M&A Deal Summary

Intertek Acquires EKO-LAB SP. z.o.o

On December 2, 2008, Intertek acquired business services company EKO-LAB SP. z.o.o

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Intertek’s 14th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Intertek’s 1st transaction in Poland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-12-02
Target EKO-LAB SP. z.o.o
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Intertek
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

EKO-LAB SP. z.o.o

Lucien, Poland
EKO-LAB is a highly recognised testing laboratory that provides microbiological and chemical analysis services to the food, industry. It is the first private accredited laboratory in Poland, with an accreditation certificate no 381 issued by the Polish Center of Accreditation.

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Buyer

Intertek

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1885
Sector Business Services
Employees45,000
Revenue 3.4B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Intertek provides global testing, inspection, and certification services. The Company provides 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 38 of 96
Sector: Business Services M&A 14 of 45
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 30 of 77
Country: Poland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 8 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-22 Applica

Bremen, Germany

Applica GmbH is an expert food testing laboratory in Bremen, Germany. Applica is a high-end analytical laboratory supporting the food industry, with particular expertise in honey and bee products. The company also provides quality control and analytical method development services to local pharmaceutical drug producers.

Buy €4M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-08 Porst & Partner

Furth, Germany

Porst & Partner GmbH (P&P) is a leading laboratory in environmental analytics, consumer product testing and engineering, serving clients from different industries across Germany and the world. More than 25 years of experience, the technical expertise and competency, the customer driven service orientation and the permanent optimization of methods and workflows has created Porst & Partner’s excellent reputation, not only in the German speaking market. Porst & Partner employs 50 people - chemists, physicists, biologists, geologists, engineers and technicians, 3 of them are public appointed and sworn experts.

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