M&A Deal Summary

Intertek Acquires 4th Strand

On March 21, 2012, Intertek acquired business services company 4th Strand for 4M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Intertek’s 28th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Intertek’s 27th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Intertek’s 19th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Intertek’s 1st transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-03-21
Target 4th Strand
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Intertek
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 4M GBP

Target

4th Strand

Norcross, Georgia, United States
4th Strand, a provider of product quality and benchmarking services to the retail industry in North America.

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Buyer

Intertek

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1885
Sector Business Services
Employees43,597
Revenue 3.3B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Intertek provides global testing, inspection, and certification services. The Company provide 24/7 mission-critical quality assurance solutions to our clients to ensure that they can operate with well-functioning supply chains in each of their operations. Intertek was founded in 1885 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 59 of 91
Sector (Business Services) 28 of 42
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 45 of 73
State (Georgia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 19 of 29
Year (2012) 1 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 27 of 45
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-30 Labs & Testing SA

Santiago, Chile

Labs & Testing S.A. (L&T), a provider of chemical, microbiological, non-destructive testing (NDT) and environmental services based in Santiago, Chile.

Buy £1M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-05 Automation Technology

San Jose, California, United States

Automation Technology, Inc. (ATI) is a provider of asset integrity support services in the US power sector. ATI's asset management software solutions are used to record and collate testing and inspection data to support the maintenance of power generation infrastructure. It helps companies to track infrastructure integrity and to develop effective plans to reduce failure risk and optimise maintenance work during scheduled outage periods.

Buy $16M
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