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Harfang Microtechniques Inc. and Sonatest NDE Group

Harfang Microtechniques to Join Sonatest NDE Group

Montreal, Canada (ots/PRNewswire)

Sonatest NDE and Harfang
Microtechniques are pleased to announce their acquisition agreement,
which became effective as of 1st April 2005. Harfang Microtechniques
will continue to operate from its existing base in Quebec City,
Canada, and will be a substantially autonomous business unit within
the expanding Sonatest NDE Group.
By combining microelectronics, embedded software technology and
Harfang's powerful imaging software, Harfang Microtechniques aims to
be a world leader in developing and implementing Phased Array
instruments and analysis software, increasing productivity and
maximising the quality of inspections. Currently the X-32, a portable
ultrasound Phased Array instrument for NDE, is the leading product
from the Harfang arena.
"Sonatest ultrasonic flaw detectors are favoured by many of the
world's major airlines and air forces, power generators, rail,
petrochemical and service inspection companies," commented Mike
Reilly, Group Managing Director of Sonatest NDE Plc. He explained
that "due to the high levels of R&D investment required to maintain
and enhance the mono-channel flaw detector market position, we have
not been able to devote the resources we would like to phased array
development." However, he added, "This merger provides us with the
world's best portable phased array instrument and enables Sonatest
NDE to provide an even broader range of NDT solutions for our global
client base. We are also delighted that the highly talented Harfang
R&D team will bring our strengthened product development group to
over forty individuals."
François Mainguy, Vice President Technology and Founder of Harfang
Microtechniques said, "We are very excited about joining the Sonatest
group. Our combined resources will allow us to accelerate two
critical paths of our business. First of all, we will quickly
maximise Harfang's market penetration by adding the Sonatest
world-wide distribution network to our existing group of
distributors. Secondly, the additional resources will speed up our
development programme to bring several new products to market during
the next 12-18 months. Existing and new products will be marketed
through Harfang's enhanced distributor network, jointly supported by
the same management team and expanded resources. The future looks
great!"
About Harfang Microtechniques Inc.
Harfang Microtechniques, headquartered in Quebec city, Canada,
designs, manufactures and markets portable Phased Array and software
analysis products. Harfang Microtechniques' products combine
microelectronics, embedded software technology and Harfang's powerful
imaging software to create NDT instruments that increase productivity
and maximise the quality of inspections. For more information, please
call +1-418-683-6222 or +1-866-HARFANG or visit www.harfangmicro.com.
About Sonatest NDE plc
Sonatest NDE Plc is the worlds' largest independent designer and
manufacturer of Non-Destructive Evaluation instruments and systems.
Headquartered in Milton Keynes, UK, the Group employs 110 people in
Belgium, Canada, UK and USA, with 2005 revenues expected to exceed
US$20 million. For further information about the Sonatest NDE Group
please call +44-1908-316345 or visit www.sonatestnde.com.

Contact:

Corinna Cuciureanu, Tel: +44-1908-525927