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News Release from: Datasensor (UK)
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 28 October 2004
Italian sensor companies come together
Infra has joined the Datasensor group, forming a new Italian partnership devoted to sensors for industrial and civil applications.
Infra has joined the Datasensor group, forming a new Italian partnership devoted to sensors for industrial and civil applications The Board of Directors of Datasensor has approved the operation and an agreement has been reached with Infra's owner, Gianluca Fabris
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Apr 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Infra is based in Vicenza, Italy, and has been in the business of designing and manufacturing industrial sensors (photoelectric, inductive, capacitive and magnetic sensors) and sensors for doors and gates in residential and commercial applications for more than 30 years.
Infra's turnover for year 2004 will be around Eur 2.5 million, and its balance sheet for the first 6 months shows a 20% increase in sales with a strong rise of profit results in comparison with the first six months of 2003.
Exports account for around 70% of the company's annual turnover, and Infra is present in most strategic world markets.
According to Roberto Tunioli, Vice-President of Datasensor: "Through this operation Datasensor Group continues its way in building up and strengthening the Italian district of sensors manufacturing and plays a primary role in the global market of the industrial automation".
Lamerto Girolomoni, Managing Director of Datasensor, added: "The union with Infra enriches the group with new long-experience managing resources, enlarges the product offer and opens new market opportunities".
Gianluca Fabris, President and Managing Director of Infra, said: "Our entry in Hydra/Datasensor Group will permit us to share services and structures with a worldwide company".
"The flexibility and the autonomy of Infra will be the best assets for a strong acceleration in the required international development".
Girolomoni continued: "In Datasensor Group the innovation and the growth play a very important part".
"Datasensor invests more than 7% of its turnover in research and development in order to strengthen its international leadership".
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