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Paris, January 23rd  2020. Trescal Group, the specialist in calibration services, announces four acquisitions.

Trescal expands its geographical coverage within the Asia-Pacific region with the acquisition of Korea Testing Instruments Calibration Center (KTICC) in South Korea and IPAC Solutions in Australia, broadens its offering in Brazil with Instituto Amazonense de Metrologia (IAM) and adds a 3D contactless measurement capability with the acquisition of Physical Digital in the UK.

Guillaume Caroit, Trescal CEO, explains: “These acquisitions reflect our strategy to support our clients around the world and our goal is to triple our size in the APAC countries by 2022 and to continue with the consolidation of the US market.” Since its acquisition by OMERS in April 2018, Trescal Group has made 21 acquisitions to accelerate its international development strategy.

Founded in 1982, KTICC employs 57 people and has a turnover of 5.3 million euros. Based in Seoul and accredited by the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme, the laboratory has developed expertise in fibre optics, electrical (DC/LF/RF), gas detection, dimensional and temperature.

IPAC Solutions was founded in 1988, employs 41 people across 3 sites (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) and has a turnover of 6.1 million euros. IPAC Solutions services clients from the food and life sciences industries and its main technical fields are temperature, humidity, pressure and flow, mostly carried out on- site. This latest acquisition is complementarity with ACS, the first acquisition made by Trescal in Australia in May 2019, and further strengthens the group’s single-source offering on the Australian market.

The acquisition of IAM, created in 1997 and located in Manaus, solidifies the position of Trescal in the Amazonas State following the acquisition of Setting in June 2019. IAM employs 16 people and has a turnover of 0.5 million euros. It provides in-house and on-site metrology services in seven accredited parameters.

Founded in 2005 in Guildford, Physical Digital specialises in 3D contactless measurement for the automotive, energy and aerospace sectors. It is the first company in the world to be accredited by NADCAP, a project in collaboration with the United States for quality assurance in the aerospace and defence sectors. The company employs 12 people and has a turnover of 1.2 million euros.

Eskilstuna, 3rd  October 2019.

Trescal, the global specialist in calibration services has achieved DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation for its operations in Sweden.

DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope and the operation of a laboratory quality management system. The accredited laboratory is responsible for the results of performed calibration and submitted judgements as well as, where applicable, for the selection and application of work methods within the scope of granted accreditation.

The Eskilstuna (Sweden) branch is the first original Trescal laboratory accredited according the new 2017 ISO/IEC 17025 standard.

The certification was granted for:

> Fraktgatan 6, 633 46 Eskilstuna, Schweden A003441-001

It encompasses calibration in Dimensional and Temperature.

Trescal Sweden decided to work towards the DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation to demonstrate their commitment to improve the overall performance and to maintain a high level of quality.

Trescal Sweden continues to strive to exceed customer expectations and focus on the quality assurance.

Paris, August 27, 2019.

Olivier Delrieu, Executive Chairman of Trescal, is pleased to announce the appointment of Guillaume Caroit as CEO of Trescal.

Guillaume joined Trescal in 2007 to oversee acquisitions. He became its COO in 2015. In  his new role, Guillaume Caroit will continue the human, technical, commercial and digital development of the company. He will also focus on its international expansion, particularly in Asia and the Americas.

Guillaume Caroit (HEC 1995) began his career at A.T Kearney focusing on M&A and operational improvements. He also worked at Materis, in the marketing department before taking charge of acquisitions for Parex, in their mortar division.

Paris, May 14, 2019. 

Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services announces the acquisitions of Gero in Cerquilho (Brazil), MCS Laboratory AG in Lucerne (Switzerland) and Integrated Service Solutions (ISS) near Philadelphia in the USA. These acquisitions will bring an additional turnover of circa 10 million Euros to the group.

Founded in 1991 in Cerquilho in the state of Sao Paulo, Gero holds the largest number of INMETRO accredited domains in Brazil. The laboratory provides in-house and on-site calibration services to the automotive, energy and electronics industries. It employs 64 people and its technical skills, particularly in acoustics, gas flow and radio frequency, enhance the technical capabilities of Trescal, consolidating its status as the leader in the Brazilian market.

With the acquisition of MCS, based near Lucerne, Trescal is strengthening its presence in Switzerland. The group’s technical offering has now been supplemented with new skills in temperature, humidity and pressure. The SAS -accredited laboratory founded in 2006 employs 4 people and specializes in the Life Sciences sector. The two founders, Hansrudolf Imhof and Werner Zgraggen, will remain in place to further the development of this entity.                                        

The acquisition of ISS enables Trescal to expand its presence to Pennsylvania and to increase its expertise in pipette calibration and gas detection & concentration. It will strengthen the group’s ability to address the Life Sciences sector in the US. ISS was founded in 1988 and employs 51 people.

These are the 12^th, 13^th and 14^th acquisitions since the change of ownership to Omers in April 2018.

Singapore, 02th April 2019.

Trescal, the global specialist in calibration services has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification for its operations in Singapore. ISO 9001:2015 is an international standard for a quality management system implemented within a company to meet the customers’ requirements and to continually find ways of improvement. The certification was granted for both sites: – 31, Ubi Road 1, #03-07 Aztech Building Singapore 408694 – 1 Seletar Aerospace Crescent, Singapore 797565 It encompasses on-site and off-site calibration, maintenance, inspection and testing services after sales technical advice and consultancy as well as the development of calibration and testing methods in metrology. Trescal Singapore decided to work towards the ISO 9001 certification to demonstrate their commitment to improve the overall performance and to maintain a high level of quality. With the implementation of ISO 9001, they will be able to measure customers’ satisfaction and analyze the risks and opportunities for improvement. Trescal Singapore continues to strive to exceed customer expectations and focus on the quality assurance.

Paris, January 15^th, 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 accreditedcalibration services as well as validation services to the Life Sciences Industry and employs 16 people. Itstechnical expertise covers climatic, carbon dioxide incubator calibration, humidity and temperature. Themanager 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 inthe state of Espirito Santo and employs 8 people. This acquisition expands Trescal’s technical andgeographical footprint and consolidates the group’s leadership over the Brazilian metrology servicesmarketplace. 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.