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15/01/2019

TRESCAL ANNOUNCES THREE ACQUISITIONS IN BELGIUM, FRANCE AND BRAZIL

Paris, January 15th, 2019.
 
Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services, announces the acquisitions of LBT Testing and Calibration, near Brussels (Belgium); C2M in Rouen (France); Metrology in Vitoria (Brazil).
These acquisitions will add circa €3m turnover to the Group.
 
Founded in 1992 in Louvain-la-Neuve, near Brussels, LBT provides in-house and on-site BELAC accredited
calibration services as well as validation services to the Life Sciences Industry and employs 16 people. Its
technical expertise covers climatic, carbon dioxide incubator calibration, humidity and temperature. The
manager Roland Platteau will remain with Trescal to pursue the development and the integration of the company within Trescal Group.
 
Metrology, based in Vitoria, is one of the two private owned laboratories delivering accredited calibration in
the state of Espirito Santo and employs 8 people. This acquisition expands Trescal’s technical and
geographical footprint and consolidates the group’s leadership over the Brazilian metrology services
marketplace. Filippe Aderne Maia who currently runs the company will remain in his position.
 
The C2M team of 4 people integrates the Trescal Rouen branch bringing their expertise in electrical,
temperature, humidity and pressure calibration as well as their know-how in first level repair.
 
These are the 9th, 10th and 11th acquisitions since the change of ownership to Omers in April 2018.

18/12/2018

TRESCAL ACQUIRES QTI AND QTI VALIDACIONES IN SPAIN

Paris, December 18th, 2018.

Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services, announces the acquisition of QTI and QTI Validaciones, a Spanish specialist in calibration, qualification and validation services dedicated to pharmaceutical industries. Respectively based in Madrid and Barcelona, they are the 6th and 7th acquisitions in Spain thus strengthening Trescal’s footprint in particular in Catalonia.

QTI and QTI Validaciones employ 77 people. They both provide in-house and on-site calibration services as well as on-site qualification and validation services. QTI provides ENAC accredited calibrations in Climatic, Pressure, Temperature and Humidity. Their cumulated 2018 sales will exceed 4 million Euros.
QTI and QTI Validaciones founders, Raul Ballesteros, Roberto Español and Valentin Martinez, will remain in their current positions to pursue the development and the integration of the companies within Trescal Group.

Guillaume Caroit, Trescal Deputy CEO, said: “The acquisition of QTI and QTI Validaciones confirms our
commitment to the Life Sciences sector and our will to become the reference partner addressing the complex
and evolving needs of pharmaceutical industries across Europe. ”

These are the 7th and the 8th acquisitions carried out with the support of the main shareholder OMERS.

06/12/2018

TRESCAL ANNOUNCES TWO ACQUISITIONS IN THE USA AND IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

Paris, December 6th, 2018. Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services, announces the acquisitions of MATsolutions based in the United States (Dallas) and of NorthLab in South-East Asia.

Founded in 1992, MATsolutions is a PJLA ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited calibration laboratory with skills in electrical, mechanical, optical, physical and dimensional. The company also provides multibrand second hand retrofitted / repaired test and measurement equipment. MATsolutions employs 24 people and its sales reached $ 6.5 million in 2017 with customers in Telecom, Electronics and Engineering industries.

Founded in 1996, NorthLab is an international calibration service provider with a presence in Singapore and Malaysia (Selangor and Labuan). The laboratories are respectively accredited SAC-SINGLAS (ISO/IEC 17025) and SAMM (ISO/IEC 17025) and address customers active in the Oil & Gas, Shipyard, and Aerospace industries. The group employs 90 people and its sales reached a turnover of €4 million in 2017.

Two of the four founders, Sunil Nair and Vaidyanathan Srikrishnan will remain in the company to pursue the development and the integration of the company within Trescal.

Guillaume Caroit, Trescal Deputy CEO, said: “These two acquisitions embody our yearn to aggressively develop our presence in North America and Asia; our goal in South East Asia is to reach 30 M€ sales by the end of 2019 with a mix of double digit organic growth and 3 to 4 additional acquisitions.”

These are the 5th and 6th acquisition carried out with the support of the main shareholder OMERS.

13/11/2018

TRESCAL ANNOUNCES TWO ACQUISITIONS IN THE USA AND IN FRANCE

Paris, November 13th, 2018

Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services, announces the acquisition of Diamond Technical Services (DTS) based in the United States (Boston) and the acquisition of ACTEAM Industries in France (Nantes).

Founded in 2003, DTS is a ANAB ISO 17025 (2005) accredited calibration laboratory with skills in dimensional, pressure and temperature, particularly in accordance to the requirements of AMS 2750E specifications. DTS employs 23 people and its sales reached $ 2.5 million in 2017.

The CEO, Timothy Mullen, will remain in his current position to pursue the development and the integration of the company within Trescal Group.

Founded in 2006, ACTEAM is the French leader in high-accuracy assembly tools and also provides COFRAC accredited calibration services in torque. The company employs 12 people and its sales reached a turnover of 2.1 million euros in 2017. The company addresses all industrial sectors in particular Aeronautics, Automotive, Transport and Energy.

The founder and CEO, Christophe Poisson, will remain in his current position to pursue the development and the integration of the company within Trescal.

Guillaume Caroit, Trescal Deputy CEO, said:

“We are very happy to welcome DTS in Trescal in the USA. We are broadening our technical offer in the Boston area now addressing customers in the Aerospace as well as in Life science and Food industries. With the acquisition of Acteam Industries, we complete our services in torque with a multi-brand expertise unmatched in France and in Europe for the maintenance and repair of assembly tools and equipment. "

These are the 3rd and 4th acquisitions carried out with the support of the main shareholder OMERS.

01/10/2018

TRESCAL IS AWARDED WITH THE PREFERRED SUPPLIER STATUS FOR BOSCH GROUP

Paris, September 28th, 2018.

Robert Bosch GmbH the leading global supplier of technology and services offering innovative solutions for smart homes, smart cities, connected mobility, and connected industry has awarded Trescal, the worldwide specialist in calibration services with the status of Preferred Supplier globally.
This agreement recognizes Trescal’s with superior competence and performance in calibrations and related services.
Trescal will carry out in their own laboratories calibrations and repairs for physical, mechanical, electrical and dimensional test and measurement equipment in all the countries where the group is implemented and will bring onsite services in all other countries.
Enrico Wolf Key Account Manager says :
“We are very proud to be recognized as a Preferred Supplier of Bosch Group. This award demonstrates we deliver high quality services and how we are able to customize our services for each individual requirement of Bosch.”