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KKR Acquires Spectris

On July 2, 2025, private equity firm KKR acquired test/measurement equipment company Spectris for 4.7B GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 3rd transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is KKR’s 13th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is KKR’s 34th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2025-07-02
Target Spectris
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) KKR
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 4.7B GBP

Target

Spectris

London, United Kingdom
Spectris is a supplier of productivity enhancing instrumentation and controls. The Company's products and technologies help customers to improve product quality and performance, improve core manufacturing processes, reduce downtime and wastage and reduce time to market. Spectris operates across four business segments which reflect the applications and industries it serves: Materials Analysis, Test and Measurement, In-line Instrumentation and Industrial Controls. Spectris was founded in 1915 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

KKR

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 267.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 496 of 502
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 3 of 3
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 41 of 41
Country: United Kingdom M&A 34 of 34
Year: 2025 M&A 8 of 14
Size (of disclosed) 13 of 110
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-29 JBCPL

Mumbai, India

JBCPL is a formulation pharma company in India with a domestic brand portfolio and exports to several international markets. JBCPL was formed in 1976 and is based in Mumbai, India.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-17 SupplyHouse

Melville, New York, United States

SupplyHouse is an e-commerce distributor of HVAC, plumbing, and electrical products. The Company serves trade professionals across the United States through a proprietary digital platform that features intuitive tools designed to simplify product discovery and purchasing. It offers over 250,000 SKUs from more than 500 brands and operates a national fulfillment network capable of reaching 98% of the U.S. population within two days. SupplyHouse was formed in 2004 and is based in Melville, New York.

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