{"id":3821,"date":"2019-04-18T21:29:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T21:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:25:05","slug":"acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2019, Worms Safety successfully completed its acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China<\/p>\n<p>Pickering Pacific acted as exclusive financial advisor to Worms Safety on this transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Worms Safety is a global alliance of quality management specialists in specific product categories that enables customers to meet their compliance goals and manage business disruption risks through inspection, testing, auditing, certification, technical assistance, and training services. It has presence in more than 77 countries with more than 1,400 employees worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Qualspec Group is an Australia-headquartered group that provides testing, inspection and auditing services for the textile industry. Qualspec Group has its main operations in China including its two testing laboratories.<\/p>\n<p>You can access the press release <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickeringpacific.com\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2019, Worms Safety successfully completed its acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China Pickering Pacific acted as exclusive financial advisor to Worms Safety on this transaction. Worms Safety is a global alliance of quality management specialists in specific product categories that enables customers to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China - Terra Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China - Terra Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In February 2019, Worms Safety successfully completed its acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China Pickering Pacific acted as exclusive financial advisor to Worms Safety on this transaction. Worms Safety is a global alliance of quality management specialists in specific product categories that enables customers to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Terra Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-18T21:29:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-19T15:25:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Albert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Albert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Albert\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/25afd1694770eced9563e2f8c510ccaa\"},\"headline\":\"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-18T21:29:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-19T15:25:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":138,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/\",\"name\":\"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China - Terra Alliance\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-18T21:29:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-19T15:25:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/25afd1694770eced9563e2f8c510ccaa\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp\",\"width\":1300,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/\",\"name\":\"Terra Alliance\",\"description\":\"International Corporate Finance Advisory\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/25afd1694770eced9563e2f8c510ccaa\",\"name\":\"David Albert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1529eed45fa537720e95d345b32158e5dddf42c5138705b6f3ebc5167bf7ef93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1529eed45fa537720e95d345b32158e5dddf42c5138705b6f3ebc5167bf7ef93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1529eed45fa537720e95d345b32158e5dddf42c5138705b6f3ebc5167bf7ef93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"David Albert\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/terra-alliance.com\\\/staging\\\/author\\\/gp-access\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China - Terra Alliance","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China - Terra Alliance","og_description":"In February 2019, Worms Safety successfully completed its acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China Pickering Pacific acted as exclusive financial advisor to Worms Safety on this transaction. Worms Safety is a global alliance of quality management specialists in specific product categories that enables customers to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/","og_site_name":"Terra Alliance","article_published_time":"2019-04-18T21:29:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-19T15:25:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1300,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"David Albert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Albert","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/"},"author":{"name":"David Albert","@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/25afd1694770eced9563e2f8c510ccaa"},"headline":"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China","datePublished":"2019-04-18T21:29:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-19T15:25:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/"},"wordCount":138,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/","url":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/","name":"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China - Terra Alliance","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp","datePublished":"2019-04-18T21:29:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-19T15:25:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/25afd1694770eced9563e2f8c510ccaa"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Insights-Acquisition-of-Qualspec-Group-an-Australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-China.webp","width":1300,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/acquisition-of-qualspec-group-an-australia-headquartered-testing-inspection-and-audit-company-with-main-operations-in-china\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/","name":"Terra Alliance","description":"International Corporate Finance Advisory","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/25afd1694770eced9563e2f8c510ccaa","name":"David Albert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1529eed45fa537720e95d345b32158e5dddf42c5138705b6f3ebc5167bf7ef93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1529eed45fa537720e95d345b32158e5dddf42c5138705b6f3ebc5167bf7ef93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1529eed45fa537720e95d345b32158e5dddf42c5138705b6f3ebc5167bf7ef93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"David Albert"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging"],"url":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/author\/gp-access\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8240,"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions\/8240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}