Bain Capital to acquire Evident from Olympus for $3.1bn.

Bain Capital, an American private investment firm based in Boston, agreed to acquire Evident, the microscope unit of Olympus, a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products, for $3.1bn. The sale is a part of Olympus Chief Executive Officer Yasuo Takeuchi’s plan to pivot the company in the direction of health-care, with the goal of becoming the world’s leading maker of endoscopes.