Take a look at and Measurement: R&S experiences elevated revenues, ‘robust demand’

German take a look at and measurement firm Rohde & Schwarz stated that it ended its fiscal yr with “elevated income and powerful order consumption.”

R&S is privately held, however the firm nonetheless experiences just a few of its monetary and working highlights every year. For its fiscal 2021/2022 yr, the corporate stated that revenues have been as much as 2.53 billion euros (about $2.5 billion), or about in comparison with 2.28 billion (about $2.26 billion) in its earlier fiscal yr. The corporate stated that every of its three divisions achieved double-digit development, however changing orders to billable gross sales was “impeded by the tight provide chain scenario.” Having vertically built-in vegetation in Germany, Czech Republic, Singapore and Malaysia helped the corporate keep steady, nevertheless.

Rohde & Schwarz stated that it noticed “robust demand for high-performance wi-fi testers, sign mills, spectrum analyzers and oscilloscopes” within the wi-fi communications and automotive applied sciences sectors, and that its companies offering safety scanners navy communications techniques and air visitors management techniques additionally have been on stable footing.

Rohde closed out June 2022 with round 13,000 staff, holding regular from final yr’s quantity.

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-Aerospace and protection firm Ametek, which additionally has companies together with take a look at gear and digital measurement, stated that it has made two new acquisitions: Navitar and RTDS Applied sciences. The 2 separate purchases price about $430 million complete and convey an extra $100 million in annual gross sales to Ametek. Each corporations will turn into a part of Ametek’s Digital Devices Group. Navitar focuses on high-precision optical parts and options to be used circumstances together with machine imaginative and prescient, robotics and industrial automation, whereas RTDS Applied sciences gives real-time energy simulation techniques utilized by utilities.

“These companies properly complement our present capabilities and strategically increase our presence in extremely enticing secular development areas,” stated David Zapico, Ametek’s chairman and CEO.

Each corporations be a part of AMETEK as a part of its Digital Devices Group. The transactions have already closed.