HBK announces acquisition of Sentech, expanding capabilities in embedded sensing

Sentech is a technology-driven company with over 35 years' experience designing and manufacturing standard and custom-engineered precision position and speed sensors for use in mission critical components to enable performance of high value assets. It currently employs 86 people across its two sites.

Sentech solutions are trusted by over 350 blue chip companies and used in critical applications across power generation, aerospace and defence, space, and high-performance industrial end markets. This makes them highly complementary to the HBK portfolio and customer proposition, in particularly alongside Dytran by HBK and Microstrain by HBK solutions.

Sentech will expand HBK's embedded sensor portfolio by adding Linear Variable Displacement Transformers (LVDT), Rotary Variable Differential Transformers (RVDT) and speed-sensing technologies, creating a more complete offering.

Ben Bryson, President of HBK, said: "I'm extremely excited and proud to welcome the Sentech team into HBK. They have a wealth of technical know-how for precision sensing in the same premium high growth end markets that HBK serve, notably aerospace and defence, energy and industrial sectors. They also bring complementary technologies that are a strategic fit with our existing sensor portfolio.

"The Sentech team has established very strong connections with leading customers and act with pace and an entrepreneurial mindset to empower those customers. They should be proud of their results and the significant business growth they have delivered. I can't wait to work with the team to realise the value of our combined market leading capabilities to Empower the Innovators.

"Thank you to all of the team who have achieved this important acquisition, our first under our new ownership model. We are excited to continue growing our business through organic initiatives and highly strategic acquisitions such as Sentech."

Bob Irving, President and CEO of Sentech, said: "I'm delighted that Sentech will become part of HBK and Spectris Group. Our heritage is built on a proven ability to innovate and develop sensor technology leadership through our team's hands-on engineering and institutional know-how.

"Our sustained growth reflects the deep relationships we have cultivated with a loyal customer base. As we unlock our next chapter, I'm pleased that this will remain core in our new relationship with HBK with their promise to Empower the Innovators, and that we will be able to leverage their strength and market presence to continue to grow."