Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes BRAHMS AG Acquisition

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of B.R.A.H.M.S. AG for €330 million (approximately $470 million USD). B.R.A.H.M.S. generated 2008 revenues of €75 million (approximately $105 million USD), and is expected to be accretive to adjusted earnings per share in 2010. Thermo Fisher will integrate B.R.A.H.M.S. into its Analytical Technologies Segment, and plans to use the firm’s former headquarters in Hennigsdorf, Germany, as the European Center of Excellence for its clinical diagnostics business.
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