Badger Meter acquires SmartCover in $185M deal
On January 31, Badger Meter — a metering, water quality and controls company — announced it had acquired SmartCover, known for its manhole monitoring solution for sewer overflows, for $185 million.
Matt Menzel, Director of Product Management for Badger Meter, and Corey Williams, General Manager of SmartCover, discuss what this means for customers in the near and long term, how the deal came to be, and what they consider to be the most exciting prospect of the acquisition moving forward.
Additional Resources
- Badger Meter acquires SmartCover Systems press release
- Transforming Beauty into Insight: Read about 2020 WWD Industry Icon David Drake, who at the time was vice president of innovation for SmartCover. He now serves in an advisory role.
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About the Author
Bob Crossen
Bob Crossen is the vice president of content strategy for the Water and Energy Groups of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B. EB2B publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions in its water portfolio and publishes Oil & Gas Journal, Offshore Magazine, T&D World, EnergyTech and Microgrid Knowledge in its energy portfolio. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor. Crossen can be reached at [email protected].