American Capital Announces Sale Of Mirion Tech For $750 Mln - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - American Capital Ltd. (ACAS) announced that Mirion Technologies, Inc. was sold to Charterhouse Capital Partners, LLP for $750 million. Mirion is a global provider of radiation detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring products and services to the nuclear power, medical, military and homeland security markets.

Mirion was created in December 2005 through the merger of portfolio companies synOdys, Global Dosimetry Solutions (GDS) and Imaging and Sensing Technology (IST). Following the merger, the three companies were realigned into the current five business segments: the Sensing Systems Division, the Imaging Systems Division, the Radiation Monitoring Systems Division, the Dosimetry Services Division and the Health Physics Division. Headquartered in San Ramon, CA, Mirion has 13 facilities across North America, Europe and Asia and employs more than 1,000 people.