Tech company to sell subsidiary for $925 million

Gatan manufactures instrumentation and software for electron microscopes.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:24 p.m. June 29, 2018
Roper Technologies is based at 6496 University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch.
Roper Technologies is based at 6496 University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch.
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SARASOTA — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced it will acquire Gatan Inc., a subsidiary of Sarasota-based technology company Roper Technologies Inc., for approximately $925 million in cash. 

 

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