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June 2010
Landec acquires Lifecore Biomedical
June 2010
C R Bard buys SenoRx
May 2010
Eastman acquires plasticizer producer
April 2010
Baxter gains Actifuse bone graft material with acquisition of ApaTech
April 2010
Bayer completes acquisition of UK’s PolyBioMed
April 2010
France’s Memometal buys ankle technology from USA’s Advanced Bio-Surfaces
April 2010
Bayer purchases electroactive polymer manufacturer
March 2010
Royal TenCate purchases AML
March 2010
Allergan acquires Serica Technologies
February 2010
Clairant acquires Russian masterbatch producer
February 2010
Anika Therapeutics acquires Fidia Advanced biopolymers
February 2010
SP and High Modulus combine
February 2010
Celanese takes over FACT
February 2010
CryoLife becomes largest single shareholder of Medafor - Company’s aim is to combine two companies; Medafor fights back
November 2009
ATW purchases Morgan Advanced Ceramics moulding business
November 2009
Nanotherapeutics buys assets of bankrupt DelSite
July 2009
Canadian firms Angiotech, Haemacure agree to collaborate
May 2009
Dental specialist Straumann buys IVS’s dental business
May 2009
Merger control authorities approve acquisition of Ciba by BASF
May 2009
BAE Systems to acquire Advanced Ceramics Research
April 2009
European Commission approves BASF’s aquisition of Ciba
April 2009
Materials specialist NDC buys anchoring technology
April 2009
Medtronic buys CoreValve
March 2009
SGL takes over Austrian composites firm
March 2009
French company Arkema buys US firm Oxford Performance Materials
March 2009
SurModics, Nexeon MedSystems will join forces on renal stent
February 2009
Lubrizol acquires Dow thermoplastic PU business
February 2009
Medtronic buys Ablation Frontiers
February 2009
Endo Pharmaceuticals acquires Indevus Pharmaceuticals
January 2009
BASF closer to acquiring Ciba
December 2008
Replidyne, Cardiovascular Systems merge in all-stock deal
November 2008
Deven Chemicals acquires Portuguese micro-encapsulation specialist
November 2008
Advanced Medical Solutions, Glycotex finalize agreement
November 2008
Riemser Arzneimittel buys Curasan dental business
October 2008
BASF offers €3.8 billion for Ciba
October 2008
Perstorp completes yet another acquisition
September 2008
BASF publishes details of bid to Ciba shareholders
September 2008
Thermal black project in Russia
October 2008
Creative Pultrusions acquired
September 2008
3M makes supply agreement with Kinetic Concepts
September 2008
Ceradyne acquires SemEquip Inc
September 2008
Ceramics performing well for Cookson Group
August 2008
Dow acquires Rohm and Haas
August 2008
Teijin acquires GH Craft as new centre for composites devlopment
August 2008
Brookhouse Holdings acquisition by Kaman Aerospace
August 2008
Proposed merger of Huntsman and Hexion flounders
August 2008
Manhattan Scientifics completes purchase of Metallicum Inc
August 2008
Ceradyne acquires technology for oil bearings
August 2008
Orthofix buys intellectual property from Intelligent Implant Systems
July 2008
AkzoNobel acquires speciality chemicals businesses
July 2008
Kinetic Concepts now owns LifeCell Corp
July 2008
DSM completes purchase of The Polymer Technology Group
July 2008
Bard closes deal on Specialized Health Products International
June 2008
Morgan acquires US Carpenter
June 2008
Goodfellow acquires the Technical Glass Co
June 2008
NuVasive buys Osteocel bone graft substitute line from Osiris
June 2008
3M signs agreement to buy dental implant maker IMTEC
April 2008
LyondellBasell acquires Solvay Engineered Polymers
April 2008
Battenfeld taken over by the Wittmann Group
April 2008
Wright Medical buys Inbone Technologies
April 2008
MDY Healthcare leads acquisition of Stanmore Implants
February 2008
Battenfeld taken over by the Wittmann Group
February 2008
Edwards completes purchase of CardioVations
February 2008
USA’s LeMaitre Vascular buys Italian firm Biomateriali
February 2008
TenCate acquires Composix
January 2008
Owens Corning reaches definitive agreement to sell two European composite plants
January 2008
AGY completes acquisition of Owens Corning’s US filamentmat business
January 2008
Owens Corning acquires Saint-Gobain’s reinforcements businesses
January 2008
Regeneration Technologies and Tutogen merge
January 2008
Bard agrees to buy LifeStent line from Edwards Lifesciences
December 2007
SpineSmith buys rights to stem cell isolating technology
December 2007
Pioneer Surgical Technology buys Angstrom Medica
December 2007
Wright Medical acquires foot and ankle implant from Metasurg
December 2007
Huntsman shareholders approve merger with Hexion
November 2007
Sweden’s Astra Tech buys USA’s Atlantis Components
October 2007
Zimmer buys Orthosoft
September 2007
Owens Corning to acquire Saint- Gobain’s reinforcement business
September 2007
Integra, IsoTis join forces
August 2007
Hexion acquires Huntsman
August 2007
3M acquires Diamond Productions Inc
August 2007
Swiss firm Straumann buys Japanese dental distributor
July 2007
Hexion acquires Huntsman
July 2007
Smith & Nephew buys German firm Plus Orthopedics
July 2007
Unifrax acquires Keraunion
July 2007
US firms unite as Pioneer Surgical buys Encelle
July 2007
Sandvik buys Doncasters Medical Technologies
June 2007
SABIC to acquires GE Plastics for $11.6 billion
June 2007
BAE Systems to acquire Armor Holdings
June 2007
Inbone and Reiley Orthopedicdecide to merge
