Decagon merges with UMS to form METER Group

Decagon Devices informed that they are merging with UMS, a sensor specialist based in Munich, Germany. Along with this decision comes a new name for the combined company: METER Group. The timeline for release of METER Group and its sub-brands will be phased over the next several months; the most immediate of which is "METER Environment,"the environmental research products subdivision. "METER Crops," the irrigation management subdivision, will follow in 2017.

Decagon will continue to offer all the sensors and instruments you’ve come to rely on, including their complete line of lab instruments, environmental sensors and data loggers.

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