31 August 2021 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the expert in providing insight through precision measurement, today announces that Alison Henwood has been appointed to its Board as a Non-executive Director with effect from 1 September 2021. Alison is currently Executive Vice President of Finance, Trading and Supply at Royal Dutch Shell plc (‘Shell’),... Read more
24 August 2021 – Spectris plc (SXS: LSE), the expert in providing insight through precision measurement, today announces the divestment of its NDC Technologies (‘NDC’) business. The transaction is in line with Spectris’ strategy to simplify and focus its portfolio and is the last of the divestments identified in 2019 as part of its Strategy... Read more
6 April 2020 – Spectris plc (SXS: LSE), the expert in providing insight through precision measurement, provides an update on the impact of COVID-19 on its current activities and the actions it is taking. Andrew Heath, Chief Executive, said: “Spectris has entered this crisis with a strong balance sheet and liquidity position, committed sources of... Read more
17 January 2020 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that, together with Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited (‘Macquarie’), it has agreed to divest the EMS Brüel & Kjær joint venture (‘EMS B&K’) to Envirosuite Limited (‘Envirosuite’). Envirosuite is an environmental management technology company and is listed on... Read more
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION 19 September 2019 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has agreed with Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA (‘Voith’) for Voith to acquire BTG Group (‘BTG’) from Spectris for a total gross cash consideration of €319 million (£283 million). The sale... Read more
20/11/2018 TRADING UPDATE 20 November 2018 – Spectris plc (SXS: LSE), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, issues this trading update covering the period from 1 July to 31 October 2018 (‘the period’). HIGHLIGHTS Strong trading in the period with 8% like-for-like1 sales growth Full-year 2018 performance anticipated to be in line with our expectations Project... Read more
3 September 2018 – Further to the announcement on 26 July 2018, Spectris plc (SXS: LSE), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company (‘the Company’), is pleased to confirm that Andrew Heath has today joined the Board of the Company as Chief Executive Designate, ahead of his appointment as Chief Executive on 28 September 2018. Andrew... Read more
The Board of Spectris plc (SXS: LSE), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces that Andrew Heath will join the Board as Chief Executive Designate with effect from 3 September 2018. In May, the Company announced that John O’Higgins, Chief Executive of Spectris plc, had informed the Board of his intention to retire from the... Read more
31 May 2018 – Further to the Company’s announcement on 14 December 2017, Spectris plc (SXS: LSE), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the disposal of EMS Brüel & Kjær, the environmental monitoring business, into a joint venture with Macquarie Capital for a total cash consideration of £44 million.... Read more
25/05/2018 25 May 2018 – Spectris plc (SXS: LSE), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, issues a trading update covering the four months to 30 April 2018 (‘the period’). TRADING UPDATE Group like-for-like1 (‘LFL’) sales increased by 6%, whilst growth from acquisitions, net of disposals, contributed a further 1%. Foreign currency exchange movements reduced sales by... Read more