MTS Reprices $457 Million Senior Secured Term Loan B Facility

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, July 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, today announced that it successfully completed the repricing of its existing $457 million senior secured Term Loan B facility.  The new applicable rate is LIBOR plus 325 basis points, subject to a .75... Read more

MKS Instruments Successfully Completes Third Repricing of Secured Term Loan

Cumulative Actions Since Origination Reduce Annualized Non-GAAP Interest Expense by 45% ANDOVER, Mass., July 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, announced today the third successful repricing of its existing secured term loan. The lenders have agreed to an amendment that... Read more

Join the Webinar on Novel Applications of Multiphoton Microscopy on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT

Adult Thy1-EYFP H line mouse, in vivo (cranial window). Excitatory pyramidal neurons in Layer 5 partly express EYFP. Courtesy of Dr. Masahiro Fukuda and Prof. Haruo Kasai, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Advances in multiphoton microscopy instruments and technology are leading to unique insights... Read more

In Memoriam: The Company was deeply saddened to learn of Mr. Chris van Ingen’s passing on June 27, 2017.

Mr. van Ingen served on the Company’s Board from 2012 to June 2017, and as a director of Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, from 2009 to 2013. The Company’s Board and management are extremely grateful for Mr. van Ingen’s guidance and leadership over the years and extend their deepest condolences to his... Read more

MTS Installs Latest Seismic Simulation System At Earthquake Engineering Facility In Taiwan To Help Save Lives

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, July 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, continues to develop advanced technology which will help to ensure that society is better prepared for potential seismic events. The company announced today that it has completed the installation of a new advanced... Read more

Brooks Automation Announces the Acquisition of Pacific Bio-Material Management, Inc.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that it has acquired Pacific Bio-Material Management, Inc. (PBMMI), a premier service provider of storage and cold-chain logistics for biological sample materials. Brooks paid $33 million in cash for PBMMI, which is headquartered in Torrance, California. The acquisition includes the operations... Read more