Digi-Star Acquires European Technology Firm

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The Wisconsin-based Digi-Star LLC has purchased RDS Technology, a U.K. based company that manufactures a wide range of instrumentation for the agriculture and mobile machinery industry.

According to Digi-Star President Grant Ihrke, the two firms have numerous synergies with electronics and sensors that will complement each other's customers.

"Both companies will benefit from the expanded product lines and total integrated solutions for their international," Ihrke said.

RDS provides customized solutions to the agricultural and industrial machinery industry. Ihrke says Digi-Star and RDS engineers will continue to work closely with manufacturing customers to provide economic solutions that meet their technical requirements and improve the profitability and on-farm efficiency for the end user.

According to a media release, RDS management and operations will continue to be based in the Stroud region of England.

Digi-Star was purchased by Baird Capital Partners, which is a buyout fund of Baird Private Equity, in November 2011. They are a leading manufacturer of electronic weighing systems, providing measuring solutions to optimize agricultural performance.

The company also has a plant in Panningen, The Netherlands.