M&A Deal Summary

Intertek Acquires QinetiQ Group - UK Fuel & Lubricants Business

On August 1, 2011, Intertek acquired test/measurement equipment company QinetiQ Group - UK Fuel & Lubricants Business from QinetiQ for 500K GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Intertek’s 19th transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Intertek’s 44th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Intertek’s 16th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-08-01
Target QinetiQ Group - UK Fuel & Lubricants Business
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Intertek
Sellers(s) QinetiQ
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 500K GBP

Target

QinetiQ Group - UK Fuel & Lubricants Business

Farnborough, United Kingdom
QinetiQ Group - UK Fuel & Lubricants Business is a provider of fuel and lubricant testing services. The asset is located in Farnborough, United Kingdom

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Buyer(S) 1

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 57 of 96
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 19 of 28
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 13 of 18
Country: United Kingdom M&A 16 of 21
Year: 2011 M&A 5 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 44 of 46
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-01 Food Analytical Laboratories

Fegg Hayes, United Kingdom

Food Analytical Laboratories Ltd. is a food testing laboratory which provides chemical and microbiological services for food producers in the UK. Company provide the most cost effective, highest quality and fastest turnaround times for food testing in our 20,000 sq ft laboratory complex.

Buy £6M
FOLLOWING 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

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

QinetiQ

Farnborough, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Life Science
Employees8,403
Revenue 1.9B GBP (2025)
DESCRIPTION

QinetiQ is a science and technology organization that deploys our scientific and technological knowledge, proven research capabilities and unique, purpose-built facilities to provide both services and products that meet the needs of a wide range of global customers. We operate primarily in the defence, security and critical national infrastructure markets. QinetiQ was founded in 2001 and is based in Farnborough, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 11
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 10
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 7
Year: 2011 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-07 Spectro Scientific

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States

Spectro Scientific, Inc. is a provider of machine condition monitoring solutions for critical assets in high-value industrial applications. Spectro provides both lab-based and onsite instrumentation, consumables and cloud-based software analytics to help customers determine and monitor the condition of fluids in mission-critical equipment. Spectro Scientific, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-22 Redfern Integrated Optics

Santa Clara, California, United States

Redfern Integrated Optics, Inc. is a supplier of low noise semi-conductor lasers to the sensing industry with over ten years’ experience of delivering world class products to the fibre geophone, LiDAR and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (“DAS”) markets. Backed by a consortium of venture capital funds led by Southern Cross Ventures and Jolimont Capital, RIO was the first company to develop a commercially viable semi-conductor laser with sufficient stability for DAS applications.

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