MasterControl, a leading provider of quality and manufacturing software solutions for life sciences, announced the acquisition of Qualer, a cloud-native asset management company that simplifies tracking, calibration, and maintenance of critical assets and equipment across lab and manufacturing facilities. The acquisition extends MasterControl's ability to enhance life science product development by enabling organizations to manage quality, manufacturing, and asset performance in a single integrated platform.
"Life sciences customers are eager for solutions that bring quality assurance, manufacturing, and asset management all into one unified platform to ensure they can streamline development and innovation," said Jon Beckstrand, CEO of MasterControl. "This acquisition accelerates our vision of helping customers reduce complexity, increase efficiency, and speed time-to-market for life-changing products. Qualer will help us address a critical need in the industry – reducing costs, increasing productivity, and ensuring compliance for physical assets."
The merger brings together industry-leading, life sciences-specific QMS, MES, and CMMS software onto a single, integrated platform, helping organizations:
- Gain greater control over critical software systems
- Improve end-to-end operational control and collaboration
- Reduce the risk of noncompliance, product recalls, and costly delays
- Speed issue resolution, improve productivity, and streamline workflows
- Align quality, production, and asset management with strict regulatory requirements
"Joining forces with MasterControl marks an exciting new chapter for Qualer,” said Ryan Arnold, CEO of Qualer. “Our shared commitment to advancing life sciences through innovative technology makes this a natural fit. Together, we'll be able to deliver even more value to our customers and help shape the future of regulated manufacturing."
The acquisition comes at a critical time for the life sciences industry. FDA data shows that product recalls have increased 115% since 2018, highlighting the growing importance of robust quality and asset management systems. MasterControl’s customers will have access to new asset tracking capabilities in Q1 2025, with deeper integrations combining equipment data from logbooks planned for release later in the year.
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