INCJ To Invest In Spin-Off From JEOL

JEOL Ltd., the largest manufacturer of electron microscopes, announced that JEOL has divested the nuclear magnetic resonance business unit and set up a new firm, in which INCJ, a private-public investment fund, decided to make an investment. The new firm, called JEOL RESONANCE, will issue new shares to INCJ and Jastec Inc., an affiliate of Kobe Steel Group as well as a major supplier of resources for NMR machines. INCJ is to be the largest stakeholder (50.1%).