Rion and Norsonic, two financially strong companies are joining forces with the aim to be the world’s leading supplier of measurement solutions for sound and vibration applications. As Kiyokatsu Iwahashi, the President & CEO of Rion outlines: "We are convinced that acquiring Norsonic, a well-known company in Europe, with outstanding expertise, R&D performance, and products, will help us achieve our objective of contributing to the world as stated in our corporate philosophy. Our goal is to become the world’s number one supplier."
Norsonic will continue as an independent company within the Rion group, and all operations will continue from the HQ in Norway. Customers will benefit from a strengthened R/D and marketing capacity with continued strong focus on local presence and customer support.
"It is the best owner Norsonic and its employees could have wished for. With Rion’s knowledge and reputation, I am convinced that our customers will continue to get the best products possible in the future,” adds Norsonic’s Board of Directors chairman Svein Arne Nordby.
"Rion and Norsonic are both supplying sound level meters, data acquisition systems and data analysis software, however, with very little overlap. Neither the products themselves nor the market distribution have seen much direct competition, hence, the synergies of this acquisition are great," states Norsonic's CEO, Steinar Bøhn.
In North America, Scantek a leading provider of sound and vibration measurement instrumentation solutions to the North America market, has also been the distributor channel for Rion products. Over the decades, both companies used their R&D efforts and focus on different applications, resulting in individual strengths and fields of expertise. With its high investments in R&D over the last decade, Norsonic is today in a stronger financial position than it has been ever before, with an outstanding product portfolio.
"With Norsonic’s main shareholders approaching retirement age, we are very happy to announce that Rion is taking our common vision to the next step by acquiring the shares in Norsonic AS. Two financially very strong companies are joining forces with the aim to be the world’s leading supplier of measurement solutions for sound and vibration applications," Rion states in the announcement.
Norsonic will be the R&D center for high-end premium sound level meters and highly sophisticated software for Building acoustics, Room acoustics, Sound Power and cloud-based noise and vibration monitoring, while Rion will continue to focus on their strength supplying high-quality, cost-effective sound level meters mainly for industrial hygiene and noise assessments measurements along with dataloggers and analyzers for industrial applications.
The two companies will cooperate in common research projects including developing new measurement platforms, AI technology and strengthen the market presence worldwide.
www.norsonic.com | www.scantekinc.com
www.rion.co.jp
