SRI/Surgical Express (NASDAQ:STRC) acquired by Synergy Health for $25M

SRI/Surgical Express (NASDAQ:STRC), a Tampa supplier of sterile surgical gowns and surgical instruments, was acquired by British-based Synergy Health plc for $25.1M to expand its U.S. business of providing sterilization services to hospitals.  SRI/Surgical supplies its products to about 470 U.S. hospitals and surgery centers in the US. It employed 799 at the end of 2011 and operated 10 processing centers around the country. SRI/Surgical was founded in Tampa in 1991 by Wayne R. Peterson and James Boosales and went public in 1996.  The current CEO is Gerald Woodward. Read more here.