M&A Deal Summary

Centre Testing International Group Acquires Safety

On July 3, 2025, Centre Testing International Group acquired test/measurement equipment company Safety from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Centre Testing International Group’s 2nd transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Centre Testing International Group’s 1st transaction in South Africa.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-07-03
Target Safety
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Centre Testing International Group
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Safety

Midrand, South Africa
Safety is a provider of testing, inspection, certification, and training (TICT) solutions across Africa, the Middle East, and China, focused on food and workplace safety. Safety was founded in 1952 and is based in Midrand, South Africa.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Centre Testing International Group

Shenzhen, China

Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees13,512
Revenue 6.1B CNY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Centre Testing International Group is a provider of testing, calibration, inspection, certification, and technical services. Centre Testing International Group was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Shenzhen, China.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: South Africa M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-12 Naias Labs

Piraeus, Greece

Naias Labs provides advanced technical services globally to the internatrional shipping, oil andother industrial sectors, covering quality testing and quantity inspecting. Its services include marine biofuels, fuel oils, lubricants, environmental water, as well as cargo audit and inspection. Naias Labs is based in Piraeus, Greece.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-10-31 Openview

Hong Kong, China

Openview provides social and environmental compliance solutions, including audits, training, program management, and capacity building for global brands and retailers. Openview was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 485 of 488
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 201 of 202
Country: South Africa M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-20 Ampere Computing

Santa Clara, California, United States

Ampere Computing is a semiconductor company that built for the cloud with a modern 64-bit Arm server-based architecture, Ampere gives customers the freedom to accelerate the delivery of all cloud computing applications. Ampere processors are tailored for the continued growth of cloud and edge computing. Ampere Computing was founded in 2018 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-21 Calastone

London, United Kingdom

Calastone is a global funds network, that connects the world’s major financial organizations. Calastone's mission is to help the asset management industry transform by creating innovative new ways to automate and digitalize the global investment funds marketplace, reducing frictional costs, and lowering the operational risk to the benefit of all. Calastone was formed in 2007 and is based in London, England.

Sell £766M