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Intertek Acquires Plastics Technology Laboratories

On November 5, 2007, Intertek acquired business services company Plastics Technology Laboratories

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Intertek’s 11th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Intertek’s 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Intertek’s 3rd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-11-05
Target Plastics Technology Laboratories
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Intertek
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Plastics Technology Laboratories

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
PTLI is a leader in polymer testing, providing services to major producers and end-users of plastics, elastomers, composites, packaging and films in the aerospace, automotive, medical devices, and many other markets. PTLI provides the plastics industry with extensive expertise in mechanical, physical testing, thermal, rheological, flammability, analytical, weathering and electrical material evaluations for plastics, elastomers, composites, packaging and films.

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Buyer

Intertek

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1885
Sector Business Services
Employees45,000
Revenue 3.4B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Intertek provides global testing, inspection, and certification services. The Company provides 24/7 mission-critical quality assurance solutions to our clients to ensure that they can operate with well-functioning supply chains in each of their operations. Intertek was founded in 1885 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 30 of 96
Sector: Business Services M&A 11 of 45
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 22 of 77
State: Massachusetts M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 12 of 31
Year: 2007 M&A 17 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-02 Plastics Technologies Laboratories

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States

Plastics Technologies Laboratories, Inc. is a US plastics testing laboratory. PTLI provides product and quality testing services to the plastics industry including manufacturers of plastics, polymers and resins, and end products made from plastics. PTLI is located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA, with around 20 employees. The company has a strong reputation for testing services that the industries rely on, including mechanical, thermal, flammability, optical, product stability (ageing and weathering) and electrical testing.

Buy $5M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-07 Electrical Mechanical Instrument Services

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Electrical Mechanical Instrument Services (UK) Ltd. is a operator of oil and gas industry calibration businesses in the UK, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). EMIS provides calibration services to the oil and gas industries at off-shore and on-shore oil and gas fields and laboratory sites. Calibration, or the process of adjusting instruments to ensure the accuracy of their measurements and analysis, is critical in the oil and gas sector, particularly during exploration and production (E&P) stages to assess and analyse flow and yield, and identification of hydrocarbons and raw products.

Buy £900K
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