Date: 2014-05-01
Type of information: Company acquisition
Acquired company: Harlan Laboratories (USA)
Acquiring company: Huntingdon Life Sciences (UK)
Amount: undisclosed
Terms: * On May 1, 2014, Huntingdon Life Sciences has announced that it has acquired Harlan Laboratories. The new company will have two operating divisions: Research Models and Services and Contract Research Services. This acquisition creates a leading global organization offering full service, non-clinical, contract research and research models and services. The increased scale of the combined venture, approaching half a billion dollars in annual revenue, provides a strong platform for future growth and investment.
Details: * On June 24, 2015, Huntingdon Life Sciences and Harlan Laboratories have announced that the combined companies will be called Envigo. When the new name and brand is launched later this year it will be a significant milestone for the combined organization, marking great progress in integrating the companies and building on a heritage of more than 80 years.
The name Envigo is made from a combination of words that reflect the identity of the new company. The letters “E and N” come from “enhance, enrich and enable,” … the company helps make the world a better place through advancing the research and product development of its customers. “VIGO” originates in “vigorous and invigorate”, and the Latin word “vita” meaning “life”… so being dynamic and strong, imparting vitality, energy and life.
The combined organization has 3,800 people and sales approaching $500 million. As a result of the integration, the company is the largest provider of research services to the crop protection and chemical industries, the second largest supplier of research models and services, and the third largest in the preclinical pharmaceutical development arena.
Related: contract research services
