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Datalogic Automation, Accu-Sort, PPT Vision merge
Datalogic S.p.A., the Bologna, Italy-based supplier of automatic identification solutions, including bar-code readers,
mobile computers, and RFID and vision systems, said it has
integrated its Datalogic Automation, Accu-Sort Systems,
and PPT Vision units into a single organization.
Gian Paolo Fedrigo, CEO of Datalogic Automation, will
lead the merged group, Datalogic said.
The move follows Datalogic’s acquisitions in late 2011 of
PPT Vision and Accu-Sort Systems, which the company
said has doubled its presence in the industrial automation
market. According to the parent company, the Accu-Sort
acquisition gave it a 31-percent share of the industrial bar-code scanner market.
The consolidation brings together three separate but
complementary business lines. Datalogic Automation offers
solutions for traceability, inspection, and detection in man-
ufacturing and logistics processes, and manufacturing and
automatic warehousing applications. Accu-Sort focuses on
the design, production, integration, and maintenance of
automatic identification and material handling solutions.
PPT Vision serves the machine vision market.
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