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Elcometer acquires Braive Instruments
Elcometer Instruments has acquired the business of Braive Instruments, Belgium and their French company Braive France Sarl - manufacturers of physical test equipment for paints and powders.
Elcometer Instruments has acquired the business of Braive Instruments, Belgium and their French company Braive France Sarl - leading manufacturers of physical test equipment to the paint and powder industry The companies will become part of the Elcometer worldwide business network and will be renamed Elcometer Sprl and Elcometer Sarl, respectively
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Braive Instruments manufactures and supplies a wide range of high quality, affordable inspection equipment for the testing of the physical properties of both paint and powder formulations.
The Company1s wide range of products include viscosity cups; wet film thickness gauges, wet film applicators and filmographs; bend testers; drying time recorders; washability testers; and corrosion and humidity cabinets.
Braive was founded in 1948 and has representation in over 50 countries throughout the world.
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"Braive Instruments1 modern manufacturing facility in Li?ge, Belgium enables Elcometer to expand its production capability substancially, making Elcometer perhaps the only company in its field to truly manufacture and supply a complete range of testing and inspection equipment to the coatings industry.
Their extensive product range and sales personnel will enhance the Elcometer corporate philosophy of providing a complete coatings inspection solution of high quality products at affordable prices.
We welcome them into the Elcometer family," said Ian Sellars, Managing Director of Elcometer.
Michael Sellars, Director and Sales Manager of Elcometer, stated, "We are thrilled to have the exceptional skills and technical capabilities of the Braive people.
The additional product range together with Braive1s sales offices in Belgium and France and the additional distribution channels will allow Elcometer to offer a higher level of service and support to its customers around the world.
Elcometer will effectively become the primary source for customers needing coating inspection equipment." "The Braive products for physical testing of coatings fills a need within the Elcometer range that our customers worldwide have, for some time, expressed a demand for," remarked John Fletcher, Technical Support Manager, Elcometer.
"Over recent years changes to paint formulations, driven by environmental considerations, mean that the requirement to test coating materials has increased.
With the inclusion of the Braive product range, Elcometer will be able to continue to serve this need and further develop its range of products." Elcometer has been world innovators in the inspection industry for over 55 years, developing a complete range of coating inspection equipment for the quality control of surface coatings which include an extensive range of coating thickness gauges, adhesion and porosity testers.
Elcometer also manufactures a complete range of gauge multiplexers and Statistical Process Control equipment.
Elcometer, whose headquarters are in Manchester, England, have offices in the USA, Germany, The Republic of Singapore and Canada.
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