Variohm
Holdings Group acquires Herga
Variohm Holdings - the Sense, Measure and Motion Control group
has acquired Herga - the leading UK manufacturer, designer and
exporter of footswitches, hand controls and sensing solutions
for medical equipment and industrial control applications.
Herga, based in Bury St. Edmunds, was established over 60 years
ago and has developed a comprehensive range of electric and pneumatic
actuated foot and hand switching controls that meet a wide range
of international approvals including IEC/UL 60601. With extensive
manufacturing facilities including plastics moulding and electrical
assembly, the Company has also pioneered switching solutions
using infra-red and Bluetooth technology.
With some 50% of its range exported and with many OEM partners
for custom designed switching solutions, Herga will bring additional
product and manufacturing synergy to the Variohm Holdings Group
which includes sensor, measurement and motion control divisions
though Variohm EuroSensor, Ixthus Instrumentation and Heason
Technology. Variohm has represented Herga products over several
years and helped to establish a German subsidiary company to
handle its large business base in that important market area.
Roy Moffatt, Variohm Holdings' managing director comments, "Herga
joining the Variohm Holdings Group represents a very exciting
opportunity for all parties. Herga's excellent range of switching
and sensing solutions and its strong reputation for high quality
and value both broadens our portfolio of position, pressure and
temperature sensor products, and increases our capacity for manufacture
including plastic moulding. The move has further strengthened
the group and will increase our capability to attract and win
larger projects and customers."
March 2013
