MALVERN, UK - Malvern Instruments Ltd. has acquired Bohlin Instruments Ltd., a supplier of rheology-measurement systems based in Cirencester, UK. Terms were not disclosed. Bohlin Managing Director Richard Hall has joined the Malvern Instruments board and will lead the company's rheology team, Malvern Instruments said. Malvern is s supplier of particle-characterization instruments.
Paul Walker, managing director of Malvern Instruments, said the acquisition would help expand Bohlin's position in the rheology-instrument market worldwide. Bohlin is a manufacturer of rheometers and viscometers.