M&A Deal Summary

Exova Group Acquires Defire Holdings Pty.

On May 18, 2017, Exova Group acquired safety/security company Defire Holdings Pty.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Exova Group’s 1st transaction in the Safety/Security sector.
  • This is Exova Group’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-05-18
Target Defire Holdings Pty.
Sector Safety/Security
Buyer(s) Exova Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Defire Holdings Pty.

Surry Hills, Australia
Defire Holdings Pty. Ltd. is a fire safety engineering consultancy business that offers fire risk assessment, hazard identification, smoke modelling and evacuation services. Defire Holdings Pty. Ltd. was established in 2002 and is headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia.

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Buyer

Exova Group

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1965
Sector Engineering
Employees3,500
Revenue 329M GBP (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Exova Group Ltd. is a provider of technical and engineering services to the aerospace, energy, oil and gas, civil engineering, transportation, fire, pharmaceutical, environmental, food and consumer products industries. Exova’s services include quality control, product accreditation, and specification compliance mission critical to its customers.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 11
Sector: Safety/Security M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 9
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
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