Brooks Instrument Completes Acquisition of Celerity’s Instrumentation Division

06-26-2009: Brooks Instrument announced that it has acquired certain assets of Celerity’s Instrumentation division. Celerity designs and manufactures precision instruments and advanced gas and liquid delivery solutions, including thermal mass flow devices, for the Semiconductor industry. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“This is an extremely exciting time for Brooks,” stated Jim Dale, Chief Executive Officer of Brooks Instrument. “With this acquisition, we strengthen our share in the thermal mass flow instrumentation market and establish an entry point with attractive product technology in vacuum and pressure measurement markets. Celerity’s strong semiconductor market position together with Brooks’ strong industrial market position will create the number one thermal mass flow supplier in the world.”

Assets acquired by Brooks Instrument include Celerity’s Allen, TX operations and its Irvine, CA, technology center as well as other sales and service locations throughout the world.