伯克希尔哈撒韦公司（Berkshire Hathaway Cooperation，BRK.A）由沃伦·巴菲特(Warren Buffett)创建于1956年，是一家主营保险业务，在其他许多领域也有商业活动的公司。
伯克希尔·哈撒韦旗下的路博润公司（Lubrizol）于8月1日发布公告称，已经完成对美国医疗器械公司Vesta的收购。但公告并未透露此次收购价格。
Vesta Inc. 是一家专门服务全球医疗器械行业的制造服务公司。公司主营内容包括全套硅成型服务、医疗器械组装和二次加工，覆盖心脏病、泌尿外科、伤口护理和肥胖治疗等领域。
路博润公司（Lubrizol）是一家特种化学品公司，从事制造个人护理产品和药品的原料和添加剂，以及特种材料。
也就在北京时间8月14日晚11点，华伦·巴菲特的伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司，其A股股价于美股盘中首次站上20万美元高位，成为资本市场里程碑的事件。
新闻源：Expands company's application capabilities offered to life science market
CLEVELAND, August 1, 2014 -The Lubrizol Corporation announces that it has acquired Vesta, a leading contract manufacturer for the global medical device industry. This acquisition broadens Lubrizol's life science manufacturing capabilities, applications and material portfolio with access to silicone and a variety of other thermoplastics utilized in medical devices.
Headquartered in Franklin, WI, Vesta has three manufacturing locations in the U.S. and offers disposable silicone medical components, providing silicone molding, extrusion, sheeting, dip-casting and assembly services. As a full service provider to medical device original equipment manufacturers, Vesta also supplies precision thermoplastic extruded tubing, assemblies and secondary operations to its medical device customers. Vesta has a long history of medical design engineering experience with clinical device applications in cardiology, urology, wound care and bariatrics.
"The addition of Vesta significantly enhances our life science offerings through the combination of strong polymer technology, applications know-how and world class component manufacturing," stated Deb Langer, general manager, Lubrizol LifeSciences. "As medical device companies look for total solution providers, the expertise and capabilities of Vesta give us the ability to provide a more valuable offering to these customers on a global basis."
Previously owned by RoundTable Healthcare Partners, an operating-oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, Vesta will now be part of Lubrizol Advanced Materials. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
