Vaisala（维萨拉）收购芬兰K-Patents（凯帕特斯）集团，闯入液体测量市场

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     December 12, 2018 ,Vaisala acquires Finnish K-Patents Group, a pioneer in in-line liquid measurements for industrial applications. The acquisition broadens Vaisala’s product offering to liquid measurements and strengthens its position as the global leader in the industrial measurement market. The transaction includes K-Patents Oy and its subsidiaries in the US and China as well as Janesko Oy, K-Patents’ research and development organization.

    2018年12月12日， Vaisala（维萨拉）收购了芬兰K-Patents（凯帕特斯）集团，该集团是工业应用在线液体测量的先驱。 此次收购扩大了维萨拉的液体测量产品，巩固了其作为工业测量市场全球领导者的地位。 该交易包括K-Patents Oy及其在美国和中国的子公司以及K-Patents的研发组织Janesko Oy。

芬兰K-Patents（凯帕特斯）产品

    The acquisition enables Vaisala to expand its technological expertise and product portfolio from gas measurements into new business of liquid measurements.

    此次收购使维萨拉能够将其技术专长和产品组合从气体测量扩展到液体测量的新业务。

“Entering liquid measurement market is an important step for the growth of Industrial Measurements Business Area. Liquid measurements is a very attractive growth market for us, being approximately the same size as the gas measurement market where we operate today,” says Sampsa Lahtinen, Executive Vice President of Industrial Measurements, Vaisala.

“进入液体测量市场是工业测量业务领域发展的重要一步。 液体测量对我们来说是一个非常有吸引力的增长市场，与我们今天运营的气体测量市场大致相同，“维萨拉工业测量执行副总裁Sampsa Lahtinen说。

”Uniting Vaisala's strong global presence and production excellence with K-Patents premium offering and application knowledge creates a strong growth platform for this new market expansion, to which we will continue to invest also in the future,” Lahtinen continues.

“凭借K-Patents优质产品和应用知识，将维萨拉强大的全球业务和卓越生产结合在一起，为这一新的市场扩张创造了强大的增长平台，我们将在未来继续投资，”Lahtinen继续说道。

    Building on 40 years of high quality product development for liquid measurements, K-Patents is a global market leader in in-line process refractometers for hundreds of applications in pulp and paper, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries, as an example. The applications vary from measuring sugar content of soft drinks and juices, to measuring concentration of paper coating chemicals.

    基于40年来液体测量的高质量产品开发，K-Patents是在线工艺折光仪的全球市场领导者，为纸浆和纸张，食品和饮料，制药和半导体行业的数百种应用提供了示例。应用范围从测量软饮料和果汁的含糖量到测量纸张涂料化学品的浓度。

“K-Patents is specialized in high-end liquid measurement instruments, main product being the in-line process refractometer, which has a superior measurement performance in demanding environments. Combining the strengths of the two technology leaders enables us to serve our global customers even better and also capture new business opportunities,” says Jukka Levo, Chief Executive Officer, K-Patents Oy.

“K-Patents专注于高端液体测量仪器，主要产品是在线工艺折射仪，在苛刻的环境中具有卓越的测量性能。结合两位技术领导者的优势，我们可以更好地为全球客户服务，并抓住新的商机，“K-Patents Oy首席执行官Jukka Levo说。

    Net sales of K-Patents in 2017 amounted to EUR 11.4 million and it employs 60 people in Finland, the US and China. Vaisala will report K-Patents’ results as a part of Industrial Measurements Business Area’s financial results as of January 1, 2019.

    2017年K-Patents的净销售额为1140万欧元，在芬兰，美国和中国拥有60名员工。维萨拉将在报告中汇总K-Patents的最终收入，作为2019年1月1日工业测量业务领域财务业绩的一部分。

     About Vaisala
     Vaisala is a global leader in environmental and industrial measurements. Building on over 80 years of experience, Vaisala provides observations for a better world. We are a reliable partner for customers around the world, offering a comprehensive range of innovative observation and measurement products and services. Headquartered in Finland, Vaisala employs approximately 1,600 professionals worldwide and is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange.
     维萨拉是环境和工业测量领域的全球领导者。 凭借80多年的经验，维萨拉为更美好的世界提供观察。 我们是全球客户可靠的合作伙伴，提供全面的创新观察和测量产品和服务。 维萨拉总部位于芬兰，在全球拥有约1,600名专业人士，并在纳斯达克赫尔辛基证券交易所上市。


   About K-Patents
   关于凯帕特斯

    K-Patents was founded in 1978, when the company implemented a CCD (charged couple device) camera technology into a measuring instrument, and introduced the first truly digital process refractometer.

    K-Patents公司成立于1978年 ，当时K-Patents成功地将CCD相机技术应用于测量仪器中，并研制出世界上第一台真正意义上数字化在线折光仪。

    Since the beginning, K-Patents has been particularly successful in combining innovations in several different technical fields, e.g. in electronics, optics, mechanics and physics. This way it has always been able to provide superior design and new features compared to the existing products in the market.

   自公司成立以来，K-Patents成功地将多个不同领域的先进技术创新用于其产品中，例如：电子 ，光学，机械和物理等。因此K-Patents可以提供比市场上其他同类产品更精良的设计和最近技术的产品。

    Today, K-Patents is the technology and market leader, and the fastest grown supplier of process refractometers in the world.

    如今，K-Patents已经成长为技术和市场的领导者，并且也是在线折光仪领域发展最快的品牌。