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Bruker Announces Acquisition of ZONTAL to Advance the Digital Laboratory Transformation and Integrated Biopharma Data Solutions
BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced that is has closed the acquisition of ZONTAL Inc. (www.zontal.io), an
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[{"type":"text","content":" BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nBruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced that is has closed the acquisition of ZONTAL Inc. (www.zontal.io), an innovative platform provider for the digital transformation of the analytical laboratory, and for integrated biopharma technical data solutions. This acquisition further strengthens Bruker BioSpin’s Integrated Data Solutions (IDS) software division, which includes Mestrelab Research (www.mestrelab.com), Arxspan (www.arxspan.com) and Optimal (www.optimal-ltd.co.uk). The ZONTAL acquisition will enable integrated digital laboratory and process data management, combining vendor-agnostic data storage and analysis, as well as workflow tools to help scientists realize the full potential of their analytical laboratory and process digital assets. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and ZONTAL expects 2023 revenues of greater than $5 million.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230508005324/en/ZONTAL's Data Platform for Scientific Data Management, Workflow Execution, and Insights (Graphic: Business Wire)\nZONTAL offers the only enterprise-class, GxP- compliant data platform that manages data for the full product lifecycle. The proprietary ZONTAL products streamline communication between IT systems and lab devices, preserve digital assets from any source on an enterprise scale, eliminate manual processes through regulatory automation, and enable AI/ML supported advanced analytics.\n\n\nAccording to Dr. Arndt Finkelmann, Research IT Lead at Syngenta Crop Protection, \"ZONTAL's Analytical Data Hub aligns perfectly with our scientific and analytical data strategy.\" Dr. Finkelmann explained that Syngenta's plan involves entering more data and leveraging it for automated processes: “With a good set of metadata, data is findable and stored with context. Storage in the cloud and transformation into standardized open formats allows scientists across the organization to access raw and processed data for seamless analysis. In addition, open formats and audit trails allow for complete reusability. We appreciate ZONTAL’s support in this on-going digital transformation.”\n\n\nBy integrating ZONTAL with the Mestrelab Research and Arxspan scientific software solutions, as well as the Optimal process analy...