Further product and manufacturing expansion for the Variohm Group
03/03/2022
Variohm Holdings Ltd (the Variohm Group), part of DiscoverIE, has further advanced its strategic product offering and manufacturing competency through the acquisition of the USA-based precision switching and linear position sensor producer Control Products Inc (CPI).CPI’s specialist range of standard and ATEX/IECEx/SIL2-rated draw-wire position sensors and its waterproof switch and thermal switching technologies suit heavy-duty application areas, where the ISO 9001-registered manufacturer has over seventy years of experience in demanding control tasks in aerospace and military, construction, off-highway, agriculture, mining, subsea, oil & gas and many other challenging fields. CPI develops, designs and manufactures its comprehensive product range from its purpose-built facility in East Hanover, New Jersey, USA.
As Variohm Holdings continues to expand, this latest acquisition brings the Variohm Group to eight engineering companies and a total of over 400 staff members specialising in sensors, switches, motion control and systems, each with a high degree of autonomy but with complete access to the Group’s shared expertise and resources. CPI joins the German/Hungarian manufacturer Limitor GmbH (temperature-control components), USA-based Phoenix America (magnetic encoder and magnetic sensors) and UK-based companies Variohm EuroSensor (sensor and transducer supplier and manufacturer), Herga Technology (switching and sensing solutions), Ixthus Instrumentation (specialist measurement systems), Heason Technology (motion-control components and custom-engineered systems) and Positek Limited (specialised linear and rotary inductive displacement sensor technologies).
Graham Pattison, Managing Director of Variohm, welcomes the CPI acquisition and the substantial opportunity it delivers for the Variohm Group’s manufacturing capability and potential sales growth: “This latest acquisition perfectly complements our vision and demonstrates DiscoverIE’s continued investment in the Variohm Group. By realising this increased synergy between our now eight members, we can deliver an increasingly more compelling offer to our valued customers.”
Mac Stuhler, General Manager of CPI, commented: “DiscoverIE and the Variohm Group is a really perfect fit for us. With its long and successful history of managing companies that produce the same kind of highly differentiated components that we manufacture, we are really looking forward to working within the Group and the new market opportunities offered.”
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