M&A Deal Summary

Sotera Health Acquires Nelson Laboratories

On April 4, 2016, Sotera Health acquired life science company Nelson Laboratories

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sotera Health’s 2nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Sotera Health’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sotera Health’s 1st transaction in Utah.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-04-04
Target Nelson Laboratories
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Sotera Health
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Parsons Behle & Latimer (Legal)

Target

Nelson Laboratories

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Nelson Laboratories Inc. is a provider of life-cycle microbiology testing services for the medical devices, pharmaceutical and tissue industries. Nelson Labs employs 570 professionals, including more than 300 scientists and 60 registered and specialist microbiologists. With 85 labs running out of five corporate buildings in Salt Lake City, they work with more than 3,000 client companies in 57 countries, providing more than 400 microbiological and analytical tests.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sotera Health

Broadview Heights, Ohio, United States
Category Company
Founded 2015
Sector Healthcare Services
Employees3,000
Revenue 1.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Sotera Health along with its business entities provides integrated protector of global health. With over 500 years of combined scientific expertise, the company ensures the safety of healthcare by providing mission-critical services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, tissue, and food industries. Sotera Health operates 61 facilities in 13 countries. The company has over 2,600 employees globally and touches the lives of more than 180 million people around the world each year. Sotera Health serves more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including 75 of the top 100 medical device manufacturers. Sotera Health was formed in 2015 and is based in Broadview Heights, Ohio.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 9
Sector (Life Science) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 7
State (Utah) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 4
Year (2016) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-31 Gammarad Italia

Bologna, Italy

Gammarad provides gamma irradiation sterilization services for the biomedical, pharmaceutical, food packaging, and cosmetics industries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-16 REVISS Services

Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States

REVISS Services, Inc. is a provider of products and specialist services to the radiation processing and radiation sources industries.

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