Brooks Automation completed the acquisition of RURO for $15m.

Brooks Automation, a company that delivers automation solutions to the global semiconductor and related industries, completed the acquisition of RUR, a company providing computer programming services, for $15m. "In managing more than 50 million samples on behalf of our customers, we have long been in a position to offer information management solutions to many of our customers. We have worked with RURO in recent years and found their solutions are very effective at resolving the challenges of integrating multi-laboratory workflows, managing distributed inventories, and providing information security in a single solution. We are in an ideal position to offer and implement these comprehensive software solutions with increased value for our customers," Steve Schwartz, Brooks Automation President and CEO.