April 16, 2008
ADAPTIVE INSTRUMENTS BECOMES PART OF SCADAgroup PTY
Hudson, MA – April, 16, 2008 – Adaptive Instruments, the market leader for design and manufacture of tether-free Wireless Smart Process Instrumentation systems has been acquired by SCADAgroup PTY of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. SCADAgroup is the largest privately held SCADA products and services company in the world.
The acquisition catapults Adaptive Instruments and the Accutech brand into new international markets and puts the resources of SCADAgroup firmly behind Adaptive’s aggressive growth plans. The wide range of Accutech tether-free wireless instrumentation products developed by Adaptive Instruments has secured an impressive installed base in key industries including oil and gas, pipelines, chemical, water, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and energy utilities.
“Nothing is more exciting than the addition of a star player to the team,” stated Paul Chisholm, Group Managing Director of SCADAgroup. “Adaptive Instruments enters our group with immediate synergies and a product line that will continue our drive to become the world’s foremost supplier of telemetry and process control technologies”.
In addition to acquisition, SCADAgroup also invests heavily in organic growth by funding development and delivery of highly differentiated, superior products and services. Leveraging Adaptive’s novel technology and portable packaged solution approach is an important business development priority.
Contact: Wallace Lueders, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Accutech, 577 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749. Tel: 1-800-879-6576. Fax: 978-568-9085. E-mail: wlueders@adaptiveinstruments.com, Web: www.accutechinstruments.com.
About SCADAgroup Pty Ltd
With over 500 employees and businesses spanning the globe SCADAgroup Pty Ltd is a holding company of a group of prominent international companies within the telemetry and process control industry. Companies held by SCADAgroup include Serck Controls of Australia and United Kingdom, a provider of process control and telemetry solutions to a broad range of industries and applications, Trio Datacom Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of data radio communications centered in Australia, Control Microsystems, a global supplier of telemetry and control technology headquartered in Canada, and Adaptive Instruments Corporation, a wireless instrumentation technology company out of the United States. Through continued investment, acquisitions and focused R&D across SCADAgroup businesses the company continues its plan to be the world’s foremost supplier of telemetry and process control products and services. Select this link for more information: http://scadagroup.com/pages/