TRESCAL ACQUIRES ASSI SISTEMAS E INSTRUMENTACIÓN S.L. IN SPAIN
Paris, January 16th, 2018. Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services, announces the
acquisition of ASSI Sistemas e Instrumentación S.L. (ASSI), the Spanish calibration leader for Life Science
industries based in Barcelona (Spain). This is the fifth acquisition in Spain and it expands Trescal’s
geographical footprint to Catalonia. This acquisition has been completed with the support of Ardian, its majority
shareholder.
Founded in 1995, ASSI offers Calibration, Validation, Qualification and Automation services. ASSI has a
calibration laboratory in Barcelona, ENAC accredited in: temperature, humidity, pressure, mass, volume,
angular velocity, electricity, time & frequency, dimensional and torque. ASSI employs 130 people and
generates a turnover of 7,2 million euros.
Guillaume Caroit, Trescal Deputy CEO, said: “This acquisition will boost Trescal development within Life
Science segment where ASSI has been delivering high added value services for 23 years”.
Josep Maria Cucurella ASSI CEO, said: “Merging a family business within a multinational group is a big
challenge. It will ease ASSI access to the marketplace and to new customer segments”.
This acquisition is the twenty-eighth acquisition since the change of ownership to Ardian in July 2013.
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ABOUT TRESCAL
Trescal, international specialist in calibration provides a broad range of services for the test and measuring
equipment market. Trescal are represented in 22 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic,
Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Singapore, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Romania and Tunisia. Supplementing the
standard technical services (verification, calibration and repair of T&M instruments), Trescal offer their
expertise for the implementation and acquisition of measurement systems, customized equipment pool
management software solutions, metrology and technical support, and training. Trescal operate +115 owned
calibration laboratories and employ over 3,000 people across the world. Trescal service 40 000 customers in
various sectors such as Defense, Aerospace, Aeronautics, Automotive, Power Generation & Utilities,
Electronics Manufacturing, Communications and Medical & Chemistry. Trescal’s Pro Forma sales reach
circa280 million Euros.