UK's Spectris to sell Omega Engineering for $525 million

- British electrical engineering firm Spectris said on Tuesday it will sell specialist sensor maker Omega Engineering to private equity firm Arcline Investment Management for $525 million.

Spectris, which last month ended its $2.4 bln pursuit of Oxford Instruments against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, also announced a 300-million-pound ($389.91 million) stock buyback.

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