Carrier Global Corporation, on behalf of its Sensitech business, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the monitoring solutions business of Berlinger & Co. AG, a Swiss family-owned company.
Berlinger & Co specialises in customised solutions for monitoring temperature-sensitive goods in the pharmaceutical and life science, clinical trial and global health segments.
Bhasker Kaushal, vice president & general manager, Sensitech and Refrigeration Aftermarket, said the acquisition is an opportunity to expand Sensitech’s portfolio of monitoring solutions for pharma supply chains and accelerate growth in strategically important adjacencies.
“Digitization, sustainability, and automation are transforming pharma supply chains and driving adoption of real-time monitoring and cloud-based solutions,” Kaushal said.
“Sensitech and Berlinger share a common vision and focus on innovation, and through this combination we will deliver comprehensive and differentiated monitoring solutions that deliver patient safety, supply chain efficiency and sustainability outcomes for our customers.”
Berlinger brings a suite of proprietary and high-quality hardware and software solutions that broaden Sensitech’s end-to-end cold chain monitoring product portfolio.
These include the SmartSystem platform, which enables modular, real-time, end-to-end monitoring via fully integrated, rechargeable temperature monitoring devices and a cloud-based software platform; Fridge-tag for vaccine fridges and refrigerated site-monitoring; and proprietary software and analytics to automate the end-to-end stability and validation process for clinical trials.
Chair of the Board of Directors of the Berlinger Group, Andrea Berlinger, said Sensitech is positioned to further develop the Berlinger & Co. AG business.
The Monitoring Solutions business of Berlinger includes 85 employees operating in Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United States.
The transaction is expected to close in Q3 2024.