May 2007
Partnership formed to provide REACH expertise
April 2007
Rochling expands activities in North America
April 2007
Smith & Nephew buys Swiss company Plus Orthopedics
April 2007
Sumitomo Bakelite acquires moulding company
March 2007
Lenzing acquires German plastics producer
March 2007
Leman Cardiovascular, Cook Medical become partners
February 2007
CoorsTek acquires Gaiser Tool
January 2007
Kyphon buys St Francis Medical Technologies
January 2007
Alcan acquires Penske Composites
December 2006
PolyOne to acquire Chinese vinyl compounding business
December 2006
Tresher Industries acquires Talon Composites
November 2006
Celltran merges with Xcellentis
October 2006
Symmetry Medical buys Everest Metal and affiliate for US$8.8m
September 2006
Owens Corning, Saint Gobain to merge reinforcements businesses
August 2006
Smith & Nephew buys OsteoBiologics
July 2006
Owens Corning and Saint Gobain to merge reinforcements businesses
July 2006
Solvay completes acquisition of Gharda
July 2006
Pyrolytic carbon thumb implant gains US approval
April 2006
Boston Scientific makes postacquisition plans
March 2006
Plastal’s purchase gains approval
March 2006
Boston Scientific wins contest to acquire Guidant - Johnson & Johnson pipped at post
February 2006
Solvay buys specialty polymers business from Gharda
January 2006
Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson compete to buy Guidant
December 2005
BASF makes moves to buy catalyst company Engelhard
December 2005
Small Bone Innovations creates business units; launches product
December 2005
Future still unclear for Johnson & Johnson/Guidant deal - Many ups and downs in the acquisition process
December 2005
Encore Medical buys Compex
November 2005
US breast implant firm buys British manufacturer and supplier
August 2005
Sumitomo Bakelite acquires Vyncolit
August 2005
Dow buys Pacific Epoxy
August 2005
CardoTech will no longer acquire CarTika Medical
August 2005
Huber acquires AluChem’s alumina trihydrate business
July 2005
Formosa combines US operations, invests in China
July 2005
The USA’s Sybron Dental acquires German dental company
June 2005
Bakelite acquisition approved
June 2005
Cetek buys Hybrid-Tek
June 2005
Viscogliosi company acquires French firm Fixano
June 2005
Boston Scientific buys TriVascular
May 2005
Kuraray starts up German film plant
May 2005
Revision surgery seen as key sector in European joint market
March 2005
Uroplasty will acquire CystoMedix
March 2005
Genzyme buys cartilage repair company Verigen
March 2005
Encore buys Osteoimplant Technology’s assets
February 2005
Johnson & Johnson buys Guidant
February 2005
US company buys wound management business from Swiss parent
February 2005
Elcom, Healthpoint sign wound dressing distribution deal
January 2005
Basell acquires chromium catalyst business
January 2005
Dow reduces output at vinyl chloride monomer plant
January 2005
Kuraray buys Rütger subsidiary
January 2005
Velsicol expands hex derivatives business
January 2005
CardioTech buys contract manufacturer of medical devices
January 2005
LeMaitre Vascular acquires closure clip from US Surgical
December 2004
US company Abbott acquires French firm Spine Next
December 2004
Repsol buys Portugese complex from Borealis
December 2004
Bakelite to be bought by Borden Chemical
November 2004
Toho Tenax acquires Acordis’ US carbon fibre business
October 2004
MediCor acquires Dermedics in pursuit of Mexican market
October 2004
Sybron buys Innova LifeSciences
October 2004
Stryker completes acquisition of SpineCore
October 2004
Encore Medical acquires Empi
October 2004
Former PolyOne firm named Excel Polymers
September 2004
Aluminium Oxid Stade to be sold to the Dadco Group
September 2004
JumpStart invests in Stanton Advanced Ceramics
September 2004
Biggest breast implant families in France and USA unite
September 2004
Ceradyne buys ESK Ceramics
September 2004
Top 50 manufacturers dominate European PE
August 2004
AKG takes over PP recycler
August 2004
Angiotech gets into orthopaedic, spinal areas with acquisitions
July 2004
PTT to buy Bankok Bank's PE unit
July 2004
Mitsui, Idemitsu merge Polyolefin Businesses
July 2004
Encore Medical buys BioHorizons Implant Systems
July 2004
IsoTis will cut operations in The Netherlands, following merger
July 2004
Rockwood buys CeramTec
July 2004
Marizen gains 50% of Ube's PE Business
June 2004
Permascand sells engineering ceramics business to Vesta
June 2004
BASF sells PS compounds business
May 2004
Hexagon acquires Thona Group
May 2004
Sika buys Danish PU firm
May 2004
Smith & Nephew buys UK hip resurfacing business
May 2004
Biomet acquires Interpore
April 2004
Dow buys Celanese's acrylates business
April 2004
United Defense to acquire armour supplier
April 2004
Boston Scientific acquires option to buy Cameron Health
April 2004
Air Products sells prepolymers unit
April 2004
Lubrizol completes acquisition of Avecia
March 2004
DuPont buys Eastman’s crystalline polymers business
February 2004
BASF buys Ticona's nylon 66 business
February 2004
Alcoa to sell speciality chemicals business
January 2005
Pyrotek acquires refractory development company
January 2004
IsoTis sets up wound management subsidiary called EpiSource
January 2004
Consolidation continues among Europe's masterbatch producers
January 2004
Zimmer acquires Implex Corp; takes over biomaterial
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