english - About Heraeus
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Business combinations<br />
The following companies were acquired in the financial year, broken down by business<br />
group:<br />
Type of acquisition<br />
Share<br />
acquired (%)<br />
Date of<br />
acquisition<br />
Preliminary<br />
financial<br />
commitment<br />
in € million*<br />
<strong>Heraeus</strong> Precious Metals<br />
Daychem Laboratories, Inc., USA Asset deal – Jan. 31, 2012 16.5<br />
<strong>Heraeus</strong> Dental<br />
Biomain AB, Sweden Share deal 100.0 Mar. 01, 2012 24.2<br />
<strong>Heraeus</strong> Electro-Nite<br />
Midwest Instrument Company, USA<br />
* Fair value of the entire consideration transferred.<br />
Asset/<br />
Share deal – / 100.0<br />
On January 31, 2012, the precious metals business group acquired the special chemicals<br />
company Daychem Laboratories, Inc., USA. The acquisition expands <strong>Heraeus</strong>’s product<br />
portfolio in the field of organic special chemicals for the semiconductor and display industries.<br />
The acquisition price for the Daychem Laboratories Inc. business acquired includes<br />
a purchase price component of € 3.8 million, the total amount for which depends on the<br />
development of economic key figures over the next nine years.<br />
The dental products business group acquired Biomain AB, Sweden on March 1, 2012.<br />
Biomain AB is the Scandinavian market leader in the field of custom CAD/CAM-produced<br />
implant prosthetics. The share deal will strengthen market presence in Northern Europe<br />
and expand the patent and product portfolio in digital implant prosthetics.<br />
On September 7, 2012 (USA, Mexico, Canada) or rather December 12, 2012 (China), the<br />
sensors business group took over Midwest Instrument Company of Hartland, Wisconsin<br />
(USA). The takeover of the company will expand the product portfolio in the area of<br />
measuring, monitoring, and controlling metal smelting processes. During the acquisition<br />
Sep. 07, 2012/<br />
Dez. 12, 2012 33.4<br />
74.1<br />
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