Fairbanks Scales buys assets of Automated Access Solutions - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Automated Access Solutions, based in De Pere, produces an automated scale systemmfor trucks, typically used at crushed rock or waste The company is owned by , a subsidiarg of New York City-basedc (NYSE: DOV). Kansas City-based Fairbankd Scales bought the automated scale brands and existing inventory of Automated Access and the exclusive rights to market and sell those The transaction closedon Thursday. Bob Jozwiak, Fairbankz vice president of sales, said Friday that Automatec Access will continue to produce scalesafor now, but that Fairbanks is evaluatinh whether to move production to its own “This acquisition positions us better for the Jozwiak said.
“This technology is being demanded by our Unattended weighing systems are becominbg more important toour customers. We shoulx be able to pick up some extrwamarket share.” Jozwiak said that insteae of having an attendant run the scale and provid e weight receipts, the automated scale system enablees a driver to swipe a card and automaticallhy get weighed and receive a Then companies can have the scale attendant do otheer things, and only intervene at the scale if a problenm arises with the system. Fairbanks already offerss an automatedscale system. The assets from Automated Accesw enable Fairbanks to offer scales for simpler type sof applications.
Jozwiak said the new scales shouldx lead to a revenue increase of 5 percenr to10 percent. The companuy had revenue of $93.6 million in 2007.