Packaging machinery OEM HMPS has purchased the IP of Andrew Donald Design Engineering (ADDE) as the automation systems designer shuts up shop.
Automation systems designer and manufacturer ADDE has been operating in the Australian packaging industry for close on 27 years. Owner and director Barry Hendy announced in November the company will be ceasing operations and proceeding to appoint a liquidator. In the meantime, a deal has been struck with HMPS, which has purchased the company’s IP and will continue to service ADDE’s existing client base.
HMPS CEO Mark Emmett said, “HMPS has purchased the ADDE IP so that we can support their customers, who have been part of the business over the last 27 years, with spare parts and service going forward.”
Emmett said HMPS has admired ADDE for a long time. “They have worked on some incredibly interesting projects with great companies. Their people have always been well regarded and highly skilled,” he said.
“I have always felt our businesses were well aligned in terms of our expertise on robotics, automation, and vision systems. This is a great way to pick up the work that ADDE has started and continue their legacy. We want to help those customers they have been working with to continue their automation journeys and further grow their businesses.”
ADDE customers can expect uninterrupted service and supply. Customer service will be run from HMPS’s new National Service Office in Heidelberg, Victoria, which is headed up by Samantha Saunders, HMPS general manager Service.
“We have service teams and spare parts on the ground which will give customers a seamless transition,” Emmett said. “Our teams work nationally so customers across Australia can be taken care of.”
Emmett says HMPS is in active discussion with ADDE staff and welcomes any employees who want to join the HMPS team.
“We have the expertise to understand that IP and support the customers,” he said. “HMPS has a well-equipped team of engineers and service technicians and I am confident that we have the skills and understanding to service even the most complex application.”
The deal is effective from 14 November.
