M&A Deal Summary

Spectris Acquires La Scientifique Claisse

On June 17, 2014, Spectris acquired test/measurement equipment company La Scientifique Claisse

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Spectris’ 2nd transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Spectris’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Spectris’ 1st transaction in Quebec.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-06-17
Target La Scientifique Claisse
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Spectris
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

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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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 3 of 14
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 2 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 13
State (Quebec) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 2
Year (2014) 1 of 2
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