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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2014
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NDC Infrared Engineering and
Beta LaserMike, both part of
the
Spectris
family
of
companies and recognised
worldwide in non-contacting
measurement and control
solutions, have merged to
create NDC Technologies.
The combination strengthens
the new company’s position in
the marketplace by offering a
more comprehensive portfolio
of gauging solutions with
enhanced cross-selling oppor-
tunities. In addition, the new
operating model expands the
company’s reach to better
serve its growing global base of
customers.
The corporate headquarters of
NDC Technologies will be
based in Irwindale, California,
USA. NDC Technologies is part
of Spectris PLC, a supplier of
productivity enhancing instru-
mentation and controls, based
in the UK.
Drew Cheshire, president of
NDC Technologies, said: “This
merger supports our overall
strategy to deliver the most
comprehensive and highest
quality
measurement
and
control solutions on the market.
“It brings together two
best-in-class companies, each
with strong offerings directed
to meet the unique needs of
our target markets. By
combining these rich offerings
into a single complete portfolio,
we can provide customers with
a broad range of gauging
systems that meet a diverse
scope
of
application
requirements. This combination
will yield many synergies and
benefits in the years ahead and
pave the foundation for future
growth.”
“This merger represents the
best strategic move for both
NDC Infrared Engineering and
Beta LaserMike, and it is the
strategy that is most likely to
deliver increased value to our
respective stakeholders,” said
Ken Wright, former president of
Beta LaserMike and now
president of global engineering
and marketing for NDC
Technologies.
“We are confident that the
combined company, NDC
Technologies, will increase our
competitive
advantage
in
products, sales distribution,
and technical support, while
enhancing our relationships
with customers and partners.”
Other key strategic benefits of
the merger include:
• Commitment to inno-
vation: The combined
company
shares
a
commitment to delivering
innovative, cost-effective
solutions to address the
unique needs of industry
and customers
• Commitment to customer
excellence:
The
new
company has proven teams
of talented, experienced
employees
and
sales
representatives with strong
customer relationships and
a commitment to customer
excellence
• Commitment to operational
ease:
Integration
of
business intelligence syst-
ems will streamline busi-
ness processes, enhance
the customer experience,
and make it easier for
customers to work with
NDC Technologies
• Financial strength and
flexibility:
NDC
Tech-
nologies is part of Spectris
PLC, a technology based
company with over $2
billion in revenue and listed
on the London Stock
Exchange
NDC Technologies will offer
four key product groups:
• Web solutions: For the
converting,
extrusion,
calendering,
and
non
wovens industries, deliv-
ering
real-time
meas-
urement and control of key
product parameters such
as
product
thickness,
coating thickness, and
basis weight
• Sensors: On-line gauges
and at-line analysers for
the
measurement
of
moisture and other key
product constituents in the
food, chemical, pharm-
aceutical, mineral, bulk
materials and tobacco
industries
• Metals: X-ray gauges for
the on-line measurement of
thickness, coat weight,
width and optical flatness
measurement
for
the
ferrous and non-ferrous
metals industries
• Laser and ultrasonics:
Non-contact gauges for the
on-line
and
off-line
measurement of diameter
and ovality, wall thickness
and eccentricity, length and
speed,
and
other
dimensional monitoring of
products in the wire and
cable, fibre optics, pipe and
tube, building, non-wovens,
paper, plastic and metals
industries.
NDC Technologies – USA
Website
:
www.ndc.comJoining forces after merger
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The headquarters of NDC Technologies at Irwindale, California, USA
New
director
Surface
Technology, a
specialist supplier
of high
performance
surface
treatments and
metal finishings,
has appointed
Andrew Courtney
as group
operations
director.
Mr Courtney
started his career
as an apprentice
engineer and
gained experience
in various
industries before
being appointed
to the position of
regional sales
engineer at
Surface
Technology in
1988.
With an HNC in
mechanical and
production
engineering, he
previously held
the positions of
operations
director at Surface
Technology’s
Slough and
Coventry facilities,
respectively, and
most recently was
group sales and
marketing
director.
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Group
operations
director Andrew
Courtney