Hawk Measurement America, LLC (Lawrence, Mass.; www.hawkmeasure.com) and Flo-Corp (Medina, Ohio; www.flo-corp.com), leading manufacturers and suppliers of advanced process instrumentation and cloud-based monitoring technology, today announced the merger of the two companies creating a complete flow, level and asset monitoring solutions provider. The merger is effective August 26.
“Hawk and Flo-Corp are merging to increase our already high commitment to our customers by bringing the most innovative products to market and establish a manufacturing base in the Americas. This is a very exciting event for both companies, for our employees, and our customers,” said Jack Evans, President of Hawk Measurement. “By combining Hawk’s award-winning measurement technology, together with Flo-Corp’s measurement monitoring solutions within a subscription-based platform, we are increasing our ability to provide unmatched customer support, innovative technologies and system solutions.”
The combined company is privately held and will operate under the Hawk brand. Les Richards will remain CEO of Hawk Measurement Systems. Jack Evans will remain president of Hawk Measurement and Dave Grumney, CEO of Flow-Corp, will become VP of sales for Hawk Measurement.
“The combined company will be able to fuel innovation and provide services to our customers that will make an immediate impact to their bottom line. Together we will lay down a new level of customer experience that will provide comprehensive solutions with the right field measurements, data analytics to data anywhere with the industry leading Global Enterprise Data Cloud,” said Dave Grumney.
HAWK develops and manufactures level measurement equipment based on different technologies such as, Acoustic Wave, Ultrasonic, Microwave, Radar, Flotation Cell Level Monitoring, and Fiber Optic Sensing. The company has a distinguished record of success in the application of level, positioning and flow measurement technology, and a plethora of expert services which range from the provision of instrumentation and technical assistance, through to implementation and ongoing asset management.
Flo-Corp is a flow, level and cloud-based monitoring solutions provider. Starting in 1989 as a distribution company, Flo-Corp quickly grew to manufacture their own product lines after seeing how frequently their customers needed more than just off-the-shelf solutions. As a U.S. manufacturer, Flo-Corp has control over origin of product, quality, and lead times as well as creative control in the development of new products.