Emerson Acquires Groveley Detection to Expand Safety Offerings

June 24, 2013
Groveley’s ultrasonic gas leak detection technology feeds more monitoring solutions through Emerson Process Management into the oil and gas arena.

Broadening its involvement even further into the oil and gas industry, Emerson Process Management has acquired Groveley Detection, which makes ultrasonic gas leak detection solutions for offshore and onshore oil and gas installations. UK-based Groveley Detection’s particular claim to fame is its piezoelectric-based ultrasonic gas leak detector technology engineered for extreme industrial applications.

Groveley will be folded into Emerson’s Rosemount Analytical business unit, expanding its safety monitoring portfolio. With the completed acquisition, Emerson significantly strengthens its position in the global safety monitoring market, adding Groveley’s technology to the existing Net Safety fixed gas detection and flame detection product line. Groveley’s products are used in a broad range of energy exploration and processing applications, in addition to several industrial plant settings.

“The acquisition of Groveley expands our capabilities to offer the most comprehensive solution to our customers for their total safety monitoring requirements,” said Ken Biele, president of Emerson Process Management’s Analytical Group. “The addition also leverages our companies’ synergies in sales, marketing, engineering and other key operational areas.”

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Aaron Hand | Editor-in-Chief, ProFood World

Aaron Hand has three decades of experience in B-to-B publishing with a particular focus on technology. He has been with PMMI Media Group since 2013, much of that time as Executive Editor for Automation World, where he focused on continuous process industries. Prior to joining ProFood World full time in late 2020, Aaron worked as Editor at Large for PMMI Media Group, reporting for all publications on a wide variety of industry developments, including advancements in packaging for consumer products and pharmaceuticals, food and beverage processing, and industrial automation. He took over as Editor-in-Chief of ProFood World in 2021. Aaron holds a B.A. in Journalism from Indiana University and an M.S. in Journalism from the University of Illinois.

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