Metso purchases Viconsys machine vision systems business
April 16 2010 Metso acquires Viconsys web inspection and web break system business. The target of the acquisition is to complete the automation product and service offering to the paper industry.
The expanding product offering will fit well to Metso's global sales and service network, Metso writes in a press release. Through this network, Metso is able to improve its customer service for existing and new customers.Viconsys is known as an industry benchmark and global market leader in the machine vision technology. Within three years, it has been able to get more than one hundred delivery references.The acquired business, comprising around 30 persons, is affiliated to
Metso’s Energy and Environmental Technology Segment as of April 15.