Sterigenics Acquires Brazil-Based CBE

Sterigenics International LLC announced that it has acquired Sao Paulo, Brazil-based Companhia Brasileira de Esterilização.

CBE, the largest specialist in sterilization and microbial load reduction in Latin America, was the first company to employ gamma sterilization methods in Brazil. It also offers solutions through the largest particle-accelerator in Latin America.

Sterigenics and its subsidiaries provide contract sterilization solutions for medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety and high-performance materials industries.

It operates out of 47 facilities in 13 countries across the Americas, Asia and Europe. — Michael Cipriano