Lesson 7 The reading module

Read the text: Variohm Holdings Ltd Acquire the Assets of Heason Technologies Group Ltd

Variohm Holdings have acquired the assets of Heason Technologies Group Limited and formed a new organisation known as Heason Technology Limited.

Heason Technology will continue to offer distribution and system integration of world class precision motion control products and will continue to develop it's specialist bespoke engineering solutions for advanced motion control applications.  The company will also be expanding and developing it's own brand of standard motion products.

Variohm are best known of their market leading brands of industrial sensors - including pressure, strain, position, temperature which are predominately coupled with pneumatic and hydraulic actuation systems.  "Adding Heason to the group significantly expands the product portfolio and the engineering capabilities of the organisation; especially with Heason's core expertise in precision electrically actuation systems" says Roy Moffatt, Managing Director of Variohm Holdings. Heason Technology offers a wide range of permanent magnet servo motors, including brushed and brushless, housed and frameless, rotary and linear, pancake and cylindrical complete with matched drive systems and a wide range of motion control products.

Henson also offers ceramic servo motors, stepper motors & drives, precision rotary & linear stages, high reduction ratio zero backlash gearboxes, planetary gearheads and rotary & linear encoders. Specialist systems include a range of both standard design, high vacuum, precision linear and rotary stages plus capability to customise existing designs and/or originate completely bespoke design to customer's exact specifications. Heason Technology has a wide industry base including nuclear, defence & aerospace, automotive, motor sport, medical, sciences and discovery, printing, automation and special purpose machinery. Jon Howard, newly appointed General Manager of Heason Technology says, "We are delighted to become part of the Variohm group which offers a stable based from which to continue to grow and develop our business.  Variohm's strong European connections offer exciting possibility for business development".  Jon continues, "We are also exceptionally pleased to be moving forward with our previous global supplier base and in-house expert engineering team pretty much exclusively in place". Former Managing Director of Heason Technologies Group, David Wheeler, adds "I'm delighted to be involved in the on-going development of Heason and to build on the success of over thirty years involvement in the world of precision motion control."  David will head-up the Product Sales and spearhead new business development bringing an unparalleled degree of product knowledge and application experience to the new organisation. Heason Technology will operate as an autonomous business unit from it's West Sussex based whilst benefiting from the economies of scale and shared resources afforded by being part of a synergetic group of Companies.

I. Reading Exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

have acquired, integration, industrial sensors, magnet servo motors, motion control products, high vacuum.

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1. Will Heason Technology continue to offer distribution and system integration of world class precision motion control products ?

2. What offers ceramic servo motors, stepper motors & drives, precision rotary & linear stages, high reduction ratio zero backlash gearboxes, planetary gearheads and rotary & linear encoders?

3. What do specialist systems include ?

4. What base has Heason Technology?

5. How will Heason Technology operate?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. The company will also	a) operate as an autonomous business unit from it's West Sussex based whilst benefiting from the economies of scale and shared resources afforded by being part of a synergetic group of Companies.
2. Heason Technology will	b) be expanding and developing it's own brand of standard motion products.
3. Variohm's strong European connections	c) offers ceramic servo motors, stepper motors & drives, precision rotary & linear stages, high reduction ratio zero backlash gearboxes, planetary gearheads and rotary & linear encoders.
4. Henson also	d) offer exciting possibility for business development .

Exercise 4. Open brackets choosing the right words:

Heason Technology will (continue/develop) to offer distribution and system integration of world class precision motion control products and will (continue/become) to develop it's specialist bespoke engineering solutions for advanced motion control applications.  The company will also( be expanding /be including)and developing it's own brand of standard motion products.