Lab M deal adds prepared media product line to Neogen offering
Neogen will maintain Lab M’s UK-based facility and operations will be managed by the Scotland-based Neogen Europe subsidiary.
Lab M is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of microbiological culture media and diagnostic systems for the food, water, industrial and clinical testing markets.
The company sells into more than 70 countries and has customers in the European Union, Middle East and India.
It is headquartered in an accredited facility in Heywood, England.
New tools for food safety diagnostics
“The combination of Lab M’s quality products with our Acumedia product line will make Neogen a leading global company in the traditional microbiology market, as well as give us new tools we can incorporate into our food safety diagnostics to enhance our products,” said James Herbert, Neogen’s CEO and chairman.
Dr Stephen Holmes, managing director of Neogen Europe, said Lab M’s prepared media will be a new product line and its patents and licenses will boost efforts to develop products to detect foodborne pathogens.
“Adding Lab M’s complementary products and new capabilities to ours will greatly strengthen what we can offer Neogen’s existing food safety customers, as well as expand the reach of Neogen’s existing products to Lab M’s wide-ranging customer base.”
Colin Goodwille, Lab M’s retiring chairman, welcomed the opportunity for two brands, Lab M and Acumedia, to combine.
“I am confident that Lab M has found an excellent home with Neogen, and wish the Lab M team and its many customers and suppliers every success as part of Neogen’s expanding business.”
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