North American Duravant acquires Cocentaina agrotech Multiscan

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This North American multinational Duravant announced on Tuesday Acquisition of Cocentaina company Multiscan, one of the Spanish market leaders in development machine vision systems for food processing. This acquisition will allow it to expand the portfolio of services and products it offers to its customers, the Illinois-based company said in a statement itself.

Multiscan designs and manufactures equipment for: Classification and inspection of fruit, vegetables and other agri-food products. Its portfolio includes highly intelligent vision and transport systems. automatic product sorting food and inspection systems Using advanced information management software and digital X-ray processing that ensures food safety compliance.

The company is present in multiple countries 35 countrieswhere its team of engineers, software developers and technical experts offers turnkey solutions from its production center in Europe. Multi-scan also Sales and service subsidiaries in the United States and Chile.

According to the last balance deposited in the Trade Registry, the company issued an invoice last year. 13.4 million €It made a profit of 1.9 million euros, 48.9% more than in the fiscal year 2020.

Plants of Multiscan in Cocentaina. Juani Ruz

Duravant’s executive director, Mike Kachmer, said the acquisition of the competitor would “extend its scope to agri-food markets”. smart control solutions It largely complements the offerings of Key Technology and WECO (two of the group companies). Their culture of innovation and loyalty to the customer make them a great member of the Duravant family.”

Simon Van Olmen, president of Multiscan, said that joining the North American multinational would mean “the company’s “faster magic more than ever before as we continue to deliver highly innovative solutions with full lifecycle support for our customers.”

Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Duravant is a global engineering equipment company with manufacturing, sales and service facilities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Just a few days ago, the North American firm announced its acquisition of the Belgian company. Marelec Food Technologies, manufacturer of grading, weighing and portioning solutions. Marelec serves the poultry, meat and marine industries by designing and manufacturing turnkey systems for such tasks.

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