M&A Deal Summary

TA Instruments Acquires Expert System Solutions S.r.l.

On January 30, 2014, TA Instruments acquired test/measurement equipment company Expert System Solutions S.r.l.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TA Instruments’ 3rd transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is TA Instruments’ 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-01-30
Target Expert System Solutions S.r.l.
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) TA Instruments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Expert System Solutions S.r.l.

Modena, Italy
Expert System Solutions S.r.l. is a designer and manufacturer of non-contact optical thermal analysis instrumentation. ESS include optical dilatometers in horizontal and vertical orientation with simultaneous DTA measurements, heating microscopes, and an optical fleximeter. ESS systems operate over a wide temperature range, and are a powerful new tool for characterizing metals, ceramics, glasses and other organic and inorganic materials.

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Buyer

TA Instruments

New Castle, Delaware, United States

Category Company
Founded 1963
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
DESCRIPTION

TA Instruments, Inc. is a manufacturer of analytical instruments for thermal analysis, rheology, and microcalorimetry. TA Instruments was established in 1963 and is headquartered in New Castle, Delaware.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-30 LaserComp

Saugus, Massachusetts, United States

LaserComp, Inc. is a manufacturer of thermal conductivity test instruments. LaserComp heat flow meters and guarded hot plate systems are capable of measuring thermal conductivity on a wide range of samples, over a broad temperature range.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-12 Rubotherm

Bochum, Germany

Rubotherm GmbH is a developer and manufacturer of analytical test instruments for thermogravimetric and sorption measurements that are used in both industrial and academic research laboratories in disciplines that include chemistry, material science and engineering.

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