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News Release from: Winters Instruments
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 June 2002
Winters takes over in the southern
hemisphere
Winters Instruments has acquired Rhomberg, a leading manufacturer of industrial instrumentation and industrial automation located in Cape Town, South Africa.
Winters Instruments has acquired Rhomberg, a leading manufacturer of industrial instrumentation and industrial automation located in Cape Town, South Africa Rhomberg is a designer (ISO9001 certified), manufacturer and supplier of pressure and temperature measuring instruments
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Rhomberg originated as two separate organisations: Control Instruments Gauge, which was established in 1957 as Ferris Instrumentation, and Rhomberg Electronics, which was formed in 1971.
Currently, Rhomberg employs over 300 employees and has various locations in South Africa (Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban) and a facility in the UK.
Rhomberg's product line features a wide array of electronic products (i.e monitoring relays, proximity sensors, temperature controllers and electronic counters for industrial automation and instrumentation and mechanical instruments (pressure gauges, test equipment and thermometers).
Rhomberg markets to a diverse international marketplace including: manufacturing industries, processing industries, mining, agriculture, original equipment manufacturers, switchboard manufacturers and a large number of utility services, such as power stations, hospitals and local authorities.
In a related transaction, Winters has also acquired Rhomberg Electronica, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Rhomberg Electronica distributes a wide range of electronic products for various industrial applications including; optoelectronic sensors, electronic protectors, safety switches, monitoring relays, digital indicators, temperature controllers, magnetic sensors and inductive sensors.
These two acquisitions will enable Winters to continue its global growth strategy to become the leading industrial instrumentation manufacturer for the measurement of pressure and temperature.
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