Intertek Acquires Union Lab Group in Singapore

05 Jun 2007

(Houston, London, Singapore) Intertek Group Plc (Intertek), a leading international provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries, announced that its Oil Chemical & Agri division (Caleb Brett) has acquired the Union Lab group of companies in Singapore.

Union Lab, the leading local petroleum inspection company in Singapore, specializes in fuel oil testing and inspection, shipboard blending, bunker quality control programs, and consultancy in terminal design (land and floating storage) and operations. The acquisition of Union Lab reinforces and complements Intertek’s leading market position providing petroleum products testing and inspection services to the important Singapore market and the region. Union Lab will be fully integrated into Intertek’s global network of laboratories and facilities.

John Chan, incumbent Country Manager for Singapore, assumes the role of Co-Chief Executive (Operations) for Intertek OCA (Caleb Brett) Singapore. “We welcome the enhanced capabilities and expertise of Union Lab, particularly in the areas of terminalling and quality control programs.”

Keith Pereira, founder and managing director of Union Lab, assumes the role of Co-Chief Executive (Commercial). “Integration with Intertek provides access to resources to proliferate our existing programs and further value-add to our customers’ businesses locally, and in the region”.

About Union Lab:

Union Lab is an independent inspection company specializing in testing and inspection of petroleum products for the Singapore market. Founded in 2001, Union Lab has 35 employees, and its services include fuel blending supervision, cargo expediting and loss control, training and consultancy.

About Intertek:

Intertek Group PLC is a leading international provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of global and local industries. Partnership with Intertek brings increased value to customers’ products and processes, ultimately supporting their success in the global market place. Intertek has the experience, expertise, resources and global reach to support its customers through their network of more than 930 laboratories and offices and over 18,000 people in 109 countries around the world.

Intertek’s OCA division (Caleb Brett) provides testing, inspection and other services to the world’s petroleum, chemical, mineral and agricultural industries, including laboratory analysis, cargo inspection, consulting and related expertise. Intertek offers a wide range of R&D, laboratory testing, inspection, consultancy, outsourcing and related activities to support clients on a global basis.