Hygiena to Acquire DuPont’s Food Safety Diagnostics Business
In an agreement expected to close in Q1 2017, Hygiena, a provider of rapid food safety and environmental sanitation testing, is acquiring Dupont’s global food safety diagnostics business. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The acquisition includes DuPont Diagnostics’ BAX system for pathogen detection (used globally by food manufacturers, quality labs and governments worldwide) and RiboPrinter Systems, the company’s globally and technically trained sales, R&D and manufacturing, and its in-house production capacity.
“The combination of DuPont Diagnostics and Hygiena will create a broad food safety diagnostics company that can better serve our customers, said Steve Nason, CEO of Hygiena in a press release. “The combined company’s microbiology products will cover the full manufacturing process, from in-process environmental tests to finished products tests.”
Hygiena is a portfolio company of private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Its products are distributed in 80 countries and include rapid hygiene monitoring systems, environmental collections systems, and its ATP testing system.