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Olympus Dives Back Into M&A With Image Stream Medical Buy

 
• By Ashley Yeo

When Olympus Corp. re-entered the M&A arena after five years of "back to the basics," it was via the purchase of a company that meets every parameter of its requirements. Nacho Abia says that OR integrator Image Stream Medical should also help the Japanese multinational stay on course to meet value-based – and ambitious mid-term sales – targets.

Global medtech compliance was the theme of the conference that panelist Nacho Abia was addressing in Amsterdam last month, but the Olympus Corp. of the Americas' president and CEO would be forgiven if he were at all distracted. A few days prior to the Global MedTech Compliance Conference in early May, Olympus had moved back into the M&A arena in agreeing to buy OR image systems integration company Image Stream Medical Inc.

This transaction is significant in more ways than one. It is the first dip back into the M&A pool for...

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