EBJ Business Achiever of the Week: IHS Inc.

Three cheers this week for IHS Inc. (Englewood, CO), a 2010 bronze medal winner for business achievement in mergers and acquisition. During 2010, IHS strengthened its position in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) and sustainability software market by acquiring Atrion International Inc. (Montreal, Quebec) and Syntex Management Systems Inc. (Houston, TX) for a combined purchase price of approximately $80 million. Founded in 1989, Atrion International provides products related to chemicals and hazardous materials management and communications. Its regulatory content covers more than 50 countries and 44 languges. Syntex, founded in 1995, provides operational risk management software and services aimed at ensuring work health and safety, preventing accidents, protecting the environment, and cutting operating costs. IHS has invested over $200 million in corporate acquisitions to establish a presence in the EHS information market. Other acquisitions in 2010 included Emerging Energy Research (Cambridge, MA), an advisory firm serving the alternative energy market, and assets from the chemical and energy portfolio of the business-to-business information company Access Intelligence LLC (Rockville, MD). For a full list of EBJ’s 2010 Business Achievement Award winners, please visit www.ebiresearch.com/2010_EBI_%20Awards. EBJ will begin accepting nominations for 2011 Business Achievement Awards in October.