SPL, Inc. Acquires Oxidor Laboratories

SPL Acquires Ana-Lab Corporation

April 5, 2023

Environmental Services

SPL, a Sentinel Capital Partners‑backed testing, inspection and certification (TIC) provider headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, has acquired Ana-Lab Corporation, an environmental laboratory testing company. The deal adds nine locations (including a Kilgore technology center and an Austin service center), expands SPL's environmental testing capabilities (including PFAS analysis under EPA UCMR5) and brings additional trained technicians to SPL's national footprint.

Sentinel Capital Partners Acquires SPL from Industrial Growth Partners

April 8, 2022

Industrial Services

Sentinel Capital Partners has acquired SPL, a Houston-based testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services provider for energy and environmental markets, in a transaction that closed April 7–8, 2022. The acquisition purchases SPL from Industrial Growth Partners (with management having been a prior co-investor) and positions SPL as a platform to accelerate organic growth and add-on acquisitions across energy, environmental, and international end markets.

SPL Acquires DHL Analytical

March 18, 2024

Environmental Services

SPL, a Sentinel Capital Partners-backed provider of environmental and compliance testing services, has acquired DHL Analytical, an environmental laboratory based in Austin, Texas. The acquisition is an add-on to SPL's platform and expands its environmental testing capabilities in the Austin area to serve the emerging technology manufacturing sector, municipalities/utilities, and other industrial end markets.

SPL Inc. Acquires Lab & Measurement Business of Banded Iron US Inc.

November 21, 2019

Energy

SPL Inc., a Houston-based testing, inspection and certification (TIC) platform backed by Industrial Growth Partners, acquired the laboratory and measurement services business of Banded Iron US Inc. The add-on expands SPL's lab footprint and measurement capabilities across key U.S. energy markets (including Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado and North Dakota) and adds new testing technology such as flash liberation testing.

SPL, Inc. (IGP Portfolio Company) Acquires AFS (Assured Flow Solutions)

September 27, 2021

Energy

SPL, Inc., a Houston-based testing, inspection and certification (TIC) platform backed by Industrial Growth Partners, has acquired AFS (Assured Flow Solutions). The add-on expands SPL’s laboratory testing, software and tech-enabled consulting capabilities — particularly in flow assurance, asset integrity and ESG — and broadens its footprint in Houston, Denver, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

SPL Inc. Acquires Volumetrics

September 11, 2023

Industrial Services

SPL Inc., a Sentinel Capital Partners–backed provider of testing, inspection and calibration services, has acquired Volumetrics, a specialist in flow meter verification and fiscal loss mitigation. The deal expands SPL’s mobile flow laboratory footprint across North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico and adds metrology and data capabilities to its Metrology Division.