IRWINDALE, Calif. (Aug. 11, 2011)—NDC Infrared Engineering, part of Spectris p.l.c., has acquired Alleur, Belgium-based IRM Group S.A., a manufacturer of high-technology measuring systems for the metals industries.
IRM will become aligned worldwide within NDC, a producer of web gauging equipment for the plastics, rubber, nonwoven and extrusion coated businesses.
IRM employs about 70 people and creates products to test the flatness, width, thickness, edge profile and coatings of metals. NDC Infrared Engineering employs more than 200.