Intertek acquires Westport

07 Oct 2005

 Intertek, the global testing, inspection and certification company, announces the acquisition of Westport Technology Center ("Westport") from Halliburton Energy Services, Inc ("Halliburton"). Intertek has purchased from Halliburton, the business and net assets of Westport valued at US$9.0m (£5.1m).

Westport, based in Houston, Texas, provides high end exploration and production laboratory services including consulting and project management. The assets include specialised laboratory equipment and land and buildings.

Westport brings new specialist technology to Intertek's Caleb Brett division enabling it to provide an enhanced range of services to its client base and Intertek Caleb Brett will provide Westport with the resources and global infrastructure to grow internationally.

This acquisition follows Intertek's outsourcing strategy taking on the management, control and ownership of customers' non-core analytical laboratories.