The sterilization and decontamination technology firm Steris Corp. has agreed pay $1.9 billion for sterilization outsourced services provider Synergy Health to take advantage of the growing worldwide demand for healthcare sterilization services and reduce its corporate tax rate, the firms announced Oct. 13.
The new UK-domiciled international company, to be called Steris, has about $2.6 billion in combined annual sales and 14,000 employees. [See Deal] Steris will combine its existing Isomedix...