Leica Microsystems GmbH

Precision optical systems provider !%Leica Microsystems GmbH%! of Wetzlar, Germany, has acquired Genetix Ltd. of New Milton, UK, a provider of solutions for imaging and image analysis. The transaction will combine the latter company’s imaging systems and software expertise with the former company’s microscopes and other life sciences instrumentation. Under terms of the agreement, the UK-based company will exist as a separate business unit within the German company, and its products will continue to be marketed and sold through existing channels.