M&A Deal Summary

SFW Capital Partners Acquires Spectro Scientific

On July 7, 2011, private equity firm SFW Capital Partners acquired test/measurement equipment company Spectro Scientific from QinetiQ

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Massachusetts.
Investment Fate
  • Spectro Scientific was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2018 for 190M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-07-07
Target Spectro Scientific
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) SFW Capital Partners
Sellers(s) QinetiQ
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Spectro Scientific

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States
Spectro Scientific, Inc. is a provider of machine condition monitoring solutions for critical assets in high-value industrial applications. Spectro provides both lab-based and onsite instrumentation, consumables and cloud-based software analytics to help customers determine and monitor the condition of fluids in mission-critical equipment. Spectro Scientific, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SFW Capital Partners

Rye, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 950M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

SFW Capital Partners is a private equity firm that seeks investments in U.S.-based, lower middle market companies that provide analytical tools or related outsourced analytical services. Specific areas of interest include test, measurement, and control instruments, as well as analytical software and information services. SFW primarily seeks control positions where the firm can commit $25 to $100 million per transaction. SFW Capital Partners was formed in 2007 and is based in Rye, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 20
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 5 of 19
Year: 2011 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-02-02 MD Buyline

Dallas, Texas, United States

MD Buyline, Inc. is a provider of critical information and insight on all forms of medical technology, including medical capital equipment, consumables, and information technology.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-14 Keypoint Intelligence

Fairfield, New Jersey, United States

Keypoint Intelligence is a provider of test-based information, competitive intelligence, sales enablement solutions, strategic market analysis, and advisory services to the global digital imaging industry. Keypoint Intelligence was established in 2005 and is based in Fairfield, New Jersey.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

QinetiQ

Farnborough, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Life Science
Employees8,403
Revenue 1.9B GBP (2025)
DESCRIPTION

QinetiQ is a science and technology organization that deploys our scientific and technological knowledge, proven research capabilities and unique, purpose-built facilities to provide both services and products that meet the needs of a wide range of global customers. We operate primarily in the defence, security and critical national infrastructure markets. QinetiQ was founded in 2001 and is based in Farnborough, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 11
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 10
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-10-11 QinetiQ Security and Intelligence Solutions Unit

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

QinetiQ Security and Intelligence Solutions Unit provides integrated security solutions to the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.

Sell $60M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-01 QinetiQ Group - UK Fuel & Lubricants Business

Farnborough, United Kingdom

QinetiQ Group - UK Fuel & Lubricants Business is a provider of fuel and lubricant testing services. The asset is located in Farnborough, United Kingdom

Sell £500K