Pepperl+Fuchs has announced the takeover of ecom instruments, a market leader for mobile industrial devices for hazardous areas. The company domiciled at Assamstadt, Germany achieved its position as a technology leader by developing explosion-proof cellphones, 4G smartphones and tablets. With this acquisition, Pepperl+Fuchs complements its portfolio and know-how in explosion protection with mobile solutions.
“In ecom instruments we found an industry pioneer with 15% growth rate which, for decades, proved and strengthened its technology leadership in mobile explosion protection and now complements our offering with a competitive portfolio reaching far into the future,” said Dr. Gunther Kegel, CEO of the Pepperl+Fuchs group.
“Besides the expanded product portfolio we can see new opportunities arising along the entire value added chain. With this we can not only strengthen our offering in the field of explosion protection, but we can achieve a much better market position and consequently generate new solutions around the complexity of Industry 4.0,” added Kegel.
“The expertise in explosion protection and the widespread international salesforce of Pepperl+Fuchs made them our favourite partner from the very beginning,” stated Rolf Nied, founder and managing partner of ecom instruments. “Our innovative devices do not only fill a gap in their portfolio, but allow ecom instruments and Pepperl+Fuchs to develop future business models and solutions at the Centre of Competence at Assamstadt, to gain access to the enormous growth potential of the ongoing digitalisation of industry.”
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