New technology further strengthens Elster's gas measurement portfolio

Elster Adds Gas Chromatography Assets From SLS

11-Aug-2011 - Germany

Elster announced today that the company has acquired the gas chromatography assets, including sophisticated proprietary intellectual property, from SLS Micro Technology (SLS), a private company based in Hamburg, Germany.

The SLS technology is especially effective at assessing downstream gas quality as gases from different sources, including biogas, shale gas and substitute natural gas, are added to the gas distribution stream.

Gas chromatography is used to analyze the quality and chemical composition of natural gas and is a core component of Smart Grid solutions for natural gas. Gas chromatography also has multiple laboratory applications.

"The addition of this innovative gas chromatography technology from SLS further strengthens Elster's position in the emerging biogas and shale gas markets. These sources of gas require precise volume and quality measurement as they are mixed in with more traditional natural gas sources," said Michael Calovini, executive vice president of Elster's international gas business.

Elster plans to integrate the technology from SLS into its existing gas measurement and quality solutions at its gas quality competence center in Dortmund, Germany.

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