TOKYO, April 3, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Evident Corporation (“Evident”) announced today that it has acquired from private equity firm Bain Capital Private Equity (“Bain Capital”) of Olympus Corporation (“Olympus “) pursuant to the following provisions the definitive agreement was signed on August 29, 2022.

Evident was re-established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus on April 1, 2022 and comprises the former Olympus-led Scientific Solutions business. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Evident operates in 24 countries worldwide with more than 4,300 employees.

With the support of Bain Capital, Evident will achieve greater levels of agility and faster decision making to drive innovation-driven growth in the life science and industrial markets. Building on a history of more than 100 years of innovation in imaging, instrumentation and measurement solutions, Evident plans to continue expanding its portfolio of world-class products, solutions and services.

Yoshitake Saito, President and CEO of Evident, said: “We are very excited about our partnership with Bain Capital because we believe it will enable us to achieve our goal of being a preferred partner for workflow solutions across the board To become a customer spectrum to fulfill even more in the life science and industrial markets.”

Yuji Sugimoto, Managing Director of Bain Capital in Japan, said: “Bain Capital is committed to supporting Evident on its sustainable growth path so that the company can foster an accelerated innovation process.”

Stephan Thomas, Managing Director of Bain Capital in North America added: “Evident is at the forefront of digital optical technology in the life science and industrial end markets and has great potential to bring new products, new customers and new markets develop independent company.”

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