delivery |
| E Exiqon | QIAGEN | Vedbaek, Denmark | nano diagnostics dna nanotechnology |
| C Celator Pharmaceuticals | Jazz Pharmaceuticals | Vancouver, Canada | nanomedicine nano drug delivery |
| P Particle Sciences | Lubrizol | Bethlehem, United States | nanomedicine nano drug delivery |
| A Avanti Polar Lipids | Croda | Alabaster, United States | nanomedicine lipid nanoparticles |
| B BioVision | Abcam | Milpitas, United States | nanoparticles nano bio |
| B Beckman Coulter Diagnostics | Danaher | Brea, United States | nano diagnostics biomarkers |
| C Cepheid | Danaher | Sunnyvale, United States | nano diagnostics lab on chip |
| G GRAIL | Illumina | Menlo Park, United States | nano diagnostics biomarkers |
| F Foundation Medicine | Roche | Cambridge, United States | nano sequencing biomarkers |
| N NeverWet | Rust-Oleum | Lancaster, United States | nano coatings hydrophobic |
| P Pall Corporation | Danaher | Port Washington, United States | nano filtration water treatment |
| E Evoqua Water Technologies | Xylem | Pittsburgh, United States | nano filtration water treatment |
| C Clarcor (now Parker) | Parker Hannifin | Franklin, United States | nano filtration nanomaterials |
| A Ahlstrom-Munksjö | Spa Holdings 3 | Helsinki, Finland | nanomaterials nano composites |
| J Johns Manville | Berkshire Hathaway | Denver, United States | nano composites nano coatings |
| L Lydall | Unifrax | Manchester, United States | nanofibers nano composites |