| Year | Detail |
| 1978 |
Norman and Frank Brooks established Brooks Automation, Inc., to provide automated solutions and transform the productivity of semiconductor fabrication. |
| 2011 |
Brooks Automation, Inc. entered the life sciences industry by leveraging its in-house precision automation and cryogenics capabilities, already applied in the semiconductor manufacturing market. |
| 2014 |
Brooks Automation, Inc. acquired FluidX Ltd., a provider of biological sample storage tubes and complementary bench-top instruments, to add biological sample storage consumables to its business portfolio. |
| 2015 |
Brooks Automation, Inc. acquired BioStorage Technologies, Inc., one of the leaders in storing biological samples, to outsource service solutions across the end-to-end life cycle of biological samples, such as collection, protection, processing, transportation, disposal, complements, and retrieval with a robust sample data management system. |
| 2020 |
Brooks Automation, Inc., acquired RURO, Inc., an informatics software company, for $15 million. This acquisition will enhance RURO’s capabilities and offerings, as well as its onsite and off-site management of biological sample inventories and integrated solutions for its customers. |
| 2021 |
Brooks Autiomation, Inc. rebranded its Brooks Life Sciences Services and Products businesses as Azenta Life Sciences to enable the market with a wholly integrated portfolio for sample exploration and management solutions. |
| 2022 |
Azenta, Inc. agreed to acquire B Medical Systems S.á r.l and its subsidiaries (B Medical) to deliver life-saving treatments worldwide. |