Original from: Quanterix

Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a company fueling scientific discovery and breakthrough diagnostics through ultrasensitive biomarker detection, today announced the acquisition of EMISSION iNC. (“EMISSION”). Quanterix expects the transaction will close in January 2025.

“As we expand our technology stack toward higher multi-plex and multi-omic capabilities, it is imperative we control core components,” said Masoud Toloue, Chief Executive Officer of Quanterix. “EMISSION’s proprietary bead technology has already been validated on our upcoming new Simoa platform and will enable us to provide OEM beads to other non-Quanterix platforms. We look forward to welcoming EMISSION’s innovations and colleagues to the Quanterix team.”

EMISSION is based in Georgetown, TX and manufactures large-scale, highly-uniform dye-encapsulating magnetic beads designed for low and mid-plex assays and a mid-plex platform that reads its proprietary beads. Vertically integrating EMISSION will allow Quanterix to secure the use of EMISSION’s highly controlled beads in Quanterix’s next generation platform and to develop a new multi-plex segment targeting third-party OEM customers.

Van Chandler, CEO of EMISSION said, “EMISSION was built on our high-quality bead technology and we believe that better beads and ultimately better multi-plex assays should be within everyone’s reach. Having known and worked with the Quanterix team for years, we are excited to join forces, as we support the upcoming Simoa platform and a shared vision for expanding the technology’s reach to all labs.”

Under the terms of the agreement, Quanterix will use cash on hand to acquire EMISSION for $10 million, with an additional $10 million payable upon completion of certain technical milestones. Additionally, EMISSION may receive up to an additional $50 million in earnout payments, contingent upon the achievement of certain performance milestones, which we expect will be primarily funded through cash generated from achievement of the earnout criteria. The transaction is expected to be accretive to revenue and gross margins in 2026.

Source: Quanterix Expands Capabilities With Strategic Acquisition Of EMISSION