Steatite Announce That Solid State PLC Acquires the Assets of Blazepoint Ltd

Worcestershire, United Kingdom, November 04, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Steatite announce that Solid State PLC has acquired the assets of Blazepoint Ltd, an established supplier of rugged computer systems and hand held devices to the commercial and military markets worldwide. In a deal that has secured the ongoing Blazepoint technology which also includes an innovative range of ruggedized peripheral products.

Blazepoint has a reputation for adapting Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) equipment and Military-Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) equipment, by transforming products to work beyond the original manufacturer's specification. Blazepoint trades under the "ndura rugged," "Nautiz" and "ALGIZ" brands.

Now trading under the STEATITE BLAZEPOINT brand, the company sits under the Steatite arm of Solid State PLC. Steatite has built a strong reputation for supplying computing platforms to be used in harsh environments in both commercial and military applications and the addition of Steatite Blazepoint enhances this capability with their extensive knowledge of robust mobile computing platforms.

“Our goal is to enhance and develop our products, capabilities, services and support within Steatite Blazepoint and work with existing and new clients to supply robust mobile computing solutions that exceed expectations.” Mike Mountfield, Sales Director for Steatite.

Solid State PLC is quoted on the London AIM market. Broken into differing trading divisions, Steatite based in Redditch, is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of industrial rugged computing platforms and battery power solutions, while Solid State Supplies, operation located in Paddock Wood, Kent is a leading edge specialist electronic component distribution.

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Steatite is ISO 9001:2008 approved and focus on product reliability and repeatability. Based in Redditch, Worcestershire Steatite employ over 65 people and have recently moved to a new 25,000sqft purpose built facility. Key product solutions include industrial 19” rack mount computers, embedded computing systems (Microsoft Embedded Gold partner), rugged mobile computing and lithium battery packs. Steatite service a wide range of markets including Oil and Gas, Industrial Control, Transportation, retail, Defence and Security where cost and reliability is.

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