Trimble acquires Actronic to extend Connected Site portfolio

Trimble has acquired Actronic Holdings Limited (Actronic Technologies) of Auckland, New Zealand in order to extend its Connected Site portfolio. Actronic Technologies is a leading provider of weighing technology and payload information systems for construction, aggregates, mining and waste markets. The firm produces the industry renowned LOADRITE weighing system for wheeled loaders, excavators, conveyors and waste collection vehicles. LOADRITE systems provide equipment operators, site foremen and project ma
June 12, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
2122 Trimble has acquired Actronic Holdings Limited (Actronic Technologies) of Auckland, New Zealand in order to extend its Connected Site portfolio.

Actronic Technologies is a leading provider of weighing technology and payload information systems for construction, aggregates, mining and waste markets.

The firm produces the industry renowned 5004 Loadrite weighing system for wheeled loaders, excavators, conveyors and waste collection vehicles. LOADRITE systems provide equipment operators, site foremen and project managers with accurate payload weights and allow them to ensure that machines are loaded to optimal capacity and that loads are accurately recorded. Weight information combined with fleet dynamics and cycle time tracking provides metrics for monitoring and improving both machine and project performance.

LOADRITE extends Trimble’s Connected Site portfolio by adding weight as an element of information collected at the machine. This extended capability will better enable contractors to use the Trimble Connected Site to achieve improved comprehensive real-time intelligence on asset and site productivity for the contractors mixed fleet. Trimble’s Connected Site is an extensive information architecture that optimises and integrates operations across the construction site and the office, thereby enabling improved planning, more advanced monitoring, and significantly greater productivity.

“The acquisition of Actronic Technologies empowers machine operators, foremen, supervisors and project managers to understand machine performance and progress across the entire site within the aggregate, construction, mining and waste industries,” said Roz Buick, vice president and general manager of Trimble’s Heavy Civil Construction Division. “LOADRITE weighing systems expand the richness of the Connected Site information we collect from machines and complements the productivity and reporting capabilities we already provide our customers.”

Gottfried Pausch, general manager for Actronic Technologies, said.,“I believe the addition of the LOADRITE system to Trimble’s leading portfolio of positioning and automation technology solutions extend our collective ability to deliver more powerful and robust solutions designed to improve operational efficiency and reporting and allow our customers to maximize their profits.”

Financial terms of Trimble’s acquisition of Actronic Holdings have not been disclosed.

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