Covalent Metrology Acquires Materials Characterization Services (MAT-CS)
August 21, 2025
Covalent Metrology has acquired Materials Characterization Services (MAT-CS), an Austin-based analytical services supplier, to expand its North American lab partner network and combine MAT-CS’s project-management expertise with Covalent’s Sunnyvale laboratory and digital platform. MAT-CS founder Scott Baumann will join Covalent as Vice President of Lab Partnerships and Engagement to lead integration and partnership expansion.
- Buyers
- Covalent Metrology
- Targets
- Materials Characterization Services (MAT-CS)
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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