M&A Deal Summary

Spectris Acquires Engineering Seismology Group Canada

On December 11, 2014, Spectris acquired test/measurement equipment company Engineering Seismology Group Canada for 64M CAD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Spectris’ 3rd transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Spectris’ 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Spectris’ 2nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Spectris’ 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-12-11
Target Engineering Seismology Group Canada
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Spectris
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 64M CAD

Target

Engineering Seismology Group Canada

Kingston,, Ontario, Canada
Engineering Seismology Group is a provider of microseismic monitoring equipment and analysis solutions, primarily to the oil and gas and mining sectors, as well as to other industries.

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Buyer

Spectris

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1915
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees7,266
Revenue 1.4B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Spectris, 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.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 14
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 3 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 13
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 2 of 2
Year (2014) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-17 La Scientifique Claisse

Quebec, Quebec, Canada

La Corporation Scientifique Claisse designs, manufactures and sells consumables and instruments used to prepare consistent and comparable samples for spectroscopic analysis in mining, pharmaceutical, academic research and industrial applications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-23 ReliaSoft

Tucson, Arizona, United States

ReliaSoft Corp. is a provider of reliability engineering software, education, consulting and related services to product manufacturers and maintenance organisations around the world. It provides innovative, high quality and technologically advanced solutions to its clients, enabling them to improve product reliability, enhance productivity and improve their return on investment.

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