Opening the global market together
smartGAS Germany as the market leader of industrial infrared gas sensors and SIGAS China with its more than 12 years of expertise in gas analyzers, sensors, environmental monitoring systems and industrial process analysis systems have entered into a strategic merger. The merger of the two companies completes the fundamental future orientation to optimize the upstream and downstream industrial chains and open up the global market.
For more than 15 years, Heilbronner Zukunftsfonds has accompanied smartGAS Mikrosensorik GmbH as a financial investor from a start-up to a mature company. Now it was time for smartGAS to gain not only a financial but also, from a strategic point of view, an important technical partner for the future.
The acquisition of the Heilbronn Future Fund’s shares by SIGAS Measurement Engineering Corp. opens up new opportunities for both partners in terms of global brand entry, product and technology developments, and the expansion of international partnerships. In this context, the focus is also on the growth of the Heilbronn/Germany site.
Change in the management
As part of the acquisition, there will also be a change in the management team to drive forward the transformation of smartGAS. With the appointment of Sissi Chen and Tobias Henrich as new managing directors, smartGAS can draw on their concentrated experience in the industry.
Sissi Chen is founder and CEO of SIGAS Measurement Engineering Corp. and also has many years of experience in the measurement industry. Tobias Henrich, as Head of Sales, further developed his previous company into a force in the industry and has many years of experience in international sales. With this management team, smartGAS is optimally positioned to lead its global presence into a stable and sustainable future with a clear vision, mission and strategy.
In the last few years that Jörg Ronde has served as Managing Director of smartGAS, challenging circumstances such as the pandemic, the resulting supply chain crisis and the consequences of the war in Ukraine had to be overcome. Despite these difficult conditions, Jörg Ronde’s great commitment and extraordinary support helped the company achieve success. The smartGAS team appreciates him for his contribution and respects his decision to leave the company.
To all its business partners, smartGAS would like to communicate that the company will stick to the values it lives by and will remain a reliable and high-performance partner in the future, in line with its motto “Ambitious to make earth a safer place”.
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About smartGAS GmbH
smartGAS GmbH develops and produces reliable, precise and economical non-dispersive infrared absorption sensors (NDIR) as well as photoacoustic sensors (PAS) for gas detection in a wide range of applications. The product range includes sensors for gas analysis, process measurement and ambient air monitoring, devices as well as installation and customer solutions. Starting from the available standard sensors, smartGAS also offers customization to meet specific customer requirements – from a modification of the measuring range to the development of a completely new solution, everything is possible. The company currently employs around 30 people at its headquarters in Heilbronn.
Über SIGAS
SIGAS is a high-tech company founded by engineers trained in Germany. SIGAS specializes in research and development, production, sales, operation and maintenance of photoacoustic spectral trace gas analysis instruments, gas analysis sensors, environmental measurement systems and industrial process analysis systems. Smart sensing, precise measurement: SIGAS masters the core technology of optical and acoustic trace gas concentration detection, from gas sensor design and research and development to production and testing. Intelligent detection technology is the cornerstone for a CO2-reduced future. SIGAS has state-of-the-art patented technologies and provides customers with comprehensive technical solutions, jointly solves technical problems in gas detection, and provides gas analysis and detection of peripheral accessories, as well as operation and maintenance and other customized solutions.
