A Diagnostics & Imaging Week

Bruker AXS (Madison, Wisconsin) reported completing its acquisition of Roentec (Berlin) and the microanalysis business of Princeton Gamma-Tech Instruments (PGT; Princeton, New Jersey).

Following the completion of the two closings in the last two business days, Bruker AXS has combined the two units into a newly created Bruker AXS Microanalysis business, under the responsibility of Bruker AXS Executive Vice President Roger Durst, with operations in Berlin and Coventry, UK, as well as Madison and the Princeton, New Jersey, area in the U.S.

Bruker AXS also has integrated the management teams of both microanalysis units, and reported the appointment of Thomas Schuelein, previously with Roentec, as vice president for Microanalysis. Douglas Skinner, previously with PGT, has been appointed as assistant vice president for Microanalysis.

Bruker AXS is a developer of life science and advanced materials research tools based on X-ray technology.

Kroll Laboratory Specialists (Gretna, Louisiana) the substance-abuse testing subsidiary of Kroll (New York), reported that it has completed the acquisition of Scientific Testing Laboratories (STL; Richmond, Virginia), a privately held Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-certified laboratory. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

STL, which received its U.S. Department of Health & Human Services/SAMHSA certification in 1994, conducts alcohol and drug testing for corporations in numerous industries nationwide with a particularly strong market share in the criminal justice system.

It was founded in 1992 by Thomas McGlynn, its president, and currently employs about 60 staff at its laboratory in Richmond.

“With the acquisition of STL, Kroll gains a second SAMSHA-certified laboratory and a cadre of similar customers,” said John Peterson, president of Kroll Laboratory Specialists. “Beside providing operational redundancy and greater production capacity, the addition of STL’s lab enables us to expand our service offerings to include oral fluid testing.”

STL staff will continue as employees of Kroll Laboratory Specialists.