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Fujifilm to buy Hitachi's medical equipment business for $1.7 billion

Published 18/12/2019, 06:37
Fujifilm to buy Hitachi's medical equipment business for $1.7 billion
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Fujifilm Holdings Corp (T:4901) said on Wednesday it is buying Hitachi's (T:6501) diagnostic imaging business for 179 billion yen (1.28 billion pounds) to better compete with Siemens (DE:SIEGn) and General Electric (N:GE) in the medical equipment market.

The deal, to be completed by July next year, allows the Japanese photocopier and camera manufacturer to deepen its push into healthcare as growth at its legacy photocopy business stagnates.

It follows a recent series of acquisitions by Fujifilm, including a drugmaking business from U.S.-based Biogen Inc (O:BIIB) and two biotechnology units from JXTG Holdings Inc (T:5020).

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