{"id":12005,"date":"2015-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/livingstone-is-instrumental-in-divestiture-of-specac-for-smiths\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:12:15","slug":"livingstone-is-instrumental-in-divestiture-of-specac-for-smiths","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/it\/transaction\/livingstone-is-instrumental-in-divestiture-of-specac-for-smiths\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone \u00e8 determinante nella cessione di Specac per Smiths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Il team globale Industrial di Livingstone ha assistito Smiths Group plc, leader mondiale nelle tecnologie avanzate applicate, nella vendita di Specac Limited, azienda specializzata in accessori per strumentazione scientifica.<\/strong><\/p><p>I membri del team esecutivo di <strong>Specac<\/strong> hanno collaborato con <strong>Foresight Group<\/strong> per acquisire la societ\u00e0.<\/p><p>Specac, con sede a Orpington, Kent, \u00e8 un produttore di riferimento di sistemi di analisi dei campioni e attrezzature per la preparazione dei campioni, destinati ai laboratori di Life Sciences, Farmaceutico, Ambientale, Controllo Qualit\u00e0 e Ricerca a livello globale. L\u2019azienda \u00e8 specializzata in prodotti per la spettroscopia infrarossa, una tecnica analitica chiave sia nella ricerca che nei laboratori industriali.<\/p><p>Dopo aver valutato che Specac non era pi\u00f9 un\u2019attivit\u00e0 strategica per il portafoglio di <strong>Smiths Group<\/strong>, \u00e8 stato riconosciuto che il suo pieno potenziale poteva essere meglio realizzato con un nuovo partner. Livingstone \u00e8 stata incaricata di gestire il processo di cessione e ha condotto un\u2019operazione a livello globale, ricevendo offerte sia da acquirenti strategici che da fondi di investimento. Alla fine, <strong>Foresight Group<\/strong> \u00e8 stata selezionata per la solidit\u00e0 della sua proposta e per la strategia di sviluppo convincente per Specac come azienda indipendente.<\/p><p><strong>Eric Lakin, Corporate Development Director di Smiths Group,<\/strong> ha dichiarato: <em>&#8220;L\u2019esperienza di Livingstone nel settore dei test e delle misurazioni, unita alla sua rete internazionale e alla gestione rigorosa della transazione, ha portato a un esito positivo per tutte le parti coinvolte.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p><strong>David Smith, Managing Director di Specac, <\/strong>ha aggiunto: <em>&#8220;Siamo entusiasti di collaborare con Foresight Group. Il team di Specac vede enormi opportunit\u00e0 di crescita e miglioramento, basandosi sulla nostra strategia chiave di innovazione con prodotti di alta qualit\u00e0 e specifiche avanzate per soddisfare al meglio le esigenze dei nostri clienti.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Graham Carberry, Director di Livingstone,<\/strong> ha commentato: <em>&#8220;Il team di Specac ha sviluppato un portafoglio prodotti unico e altamente competitivo. Siamo convinti che Foresight sia il partner ideale per aiutarli a raggiungere il pieno potenziale dell\u2019azienda. Il nostro team industriale globale \u00e8 lieto di aver ottenuto un risultato di successo per Smiths Group, leader mondiale nel suo settore, e di aver completato la nostra quarta operazione recente nei settori Test, Measurement &amp; Control e Laboratory Equipment&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":3020,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-12005","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":"","date":"20150421","client_type":50,"type":[1121],"region":[392],"services":[448],"sectors":[741],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":[51893],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Livingstone 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