Feb 7 2006
Bodycote International plc is pleased to announce that its Testing Group has completed two bolt-on acquisitions.
Bodycote has acquired the entire issued share capital of Norwest Soil Research Limited. Based in Edmonton, Norwest operates from nine laboratories in Western and Central Canada and has joint venture operations in Italy and Turkey.
The acquired business will operate as parts of Bodycote Testing's Environmental and Health Science Divisions. Norwest offers testing services primarily in three categories; Environmental, specialising in wide variety of environmental analytical services such as soil reclamation analysis for the mining and petroleum industries; Agriculture & Food, providing producers, distributors, retailers and the catering industry with analytical testing programmes to ensure the safety, quality and nutritional value of food, agricultural seed and feed products; and Energy Resources, providing a complete range of analytical testing services to the oil and gas industry, including the huge developments in the Canadian tar sands sector.
Norwest Soil Research Ltd is accredited by Standards Council of Canada (SCC) in accordance to international standard ISO 17025. In addition they are also accredited by the Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Bodycote has also acquired the entire issued share capital of West Coast Analytical Services Inc. The acquired business, located in Santa Fe Springs, California, will operate as part of Bodycote Testing Group's Health Science Division.
The company is primarily focused on providing analytical services to the pharmaceutical, environmental, food and nutraceutical industries, specialising in method development, validation and product testing. The laboratory operates under Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and is approved by the US Food & Drugs Administration.
The business provides a strong fit with our existing pharmaceutical operations, expertise and capabilities offered by our Mississauga, Canada facility. The acquisition will allow Bodycote to offer an expanded list of capabilities to existing pharmaceutical clients in both Canada and in North America.
Norwest Soil Research and West Coast Analytical Services senior management teams will join Bodycote to play a major role in the future growth of these businesses.
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