Datalogic acquires Italian sensor company Micro Detectors

Datalogic Automation Pty Ltd

Monday, 22 March, 2021

Datalogic acquires Italian sensor company Micro Detectors

Datalogic has announced that it has acquired Italian sensor company M.D. Micro Detectors S.p.A., from Finmasi di Marcello Masi & C. S.A.p.A. Micro Detectors is a company based in Modena and operating in the design, production and sale of industrial sensors.

The acquisition will allow the Datalogic Group to strengthen its presence in the industrial automation market through the addition of inductive and ultrasonic sensors to its range of products, with applications in a variety of industrial sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, logistics and automotive.

The content of Micro Detectors’ range, combined with Datalogic’s product portfolio and distribution network, represents a growth project that aims at creating the main hub in Italy for sensors in the industrial automation sector.

“We are extremely pleased with the completion of this transaction,” said Dr Valentina Volta, Chief Executive Officer of Datalogic. “The Datalogic Group continues to focus on the manufacturing sector, which is characterised by high margins and excellent growth prospects in the high value-added segments of Industry 4.0. The acquisition of an outstanding business such as Micro Detectors, which has been operating for decades in the design and manufacturing of a wide range of industrial sensors, fits perfectly with the strategic path we have started, and allows us to further increase our presence in the industrial sensors market worth over $5 billion, by exploiting the numerous synergies deriving from the combination with our range of sensors, safety products and vision systems.

“We are also proud to have the opportunity to support, in the next phase of growth, a leading Italian technology company like Micro Detectors, led for over 20 years by a far-sighted entrepreneur like Dr Marcello Masi.”

“The sale of Micro Detectors to Datalogic is a source of great satisfaction to me and represents a unique opportunity to continue to increase the value of the company that I have run for 25 years, giving it continuity and allowing its people to continue to operate in Italy by becoming part of a large international group,” said Marcello Masi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Finmasi di Marcello Masi & C. S.A.p.A. “The strong innovative and technological content of Datalogic and mutual respect with Dr Valentina Volta make me confident of Micro Detectors’ ability to continue and even expand its growth path with the same entrepreneurial spirit with which I have led it so far.”

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