Product testing group Intertek has acquired 4th Strand, a US provider of product quality and benchmarking services to the retail industry, which will be integrated into the group's Consumer Goods division.
4th Strand, purchased from its management shareholders for $6.4m (£4.1m), is used by retailers in their analysis of product lines and also in the development of higher quality own-brand products.
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The company employs 12 people and is based in Georgia.
"We are pleased to welcome 4th Strand to Intertek. Their services will increase our consulting capability to existing North American and global clients who seek to deliver high quality products under their own-brand labels and to our customers more broadly in the area of product benchmarking," said Intertek's Chief Executive Officer Wolfhart Hauser.
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