Spectris - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Spectris M&A Summary

Spectris has acquired 14 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 5 assets.

Spectris’ largest acquisition to date was in 2024, when it acquired SciAps for $260M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2022, when it sold Omega Engineering to Dwyer Instruments for $620M. Spectris has acquired in 7 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include test/measurement equipment (36%) and software (29%).

Spectris Business Overview

Where is Spectris headquartered?

Spectris is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Spectris’ revenue?

Spectris disclosed revenue of 1,449M GBP for 2023 and 1,327M GBP for 2022.

How many employees does Spectris have?

Spectris has 7,266 employees.

What sector is Spectris in?

Spectris is a technology hardware company.

When was Spectris founded?

Spectris was founded in 1915.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity19
    • M&A Buy Activity14
    • M&A Sell Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9

Spectris

Spectris plc

Melbourne House 5th Floor 44-46 Aldwych,
London, WC2B 4LL
United Kingdom,
+44 17 8447 0470
www.spectris.com

Spectris, a supplier of productivity enhancing instrumentation and controls. The Company's products and technologies help customers to improve product quality and performance, improve core manufacturing processes, reduce downtime and wastage and reduce time to market. Spectris operates across four business segments which reflect the applications and industries it serves: Materials Analysis, Test and Measurement, In-line Instrumentation and Industrial Controls. Spectris was founded in 1915 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 12 - 1 - - 1 14
vol $740M $167M $260M $1.2B
Sell (0.8/yr) # 1 - 2 1 1 - 5
vol $189M $180M $620M $990M
  19

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
SciAps, Inc. 2024-07-04 260M USD Add-on Acquisition
Andover, Massachusetts · www.sciaps.com
Concept Life Sciences Ltd. 2023-04-03 - Divestiture
High Peak, United Kingdom · www.conceptlifesciences.com
Omega Engineering, Inc. 2022-04-19 620M GBP Divestiture
Norwalk, Connecticut · www.omega.com
Spectris - NDC Technologies Business 2021-08-24 180M USD Divestiture
Egham, United Kingdom
Concurrent Real-Time, Inc. 2021-04-01 167M USD Add-on Acquisition
Pompano Beach, Florida · www.concurrent-rt.com
Millbrook Proving Ground Ltd. 2021-02-02 - Divestiture
Bedford, United Kingdom · www.millbrook.co.uk
VI-grade GmbH 2018-07-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Marburg, Germany · www.vi-grade.com
Concept Life Sciences Ltd. 2018-01-26 251M GBP Add-on Acquisition
High Peak, United Kingdom · www.conceptlifesciences.com
The Omnicon Group, Inc. 2017-10-18 29M USD Add-on Acquisition
Hauppauge, New York · www.omnicongroup.com
Microscan Systems, Inc. 2017-08-30 189M GBP Divestiture
Renton, Washington · www.microscan.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Test/Measurement Equipment 5 (36%) 156M (13%) 1 (20%) 180M (18%)
Software 4 (29%) 231M (20%) - -
Automotive 1 (7%) 188M (16%) 1 (20%) -
Life Science 1 (7%) 251M (22%) 1 (20%) -
Technology Hardware 1 (7%) 51M (4%) 1 (20%) 189M (19%)
Business Services 1 (7%) 29M (2%) - -
Medical Products 1 (7%) 260M (22%) - -
Semiconductors - - 1 (20%) 620M (63%)
Total 14 $1.2B 5 $990M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 7 661M 2 810M
  Washington 1 23M 1 189M
  New York 1 29M - -
  Massachusetts 1 260M - -
  Florida 1 167M - -
  California 1 90M - -
  Arizona 1 42M - -
  Alabama 1 51M - -
  Connecticut - - 1 620M
United Kingdom 2 439M 3 180M
Canada 2 49M - -
  Quebec 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 49M - -
Germany 2 18M - -
Switzerland 1 - - -
Domestic 2 (14%) 439M (38%) 3 (60%) 180M (18%)
Cross-border 12 (86%) 728M (62%) 2 (40%) 810M (82%)
Total 14 $1.2B 5 $990M

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 4 $865M
< $100M 7 $301M
TOTAL $1.2B
Largest SciAps, Inc.
$260M (2024-07-04)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $990M
TOTAL $990M
Largest Omega Engineering, Inc.
$620M (2022-04-19)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
21%
3 (21%)
Strategic(s)
7%
1 (7%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
20%
1 (20%)
Strategic(s)
80%
4 (80%)

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