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LON:ITRK
Intertek Group plc offers quality and safety services to industries. It has four segments: Oil, Chemical & Agri, which provides cargo inspection, testing and analytical services to the oil and gas, chemical, agricultural, mineral and pharmaceutical sectors; Commercial & Electrical, which provides testing, inspection and certification services, including those in the home appliances, medical, building, industrial, information technology and telecom and automotive sectors; Consumer Goods, which provides services to the textiles, food and hardlines industries, and Government Services, which provides trade services to standards bodies and governments. In September 2008, it acquired H.P. White Laboratory Inc. In December 2008, it acquired EKO-LAB SP. z.o.o., a testing laboratory that provides microbiological and chemical analysis services to the food, industry. In January 2009, it acquired Porst & Partner GmbH. In January 2009, it also acquired Food Facility Audit business of RQA Inc.
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FTSE 100 closed at a new all time high on Thursday, up 0.70% to 7,787
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As Moya Greene's last set of Royal Mail results are released analysts expect the attention will be on guidance for 2019.
The FTSE 100-listed group noted that Proasem, a provider of laboratory testing, inspection, metrology and training services, generated revenues of £4.5mln in 2017
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"Intertek is a high-quality operator and is now approaching fair value"
The company expects to deliver “good organic revenue growth” at constant currency in 2018
The UK premier index added 0.43% on the day, while FTSE 250 added over 123 points at 19,690.
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Intertek said recent storms in the southern regions of the US cut revenue by £5mln over August to October
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The day ahead includes full year results from EasyJet and a trading update from Kingfisher
