Trimble announced that it has entered into
a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of RolleiMetric from Rollei GmbH
of Braunschweig, Germany in an all-cash transaction.
Sunnyvale,
Calif.- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced that it has entered into
a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of RolleiMetric from Rollei GmbH
of Braunschweig, Germany in an all-cash transaction. RolleiMetric is a leading
provider of metric camera systems for aerial imaging and terrestrial close
range photogrammetry. Closing of the transaction, anticipated at the beginning
of the fourth quarter, is subject to certain closing conditions. Financial
terms were not disclosed.
The purchase of the RolleiMetric products broadens Trimble's portfolio of
engineering scale mapping and asset management solutions. RolleiMetric's Aerial
Industrial Camera (AIC) has established an excellent reputation with aerial
mapping system original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and end users, and
complements Trimble's existing Spatial Imaging solutions as well as aerial
imaging solutions offered by its subsidiaries Applanix and INPHO. Additionally,
RolleiMetric personnel will enable Trimble to bring metric camera optics and
mechanical design expertise in-house. With a customer base in Europe, North and
South America, and Asia, RolleiMetric products
are used by service companies collecting geospatial data by photogrammetry as
well as state authorities and municipalities involved in supplying geospatial
information.
"RolleiMetric
complements our existing Integrated Surveying, Spatial Imaging, Site Positioning,
Mapping and GIS, and Mobile Mapping solutions. Our focus is on integrating
these solutions to streamline the collection and maintenance of high accuracy
as-built drawings for the transportation, civil engineering, and utilities and
energy transmission and distribution industries," said Ken Spratlin,
director for strategy and business development for Trimble. "As part of
the Trimble Connected Site solutions, high accuracy as-builts enable advanced
process and workflow integration from the design phase through construction to
the subsequent maintenance phase-delivering significant improvements in
productivity."
"RolleiMetric
provides a core competency in metric camera optics and mechanical design to
augment Trimble's portfolio of solutions," said Tobias Toelg, managing
director of RolleiMetric. "The acquisition provides us access to Trimble's
global resources that we can leverage to better serve our existing and future
clients worldwide. We are pleased to become a part of Trimble."
Tobias Toelg
and the staff of RolleiMetric will join Trimble and will be reported as part of
the Engineering and Construction segment.
For more information, visit:
www.rollei-metric.com
For more information, visit:www.rollei.com
Trimble Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire RolleiMetric Aerial Camera Assets from Rollei
September 18, 2008
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