• Includes RuggedO2™ Optical Oxygen Sensors and Instrumentation
FORT COLLINS, CO, Oct. 15, 2007 -- In-Situ Inc. has announced its acquisition of TauTheta Instruments LLC, Boulder, Colorado, USA. The acquisition, which was completed earlier this year, combines TauTheta's R&D capabilities with In-Situ's new product development, manufacturing and commercialization talent. TauTheta's real-time optical oxygen monitoring technology will provide an additional growth platform for In-Situ, which was the first company to introduce Optical Dissolved Oxygen instrumentation into the natural water monitoring marketplace in 2004. TauTheta's products are used in environmental, industrial process, food and beverage, medical, biomedical and life science applications.
"The intellectual property, knowledge and applied experience that the TauTheta team brings to our organization will ensure continued strong growth for In-Situ in the environmental monitoring market segments," said Bob Blythe, President and CEO of In-Situ Inc. Through its acquisition of TauTheta, In-Situ sees significant opportunity for continued technological leadership and product development of its Rugged Dissolved Oxygen instrumentation in the wastewater and aquaculture process control and monitoring marketplace.
TauTheta will also benefit from In-Situ's extensive research and development, manufacturing, and customer service operations to further expand its market share of Optical Oxygen Sensor technologies within bio-fermentation, life sciences food and beverage and ultra-pure water monitoring applications. "In-Situ's commitment to innovation and their track record of heavy investment into R&D of new technology fits our business model well," said Alan Baron, President of TauTheta Instruments LLC. "We are looking forward to working jointly with In-Situ in delivering innovative optical sensing solutions focused on customer-driven market needs."
In-Situ Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of in situ (on-site) environmental water quality and water quantity monitoring instrumentation.
TauTheta Instruments LLC develops low-cost, robust, compact and easy-to-use phase and lifetime based optical technologies for environmental, industrial process, food and beverage and life science applications.
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