Divestiture • Business Services

Eurofins Scientific Acquires EAC

On May 2, 2016, Eurofins Scientific acquired business services company EAC from Asahi Industries Co.

Acquisition Context
  • This is Eurofins Scientific’s 4th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Eurofins Scientific’s 2nd transaction in Japan.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date May 2, 2016
Target EAC
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Eurofins Scientific
Sellers(s) Asahi Industries Co.
Deal Type Divestiture

Target Company

EAC

Tokyo, Japan
EAC Corporation Ltd. is a provider of environment testing services.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Eurofins Scientific

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Life Science
Employees65,000
Revenue 7.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Eurofins Scientific is an international group of laboratories providing a unique range of analytical testing services to the pharmaceutical, food, environmental and consumer products industries and to governments. Eurofins Scientific was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Luxembourg City.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 44 of 98
Sector: Business Services 4 of 7
Type: Divestiture 12 of 20
Country: Japan 2 of 4
Year: 2016 5 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-25 PerkinElmer - NTD laboratory Services Business

United States

PerkinElmer - NTD laboratory Services Business is a reference laboratory in the US for first and second trimester prenatal screening.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-01 Agro-Analyses SAS

France

Agro-Analyses SAS is a provider of food safety testing with a strong competence in microbiology, as well as surface analysis, for its clients primarily in the food retail and catering sectors.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Asahi Industries Co.

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1935
Sector Electrical Equipment
Employees416
DESCRIPTION

Asahi Industries Co., Ltd. is a provider of steam-heating sterilization and cooling machines.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture 1 of 1
Country: Japan 1 of 1
Year: 2016 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-01 EAC

Tokyo, Japan

EAC Corporation Ltd. is a provider of environment testing services.

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