Waters’ TA Instruments Buys Dilatometer Company

 New Castle, DE 9/25/18—TA Instruments, a Waters company, had purchased certain assets of Theta Industries for an undisclosed amount. Theta Industries provides instrumentation for high-temperature thermophysical property measurements, including dilatometers and viscometers. “We are excited to work with Theta customers, to introduce them to our expert global support network, and TA’s advanced technologies for thermophysical measurements,” stated TA Instruments President Terry Kelly.

Asked if the acquisition adds new capabilities to TA Instruments’ product lines, Arthur Kravchenko, vice president of Marketing at TA Instruments, told IBO, “TA instruments is continuously improving our products and technologies to serve our customers better, and this transaction will help facilitate that cycle of innovation. In addition, the employees of Theta are joining TA Instruments. These employees bring with them years of experience building, testing, installing and servicing dilatometers and high-temperature viscometers.”  

Mr. Kravchenko declined to disclose which assets were acquired, but stated, “While the specific terms of our transaction with Theta are confidential, the assets we acquired will allow us to open new opportunities for our company, extend our leadership in the thermophysical property measurement area and support the existing customer base.” He added, “We are excited to introduce Theta customers to the diverse technologies of our company and help them become familiar with our broad product lines in thermal analysis, rheology and other analytical instrumentation areas.”  

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