M&A Deal Summary

Eurofins Scientific Acquires UL - Water Testing Business

On March 26, 2014, Eurofins Scientific acquired life science company UL - Water Testing Business from UL

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Eurofins Scientific’s 22nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Eurofins Scientific’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Eurofins Scientific’s 1st transaction in Indiana.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-03-26
Target UL - Water Testing Business
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Eurofins Scientific
Sellers(s) UL
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

UL - Water Testing Business

South Bend, Indiana, United States
UL - Water Testing Business provides water quality analytical services. UL's water testing laboratory is certified to perform drinking water analyses in all 50 states. The laboratory serves more than 7,000 state and local municipalities as well as bottlers, engineering firms, consultants and federal agencies such as the EPA and US Military.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Eurofins Scientific

Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Life Science
Employees62,000
Revenue 6.5B EUR (2023)
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 STATS #
Overall 24 of 98
Sector (Life Science) 22 of 74
Type (Divestiture) 10 of 20
State (Indiana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 31
Year (2014) 7 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-24 Maintpartner - Food and Environment Testing Laboratory

Kokkola, Finland

Maintpartner - Food and Environment Testing Laboratory is a supplier of industrial maintenance and operation services in the Baltic Sea region. The laboratory has developed strong inroads with the largest customers in the agro-chemical and food industries. It also provides environmental testing and sampling services to both private and public sector clients.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-06 Calscience Environmental Laboratories

Garden Grove, California, United States

Calscience Environmental Laboratories is an environmental and marine chemistry laboratory testing field. Company offer a comprehensive portfolio of analytical methods and company analytical expertise encompasses all environmental matrices including, air, groundwater, sea water, sediment, soil, solid waste, stormwater, tissue and wastewater.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

UL

Northbrook, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Sector Safety/Security
DESCRIPTION

UL is a global independent safety science company offering expertise across six key strategic businesses: Commercial & Industrial, Environment, Information & Insights, Life & Health, Consumer and Workplace Health & Safety. Our breadth, established objectivity and proven history mean we are a symbol of trust, enabling us to help provide peace of mind to all.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Life Science) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Indiana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-15 The Wercs

Latham, New York, United States

The Wercs Ltd. provides software tools and services to help advance the health and safety of the environment in which people work and live.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-06 Advanced Furniture Testing

Holland, Michigan, United States

Advanced Furniture Testing is a provider of performance and durability furniture testing services to commercial furniture manufacturers.

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