Heidenhain acquires AMO

Schaumburg, Ill.-based Heidenhain has announced its acquisition of AMO, an Austrian manufacturer of encoders. This acquisition has resulted in the AMO sales operations and products to be coordinated at Heidenhain for North America. AMO encoder production and engineering will remain in Austria.

AMO’s products are used in such applications as metal forming, bending, machining, and automation. The inductive-based, linear and angular encoders are designed to withstand rough environments including coolants, slurries, heavy dust particles, and high vibration.