25/05/2018 25 May 2018 – The Board of Spectris plc (SXS: LSE), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces that it has been informed by John O’Higgins of his intention to retire from the Board in the course of the next twelve months. John will remain as Chief Executive until a replacement is in place... Read more
18 April 2018 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces that Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration (‘BKSV’) and HBM will be merging their activities from 1 January 2019. Both BKSV and HBM are operating companies within the Test and Measurement segment of Spectris. The new company will be... Read more
3 April 2018 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition ofRevolutionary Engineering, Inc. from company management for $19 million on a debt and cash-free basis. Revolutionary Engineering, Inc. is an automotive test system and service provider headquartered near Detroit, Michigan in the... Read more
5 March 2018 – Spectris plc (‘the Company’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that, in connection with the 15 month share buyback programme of up to £100 million which it announced on 19 February 2018, it is commencing a share buyback programme (‘the Programme’) to purchase shares up to a... Read more
14 December 2017 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has signed an agreement with Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory and principal investment arm of Macquarie Group, for them to acquire 50% of Spectris’ environmental monitoring business EMS Brüel & Kjær (‘EMS B&K’) for a total... Read more
1 November 2017 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces the appointment of Mark Serföző as General Counsel (since 9 October 2017) and from today as Company Secretary. Mark is a member of the Spectris Executive Committee. Mark replaces Roger Stephens who is retiring from Spectris at the year... Read more
18 October 2017 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of the privately-held US company The Omnicon Group, Inc. (‘Omnicon’) for an initial consideration of $29 million. Omnicon provides a range of services to help its customers analyse and improve product reliability... Read more
3 October 2017 – Further to the Company’s announcement on 30 August, Spectris plc (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the sale of its Microscan Systems, Inc. business to Omron Corporation. – ENDS – Contacts: Spectris plc John O’Higgins, Chief Executive Clive Watson, Group Finance Director Siobhán... Read more
30 August 2017 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has signed an agreement to sell its Microscan Systems, Inc. business (‘Microscan’) to Omron Corporation (‘Omron’) for a total cash consideration of $157 million (£123 million), payable in cash on completion, subject to closing adjustments. The... Read more
12 June 2017 – It is with great sadness that Spectris plc (’Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), announces that the Group’s former Chairman, Dr John Hughes, passed away on Sunday. Until recently, John was Non-executive Chairman of Spectris having been in the role since May 2008. He joined the Board as a Non-executive Director in June 2007.... Read more