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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Information services |
Headquarters | , United States |
Owner | KKR & Co. |
Website | accuristech |
Accuris is an information services provider.
Information Handling Services (IHS) [1] "was founded in 1959 as Information Handling Services to provide information for aerospace engineers through microfilm databases". [2]
It subsequently grew to incorporate other companies in the information services sector such as Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Global Insight, Jane's Information Group, Prime Publications Limited, and John S. Herold, Inc. [3]
In 2008, IHS acquired Fairplay, a firm that assigns IMO identification numbers for ships, companies and registered owners. [4]
In 2016, Englewood, Colorado-based IHS and London-based Markit merged. [5] [6] Jerre Stead was chief executive of the pre-merger IHS Inc. from 2006 to 2013 and from 2015 until the merger with Markit. [2]
Markit was founded in 2003 as Mark-it Partners, a financial data provider for daily credit default swap pricing. [7] [8] [9] The company grew via joint ventures and by acquiring other companies, [10] [11] [12] [13] merging with IHS in 2016. [14] [15]
On 30 November 2020, S&P Global and IHS Markit released information about a definitive all-stock deal[ clarification needed ] for around $44 billion, a deal which would be the largest of the year globally, according to Dealogic data. [16] [17] On September 9, 2021, GlobalData announced its purchase of the Pricing and Reimbursement dataset from IHS Markit. [18] In December 2021, the IHS Markit announced its intention to sell Base Chemicals to News Corp for a reported $295 million as part of an effort to alleviate concerns about competitive effects. [19] The purchase by S&P Global was finalized on 28 February 2022. [20] [21]
In 2023, S&P Global announced that it sold its engineering division, including the original IHS, to KKR & Co. The business was renamed Accuris. [32]
The London-based data and analytics firm formed by the 2016 merger of IHS Inc. and Markit Ltd.
IHS and Markit ... announced plans to merge