Processing timeline
150
days
Filed
14 Apr 2026
Decision Due
TBC
Est decision date: 17 May 2026. Based on 90 decided Professional & Business Services notifications.
Acquirer(s)
TRESCAL (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD ABN - 39 117 603 835
Target(s) or Vendor(s)
TR PTY LTD ABN - 99 005 499 721
Other parties
EQT Fund Management S.à r.l. Registration number B167972, N.G. BROWN & ASSOCIATES PTY. LTD. ABN - 97 004 819 738, IPAC SOLUTIONS PTY LTD ABN - 30 108 845 718, TRESCAL HOLDING PTY LTD ABN - 35 633 411 391, Mobile Test 'n' Cal Australia Pty Ltd ABN - 45 147 991 482, The Trustee for ASG Exical Unit Trust ABN - 57 818 350 085
Trescal Holding Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Trescal International SAS, proposes to acquire TR Pty Ltd’s TechRentals Calibration & Sales business. This asset acquisition involves TR's nationwide calibration services and equipment sales. Both companies operate in the Australian calibration services and equipment market.
Trescal Holding Pty Ltd ( Trescal ), through a wholly-owned subsidiary, proposes to acquire TR Pty Ltd’s ( TR ) calibration and equipment sales business, TechRentals Calibration & Sales ( TR Calibration ) (the Acquisition ). Trescal supplies calibration services, equipment procurement and distribution, instrument verification, equipment maintenance, system validation, electrical safety equipment testing services and asset management services, to customers in various sectors. Trescal operates across Australia and has laboratories in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Trescal is a subsidiary of French company Trescal International SAS, a global provider of calibration and asset management services. TR is primarily a nationwide provider of technology equipment (including testing, inspection, calibration and telecommunications equipment) for rent. Through the Acquisition, Trescal would acquire TR’s nationwide calibration services and equipment sales business, TR Calibration, which supplies calibration services and measurement equipment to customers across Australia including from laboratories in Sydney and Brisbane. TR is a subsidiary of Vp plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Trescal and TR Calibration overlap in the supply of calibration services and calibration equipment in Australia. Calibration services involve comparing the performance of testing and measurement equipment against a measurement standard to ensure accurate performance and compliance with relevant standards, and related equipment repairs (for example, if equipment fails a calibration test).