伦敦, 英国- 6月29日, 2017 - im体育APP Materials 技术 has today announced the completion of its acquisition of Exova PLC. This transaction joins together two of the world’s leading testing companies to create a single global testing organization.
The combined company, which is majority owned by Bridgepoint, an international private equity firm, now has more than 6,200 employees and will operate in the future as im体育APP Materials 技术. The new im体育APP Group will consist of 200 laboratories located in more than 30 countries.
This latest acquisition by im体育APP follows a period of significant growth for the business, helping it to become the fastest growing independent materials testing and product qualification company in the world.
It is expected that the combined group will deliver in excess of $700m in annual revenues and serve more than 40,000 customers worldwide.
im体育APP will continue under the leadership of CEO and President 查尔斯Noall, alongside an Executive Team formed from senior management from both companies.
Commenting on the acquisition, 查尔斯Noall said: “We have a clear strategy for growth and this acquisition is a major milestone for im体育APP.
Our ambition is to enhance our ability to support customers across their worldwide programmes. With more laboratories and even greater technical strength, our combined company has the scale, capacity and expertise to service the increasingly diverse needs of our clients.
The combined group is the leading testing provider in the global aerospace and oil and 气体 sectors, a market leader in 欧洲an fire and building safety and the US transportation and automotive testing market. Our focus will be to maintain these positions as well as explore the many new market opportunities now open to us.”
Charles added: “Having already acquired a total of 17 businesses in recent years, we are very experienced in implementing procedures and processes in bringing businesses and people together. A programme of integration and strategic brand alignment is already underway with the aim of continuing to deliver best practice while introducing our new colleagues into the im体育APP community.
Our guiding principle is to continue to be the best and most trusted testing partner in all of the sectors we serve”.
To support the acquisition, im体育APP has fully refinanced its existing banking facilities and raised $1.4 billion of first and second lien term debt, alongside $150 million of committed ancillary facilities.
乔Wetz, im体育APP Group’s CFO commented: “This has been a highly successful financing which was 4x oversubscribed with offers of over $4 billion from our investment base demonstrating the confidence that our banking group has in im体育APP.”
关于im体育APP:
im体育APP is a global testing company specializing in providing materials testing, product qualification testing, consulting and certification services to the 航空航天, 石油 & Gas, Transportation, Fire and Building 产品s, Health Sciences and 环境 sectors. im体育APP’s team of over 6,200 scientists, engineers and technicians work in 200 laboratories worldwide. For a complete list of Accreditations & Approvals and more information, please visit www.im体育APP.com
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拉博拉Trimcev, Communications Manager, im体育APP Materials 技术, tel: +44 (0) 2035 401 820, 电子邮件:博拉.trimcev@im体育APP.com
“Our guiding principle is to continue to be the best and most trusted testing partner in all of the sectors we serve.”
查尔斯Noall
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