It’s official. A deal that was rumored for weeks came to fruition yesterday when Stanley Healthcare Solutions, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, announced it is acquiring AeroScout, Inc., a provider of Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) for healthcare and industrial customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition will accelerate the growth trajectory of Stanley [...]
Is Stanley Black & Decker planning another venture into the RFID sector? It looks like that might be the case. Published reports say that Stanley Black & Decker is in the final stages of working out a deal to acquire Aeroscout Ltd. for as much as $250 million. It wouldn’t be a total shock to [...]
In a very quiet transaction, Stanley Black & Decker acquired WinWare, the creator of the RFID-enabled CribMaster tool management system, with very little fanfare in May. No purchase price was disclosed. In our coverage of the ThingMagic acquisition last October, RFID 24-7 predicted that CribMaster would be one of the next firms to be purchased. [...]
