Beckman Coulter Inc. said Monday that it finalized its $800 million buy of a laboratory diagnostics business from Japan’s Olympus Corp.
Fullerton-based Beckman, a maker of medical testing instruments and supplies, is buying Olympus to get a bigger share of the European market.
Beckman competes with large rivals, including Siemens AG of Germany and Roche Diagnostics Corp., part of Switzerland’s Roche Holdings Ltd. in Europe.
Beckman originally said it was buying the Olympus diagnostic business in February.
The deal is the company’s largest since 1997, when predecessor Beckman Instruments Inc. bought Miami’s Coulter Corp. for $1.15 billion to create today’s Beckman Coulter.
