SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ:
TRMB) announced today that Delair-Tech has acquired its
Belgium-based Gatewing Unmanned
Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing business.
Delair-Tech is a leading provider of long-range, fixed-wing UAS
solutions for industrial inspection and asset management
applications headquartered in Toulouse,
France. Delair-Tech intends to grow the acquired business as
part of its portfolio. Financial terms were not disclosed.
"This transaction is part of our continuing program to tighten
our corporate focus," said Ron
Bisio, vice president of Trimble's Geospatial Division.
"Trimble will remain actively engaged in the market by leveraging
its brand-agnostic software technology for a broader range of UAS
platforms."
Gatewing has been reported as part of Trimble's Engineering and
Construction segment. The divestiture will not have a material
impact on either overall or segment financial results.
Strategic Alliances Expand UAS Options
In addition, Trimble has entered into strategic alliances with
Delair-Tech and Microdrones of Siegen, Germany. Microdrones is a leading provider of
multirotor UAS solutions. Under the agreements, Delair-Tech and
Microdrones will become preferred providers of both fixed-wing and
multirotor UAS solutions, with Trimble providing software, data
processing and deliverables to UAS operators across multiple
vertical markets.
"Trimble chose to partner with Delair-Tech and Microdrones to
strengthen our UAS portfolio," said Bisio. "Working together,
Delair-Tech and Microdrones will deliver industry-leading UAS
platforms and Trimble will focus on core software technology for
UAS that integrates positioning, remote sensing and photogrammetry.
The end goal is to deliver a complete solution to transform work
processes and efficiency for our customers."
"We are proud that Trimble selected us to be their fixed-wing
UAS solution provider. With the addition of Gatewing to our
portfolio, we can provide one of the most innovative and extensive
portfolios of long-range, fixed-wing commercial UAS solutions to
support Trimble and its distributors," said Michael Delagarde, CEO of Delair-Tech. "The
portfolio will continue to provide dedicated end-to-end
solutions, from hardware to fully processed aerial data, which can
then be turned into actionable business intelligence."
"Microdrones complement the Delair-Tech fixed-wing lineup with
one of the most resilient and stable Vertical Take-off and Landing
(VTOL) aircraft on the market today. This provides a complete
product line of tightly integrated solutions for mapping," said
Microdrone's president, Vivien Heriard
Dubreuil. "We're excited to support Trimble distributors to
enable a one-stop shop for UAS mapping solutions and to enable
their global customers to produce exceptional results on every
job."
About Delair-Tech
Delair-Tech provides long-range UAV solutions and unique image
processing techniques to enable companies to make better decisions.
In October 2012, Delair-Tech's DT18
was the first and only UAV in the world certified for Beyond Visual
Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) operations. This milestone set the tone for
the coming operational standards of long-range UAV. Since then,
millions of images have been processed to help inspect and monitor
infrastructures from all parts of the world—a testament to the high
endurance of Delair-Tech UAV systems—and the company has been
tasked with the unique experience of extracting only the most
valuable information from the massive amount of generated data.
Delair-Tech is headquartered in Toulouse,
France. www.delair-tech.com
About Microdrones
For more than ten years Microdrones stands for robustness,
endurance and hard-working engineering. UAS are the company's
passion: developing customized, intelligent solutions for various
applications, particularly in the industrial sector: aerial
inspections of pipelines, monitoring plants or identifing defective
solar cell with thermal imaging cameras—all by using GPS
navigation. Microdrones has a dedicated team focusing on building
the standards for the industrial UAS business around the globe:
safe, fast and environmental friendly. More than 1,000 customers
worldwide rely on microdrones—everyday the company's engineers, IT
specialists, scientific advisors and industry experts are working
on finding the best possible solution for them. Microdrones is
headquartered in Siegen, Germany.
www.microdrones.com
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering
products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds.
Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data
analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety
and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise
lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are
transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture,
construction, geospatial and transportation and logistics. For more
information about Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB),
visit: www.trimble.com.
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