US manufacturer of web gauging equipment NDC Infrared Engineering has acquired the IRM Group, a leading manufacturer of high-technology measuring systems for the metals industries.

The IRM Group is headquartered near Liege, Belgium and employs about 70 people providing a comprehensive range of products to test the flatness, width, thickness, edge profile and coatings of metals.
NDC Infrared Engineering, headquartered in Irwindale, California, USA, offers the world's most extensive range of non-contact sensors and systems for measurement of moisture, fat, protein and continuous web process variables such as coat weight and film thickness, according to the company. "IRM has established a very successful business with its excellent technologies and proven product range." said Bromley Beadle, president of NDC Infrared Engineering. "Now, with this investment, combined with NDC's global measurement and control reputation, we look forward to expanding and developing IRM's market position and to lead NDC into the metals business."
IRM will become aligned within NDC Infrared Engineering world-wide.
NDC Infrared is part of Spectris plc, the precision instrumentation and controls company. (ci)