Asgard strengthens its physical measurement services business

The Asgard Group is pursuing its acquisition strategy by strengthening its service activity and its regional presence through the acquisition by its subsidiary Sofimae of Thuel.

For 32 years, Thuel has been offering calibration and verification services for measuring instruments within its approved Cofrac laboratory in dimensional metrology, pressure metrology and temperature metrology. The company also manages the fleet of measuring instruments as well as metrology consulting, the manufacture of pyrometric rods and the trading of dimensional measuring equipment.

Based in NEVERS, the company provides solutions to companies in diversified sectors of activity such as steel, rubber, automotive, glassware, food and mechanics.

The pooling of The measurement areas, material resources and skills of Sofimae and Thuel will enable the Group to improve its response to its customers' expectations by strengthening its service offering and its geographical presence.

The Asgard Group, together with AOIP, Dimelco and Sofimae, operates in many fields of activity such as energy, automotive, nuclear, defense, transport, telecoms, industry, laboratories and education.

Sofimae is a service provider, offering a complete range of services for the verification, calibration, maintenance and management of the fleet of measuring instruments carried out on site or in its laboratories. Sofimae has three Cofrac accreditations (Temperature, Time – Frequency and Electricity – Magnetism). Sofimae operates from its laboratories based in the Paris region and the Lille region.

AOIP is a recognized player in Measurement, whose equipment and solutions are used by more than 40,000 customers in sixty countries covering all sectors of industry and laboratories. It designs, develops and sells instrumentation equipment (Calibration, Ohmmeters and Data Acquisition Systems), navigation systems and engine starters. Dimelco, merged with SANOR since its acquisition in 2019 and strengthened by the acquisition of AJ Service in 2022, is a specialized distributor present throughout France, offering multi-brand test and measurement equipment for industrial use and instrumentation and process solutions.