Actuant has completed the acquisition of CrossControl. Actuant is a $1.6 billion diversified industrial company with operations in more than 30 countries, headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, US. CrossControl will operate within the Maxima Technologies business, part of Actuant’s Engineered Solutions segment. Maxima Technologies is a leading global supplier of severe-duty electronic instrumentation including displays and clusters, machine controls and sensors for customers requiring highly engineered solutions.CrossControl is a supplier of highly advanced control system solutions for industrial vehicles in industries like mining. It supplies products and services to leading vehicle OEMs like John Deere, Atlas Copco, Cargotec and Bombardier Transportation. The product portfolio includes ruggedised and advanced displays, main controllers and I/O controllers. The largest share of revenue comes from solutions for Human Machine Interaction, based on the company’s CCpilot display computing product platform.

“As a part of Actuant we have the backing and financial strength to develop CrossControl into a truly global provider of advanced vehicle control solutions” comments Peter Lageson, CEO of CrossControl, and continues “We will now be able to accelerate our growth in Europe and US and we will also get more momentum in our business in China and other emerging markets.”

“CrossControl strengthens Maxima Technologies position in the industrial vehicle market, adding advanced HMI and vehicle control solutions to its portfolio and also creating an expandedglobal footprint for our business” comments John Buck, President Maxima Technologies and continues   “With the addition of Cross Control, Maxima will be able to provide a wider range of technical solutions for our customers in every region of the world.   We bring a strong base of local support and manufacturing to grow the CrossControl products globally.”