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 Group

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 Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Spectro Scientific

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States
website
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

website

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 800M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

SFW Capital Partners is a private equity firm that seeks investments in US 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 $200 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) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 5 of 19
Year (2011) 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 Group

Farnborough, United Kingdom

website

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Life Science
Employees6,915
Revenue 1.3B GBP (2022)
DESCRIPTION

QinetiQ Group is one of Europe's largest science and technology organisations. QinetiQ Group was founded in 2001 and is based in Farnborough, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 10
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 9
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2011) 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
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