With the acquisition of IME, the Legrand Group, which Bticino is Italian leader of, continues its growth in strong potential markets focused on development of energy efficiency and energy distribution.
IME, Italian leading and European specialist for analogic and digital measuring instruments, is based in Corsico (Milan) with subsidiaries in France and Germany (staff of 160 employees and about 23 million euro turnover in 2014).
“This acquisition will enable us to enrich our advanced solutions for smart buildings,” said Franco Villani, CEO of BTicino“, especially in the service sector and industry where the measurement of electrical parameters will be more and more pervasive”.