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JANUARY 31, 2018

Calabasas-based temporary IT and professional services provider On Assignment said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Fairfax, Virginia-based ECS Federal , a privately held government contractor, for $775M in cash. ECS provides cyber security, cloud, DevOps, IT, and other services to the government. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2012

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , which provides test and engineering services, said this morning that it has acquired Garwood Laboratories , a Southern California provider of product certification labs. NTS said the acquisition is the third for the company in the past 12 months. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2015

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , the provider of testing, certification, inspection, and other related services, said this morning that it is acquiring UK-based National Quality Assurance , a provider of ISO testing services. national technical systems quality assurance merger acquisition engineering certification'

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , a provider of engineering services, said today that it has completed its acquisition of Mechtronic Solutions , a New Mexico-based engineering services firm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , which provides testing and engineering services, said today that it has raised $14M in a private placement. The firm said the new funding will go towards one or more future acquisitions by the company. NTS said it is in discussion with "several" potential acquisition candidates.

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JULY 9, 2013

Calabasas-based test equipment and software maker Ixia dropped 25 percent in trading Tuesday, after the company announced revised financial results for its second quarter. Ixia did note that two of its recent acquisition--Anue Systems and BreakingPoint Systems--both are expected to deliver at the high end of its range of revenues.

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JULY 21, 2011

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , the provider of testing and engineering services, said today that it has acquired Ingenium Testing. Ingenium Testing is a provider of product compliance and engineering services, based in Rockford, Illinois. The deal was worth $12.5M in cash plus potential earnout.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Calabasas-based On Assignment , the publicly held provider of temporary staffing services to life science, technology, and healthcare sectors, has made a major acquisition today, saying that it has acquired Apex Systems , an information technology staffing and services firm.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems reports today that it has secured a $65M, senior credit facility from the firm, from Comerica Bank, Bank of the West, and U.S. NTS said the line is split between $20M in a term loan, $25M in revolving credit, and $20M for acquisitions. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2010

Calabasas-based On Assignment , the publicly held professionals staffing provider for the life sciences industry, said today that it has acquired Sharpstream , a provider of search services for the executive and middle manager segment of the life sciences sector. On Assignment said it is paying $5.0M in revenues in fiscal 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , the provider of testing and engineering services, said this morning that it has acquired Lighting Technologies , an engineering services and testing laboratory. NTS said it paid $6M in cash plus up to $1M in earn out for Lighting Technologies. in the 12 months ended July 31st.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Calabasas-based Ixia said Wednesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy a product line from Agilent Technologies, in a deal worth $44M in cash. Agilent's N2X Data Networks product line is used for testing and validating next generation networking equipment, including voice-over-IP, VPN, and data services. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2009

Calabasas-based Ixia said late Monday afternoon that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Catapult Communications, a developer of 3G and 4G wireless networking test products. Ixia said the acquisition will complement its IP performance test systems and service verification products.

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JULY 9, 2012

We thought it would be insightful for our readerswho are usually looking to get acquired by other companieson what the thought process of those large companies making those acquisitions are. For a company like yours, what goes into your acquisition strategy and what thoughts went behind the Anue acquisition?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems, a provider of engineering and testing services, announced this morning that it has sold certain contracts and assets from its Technical Resources segment, to Strategic Staffing Solutions, L.C. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. in revenues for the six months ended July 31st.

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