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Recently, during the trip to Singapore to visit Milipol Asia-Pacific 2022 exhibition, the Board of Directors of HTI Group had a meeting and visit FLIR’s representative office in Singapore.
In April 2020, FLIR and HTI Group signed an official cooperation agreement, which HTI became the exclusive distributor of some FLIR’s products and solutions in the Vietnam, such as: Black Hornet, SkyRanger, multitasking combat robots, integrated systems… to provide customers with quality products.
Since then until now, FLIR and HTI Group have organized many training sessions on product knowledge, introducing the latest innovations and features to meet the increasing requirements of customers, especially especially for customers in the Security – Defense industry. Beside, HTI has built advertising programs and seminars of FLIR’s products to the Ministry of Security, the Ministry of National Defense, … with the aim to bring high-tech products and equipment have been proven effective in many countries around the world.
FLIR is one of the world’s leading companies providing a wide range of products and solutions for the government and defense markets, for industry and commerce. These products are helping forces such as the military, the police, first responders and other law enforcement agencies in increasing efficiency and saveing time during mission execution, increasing protection and safety; applying technology more and more in life. FLIR’s products are highly appreciated and always receive orders from governments, law enforcement forces around the world.
FLIR – The world’s leader in supplying products for Security – Defense industry
Founded in 1978 as FLIR Systems, FLIR is a pioneer in the development of high-performance infrared (thermal imaging) imaging systems for aerial applications. Infrared camera system (thermal camera) detects infrared energy emitted by people, objects, objects, … Infrared camera allows the operator to see these objects even in the dark, in things. Adverse weather events such as fog or heavy air pollution.
In the late 1980s, FLIR began to leverage its thermal imaging expertise to develop portable compact systems for a wide variety of commercial applications. These systems not only demand outstanding image quality, but also the ability to detect and measure temperature differences. This also prompted FLIR to acquire the infrared camera array from Hughes Aircraft in 1990.
The acquisitions of Agema (Sweden) in 1998 and Inframetrics (Boston, MA) in mid-1999 fueled FLIR’s success in the commercial thermal imaging market as Agema and Inframetrics spent more than 60 years developing pink cameras. and temperature measurement applications.
In 2003, FLIR acquired Indigo Systems, the leading developer and supplier of a wide range of infrared camera products, including cooled and non-cooled infrared probes, camera cores and finished cameras.
Since then, FLIR has invested in numerous adjacent markets, technologies and products to expand its sensor solutions and capabilities to serve a wider range of customers.
In the most recent decade, FLIR has had many remarkable developments and transformations, from large investments and acquisitions:
| Company | Acquired Expertise | |||
| 1 | Raymarine | $180 million | May 2010 | Expand FLIR’s reach in the marine electronics industry by acquiring IP (Intellectual Property) of products such as multifunction monitors, radars, drones, cameras, and guard cameras. and automatic identification system. |
| 2 | DVTEL, Inc. | $92 million | November 2015 | The acquisition of DVTEL has made FLIR an end-to-end security systems provider by purchasing a wide range of CCTV, VMS and video analytics. |
| 3 | Armasight, Inc. | $41 million | June 2016 | Strengthen the personal binoculars and thermal binoculars. Expand product portfolio in the hunting and outdoor recreation segment. |
| 4 | Prox Dynamics | $134 million | November 2016 | Supplying micro-drones to FLIR, which has intellectual property rights over their flagship product – Black Hornet. |
| 5 | Acyclina | NA | September 2018 | Improving FLIR’s Urban Security portfolio, acquisition of the exclusive Traffic Data Analysis platform being used in various smart cities. |
| 6 | Point Grey Research, Inc. | $259 million | October 2018 | Strengthen your industrial portfolio through computer vision cameras used in industrial, retail, scientific and other advanced imaging applications. |
| 7 | Aeryon Labs | $200 million | January 2019 | Enhanced quadcopter capabilities (small VTOL UAS) and SkyRanger’s flagship product offering for FLIR. |
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Endeavor Robotics | $382 million | February 2019 | Increased tactical capabilities of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV). Endeavor Robotics has delivered 7,000 UGVs in more than 55 countries that are being used by SWAT teams, first responders and nuclear plants, etc. |
| 9 | New England Optical Systems | NA | July 2019 | Enhance FLIR’s expertise in the development of complex infrared optics in the SWIR / MWIR / LWIR spectrum used in drones, combat vehicles and astronomy. |
| 10 | Aria Insights | NA | October 2019 | With the acquisition of IP and operational assets, FLIR has increased its ability to provide leashed drones that are being used by law enforcement, border security and for mechanical protection. Major national infrastructure (CNI). |
| 11 | Altavian, Inc. | NA | December 2020 | The acquisition enhances FLIR’s sUAS capabilities. It is one of five drone manufacturers authorized by the US Department of Defense to sell to the US military and government agencies under the Blue sUAS program. |
In January 2021, Teledyne Technologies announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company for $8 billion,against FLIR’s 2019 revenue of $1.9 billion. The acquisition was completed in May 2021. Teledyne FLIR operates in multiple locations around the globe and employs a total of nearly 4,000 dedicated employees. The FLIR acquisition has made Teledyne an important defense contractor in the field of thermal imaging and ISR, ranked in the same league with prominent heavyweights as L3Harris, Textron, Leidos …
We hope that, Teledyne FLIR and HTI Group will build closed cooperation, develop and bring the best products with most suitable price to the requirements and desires of all customers in Vietnam.
