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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4379L Intertek Group PLC 01 August 2011 \n \n\n01 August 2011, 7.01 am London, UK \nIntertek announces three acquisitions\nIntertek Group plc (Intertek), the leading international provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries, announces that it has acquired:\nFood Analytical Laboratory Limited (FAL)\nFAL is a food testing laboratory which provides chemical and microbiological services for food producers in the UK. \nThe company was purchased from its management shareholders for a total consideration of approximately £6 million. It employs 73 people in Stoke on Trent. It will form part of Intertek's Industry & Assurance division, adding its laboratory to the division's existing Food & Agri auditing, food regulatory and advisory services. \nRecherche, Developpement & Consulting - Bruxelles SA (RDC)\nRDC specialises in environmental impact consulting for consumer products industries. \nThe company was purchased for a total consideration of approximately £5 million. Based in Brussels, Belgium, the business employs 28 people with a subsidiary office in Lille, France. RDC brings highly complementary expertise to Intertek clients seeking to reduce their product packaging, organisation and overall supply chain environmental impact. Its services include product-related lifecycle analysis, carbon footprinting, eco-labelling, greenhouse gas analysis and energy auditing, as well as a unique software tool to enable its clients to calculate product environmental impacts instantly. It will form part of the Consumer Goods division. \nQinetiQ UK Fuel and Lubricants Testing Business (OALTB)\nOALTB, a fuel and lubricant analysis and consulting business in the UK, has been acquired by Intertek from QinetiQ Group plc for a consideration of £0.5m in an asset purchase agreement. The business will enhance Intertek's expert testing capabilities in the energy and transport sector, whilst adding incremental sales volumes to the Group's existing fuel and lubricants testing services in the UK and overseas. OALTB employs 18 people and will continue to operate at its current site in Farnborough. It will form part of Intertek's Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals division.\nWolfhart Hauser, Chief Executive Officer of Intertek, commented: \n&n...