Partners Group-backed SPI Global completed the acquisition of Scientific Publishing Services from Springer Nature.

Partners Group-backed SPI Global, a content technology and content solutions enterprise, completed the acquisition of Scientific Publishing Services, an India-based service provider for print and digital publishers, from Springer Nature, a British German academic publishing company. Financial terms were not disclosed. "The acquisition of SPS is a major step in our strategic plan to be the definitive leader in content technology and knowledge services industries. The strength of SPS in print and digital publishing production services enhances SPi Global’s proven expertise in this area. In addition, SPS complements SPi’s sophisticated suite of solutions built for data-discovery and smart content in STM publishing, financial, legal and a wide spectrum of professional content segments. The addition of SPS provides us an opportunity to better serve the publishing industry through highly impactful technology, a diversified talent pool of SMEs and innovative end-to-end service offerings," Ratan Datta, SPi Global President and CEO.