The Kistler Group has acquired Germany-based Schatz AG and its U.S. sales and service company, Schatz USA Inc.
The Schatz Group, with 2015 sales of €16 million (US$18.2 million), develops, manufactures, and distributes laboratory systems for the analysis of screw connections, calibration equipment and test systems for torque tools, and portable measurement systems for random sample testing.
This acquisition gives the Kistler Group new potential applications in quality assurance in industrial manufacturing.