M&A Deal Summary

Intertek Acquires American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories

On January 12, 2011, Intertek acquired test/measurement equipment company American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Intertek’s 17th transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Intertek’s 18th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Intertek’s 2nd transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-01-12
Target American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Intertek
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories

Champaign, Illinois, United States
American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Corp. is a testing, analytics and research company focusing on food, functional foods, nutritional supplements, cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals. AACL provides analytical testing and research services to companies engaged in the development, production and distribution of food, functional foods, drinks and cosmetics, nutritional supplements, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals.

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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 53 of 91
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 17 of 28
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 40 of 73
State (Illinois) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 18 of 29
Year (2011) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-17 Pacifica Marine

Port Moresby Ncd, Papua New Guinea

Pacifica Marine is a marine cargo inspection and surveying company operating in Papua New Guinea. Pacifica Marine provides a wide scope of survey, inspection and marine insurance related services. Expertise includes bulk cargo inspection, hull and machinery surveys, loading and discharge supervision and inspection, P&I club surveys and investigation, supervision of quality analysis, as well as cargoes associated with large LNG projects.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-28 Moody International

Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

Moody is a global provider of technical and inspection services and management system certification. The company comprises two core businesses: Technical and Inspection Services which provides vendor inspection services and technical personnel principally to the oil and gas and infrastructure sectors; and Management System Certification which provides management systems audit and certification services for companies looking to implement international system standards, mainly IS09001 and IS014001. Founded in 1911 and headquartered in the UK, Moody has approximately 2,900 employees and contractors and operates from 100 offices located in over 60 countries enabling it to meet the requirements of its global blue chip client base.

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