Mesa Labs Acquires Bottle Cap Testing Business Of Vibrac

Mesa Laboratories has acquired the bottle cap torque testing business of Vibrac, a new Hampshire based company. Under this transaction, Vibrac is expected to sell the assets associated with all of their bottle cap torque testing products to Mesa Labs. The instruments acquired by Mesa include their original high-performance cap testing product, the Torqo I, along with the newer Torqo II and the innovative smart bottle.

Bottle cap torque testing is important to every industry that uses twist-off caps on their containers. Whether it is beverages, foods, household goods, or drugs, the ability to obtain the correct seal without making it difficult for the consumer to remove the cap is a critical factor for both product quality and consumer acceptance, said the company.

Vibrac’s highly accurate torque testing products make it easy for consumer products companies to achieve these goals. Vibrac will continue to develop, manufacture and market their other torque testing products, which are not associated with bottle cap testing.

The bottle cap testing products complement Mesa Labs’ existing line of DataTrace logging instruments, which are utilized within the food and beverage and pharmaceutical industries for design, validation and quality control applications.

The same industries use bottle cap torque testing during the development process of new containers and for routine quality control during their packaging operations. The acquisition of the Vibrac products is expected to be accretive to Mesa’s earnings per share during this first 12 month period following the closing, said the company.

Tom Rogers, president and general manager of Vibrac, said: “The Torqo and Smart Bottle products are a strategic addition to Mesa’s line of DataTrace logging instruments. We are confident that Mesa will build on our success with the cap testing products, and reach new markets and new customers in the consumer product packaging industries.

“Vibrac will continue to develop new technologies while moving forward with a new and dedicated focus on advancing our lines of precision torque sensors, torque testing instruments and bearing test systems.”