What Casella does

Casella is a UK-headquartered manufacturer of occupational hygiene and environmental monitoring instrumentation, operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of TSI Incorporated (Shoreview, Minnesota). The company designs, manufactures, and distributes a portfolio of measurement instruments including personal air sampling pumps (Vortex3 high flow, VAPex and Apex2 low flow with intrinsically safe ratings), real-time dust monitors (Microdust Pro, Dust Detective), personal noise dosimeters (dBadge2, dBadge 35x), sound level meters (24x, 62x, 63x series), boundary monitoring systems (Guardian2), hand-arm vibration monitors (HAVex), and rainfall monitoring instruments (Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge, STORM Guardian). The company's core technology is built around certified measurement instrumentation with Bluetooth connectivity, remote interrogation, and automated calibration capabilities, supported by companion software platforms (Insight, NoiseSafe, Casella Drive, Airwave mobile app) for data management and reporting.

Casella's business model is primarily hardware sales of monitoring instruments with associated consumables, accessories, and software licenses, supplemented by service and calibration support. The company goes to market through a global distributor network covering 55+ countries, complemented by direct sales operations in the UK (Bedford headquarters), USA (Buffalo, NY), and Spain (Las Rozas-Madrid). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Customer segments span occupational health and industrial hygiene professionals, environmental monitoring consultants, construction and demolition sites, government environmental agencies, and manufacturing facilities requiring compliance with OSHA, HSE, EU, and other regional occupational exposure and environmental regulations. The company holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ATEX, IECEx, and WEEE certifications, which are required for selling into hazardous environments and regulated markets. Casella claims over 200 years of brand history, positioning itself as a global leader in the occupational hygiene and environmental monitoring category.

Name

Casella

Legal name

Casella Holdings Limited

Website

https://casellasolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1799

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Casella is a UK-based global manufacturer of occupational hygiene and environmental monitoring instruments — air sampling pumps, noise dosimeters, sound level meters, dust monitors, and boundary monitoring systems — serving industrial hygiene, construction, and environmental compliance customers across 55+ countries as a subsidiary of TSI Incorporated.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Occupational Hygiene Monitoring Equipment

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental & Safety Monitoring Instruments (Air quality, emissions, radiation, noise, gas detection) (IMAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Noise & Vibration Exposure Monitoring (Hearing Conservation) (EUAHAGAC), Radiological & Hazardous Materials Monitoring (Radiation, Asbestos, Lead) (EUAHACAJ), Dust Collection & Air Filtration Equipment (Industrial) (IMAHALAF)

Keywords

• Occupational hygiene instruments
• Environmental monitoring equipment
• Air sampling pumps
• Noise monitoring meters
• Boundary monitoring systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Bedford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Monitoring Instrumentation Sales: Sale of occupational and environmental monitoring equipment including air sampling pumps, noise dosimeters, sound level meters, dust monitors, vibration monitors, and boundary monitoring systems. Products range from entry-level instruments to advanced monitoring solutions.
2. Accessories and Consumables: Sales of consumables including filters, sampling media, tedlar bags, sorbent tubes, calibration accessories, and replacement parts for monitoring equipment.
3. Software Licenses: Data management software including Insight, NoiseSafe, and other applications for instrument data download, analysis, and reporting.
4. Service and Calibration: Product support, calibration services, and repair services. Several distributors offer service and calibration centers including Control Equipment (Australia), BASYSTEMEN (Netherlands), AMS HADEN (South Africa), and ATC (France).
5. Training and Webinars: Continued professional development through training courses and webinars on occupational health and environmental monitoring topics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Casella designs, manufactures, and supplies occupational hygiene and environmental monitoring instrumentation. Its core offerings include personal and high-flow air sampling pumps, real-time dust monitors, personal noise dosimeters and sound level meters, hand-arm vibration monitors, boundary/fence line monitoring systems, tipping bucket rain gauges, and supporting data management software (Insight, NoiseSafe, Casella Drive, Airwave). The company also provides calibration, service, and training to occupational health, industrial hygiene, environmental, and construction customers worldwide.

Product overview

Casella is a global leader in occupational hygiene and environmental monitoring equipment with a diversified product portfolio spanning multiple measurement categories. The core product lines include: Air Sampling instruments (Vortex3 high flow pump, VAPex and Apex2/Apex low flow pumps, TUFF pump, Microdust Pro real-time dust monitor, Dust Detective, Flow Detective calibrator); Noise Monitoring instruments (dBadge2 and dBadge 35x personal noise dosimeters, 63x/62x/24x Series sound level meters, CEL-120 calibrator); Boundary Monitoring systems (Guardian2 fence line monitor for remote online monitoring of noise, dust PM10, and vibration); Vibration Monitoring (HAVex hand-arm vibration meter); Rainfall Monitoring (Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge, STORM Guardian). The portfolio also includes companion software solutions including Insight data management software, NoiseSafe software, Casella Drive utility, and Airwave mobile app for Bluetooth-enabled pump interaction. The product architecture is modular, with various instrument families supported by common software platforms and accessories including calibrators, sampling media, filters, tubes, and cassettes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• dBadge2 Personal Noise Dosimeter Personal bodily-worn noise dosimeter designed to monitor noise exposure through any employee's working day, ideal for measuring mobile workers with complex shift patterns.
• Vortex3 High Flow Air Sampling Pump High flow air sampling pump for area sampling of contaminants including asbestos and other hazardous materials, described as the most innovative high flow pump on the market.
• VAPex Personal Low Flow Air Sampling Pump Personal air sampling pump designed for low flow sampling of vapours and gases in working environments.
• Guardian2 Boundary Monitoring System Boundary monitoring system that allows remote online monitoring of noise, dust (e.g. PM10) and vibration in a single unit, with text and email alerting when prescribed limits are exceeded.
• Apex2 Intrinsically Safe Air Sampling Pump Personal air sampling pump with intrinsically safe rating for monitoring airborne contaminants in hazardous environments.
• Apex Personal Air Sampling Pump Personal air sampling pump for airborne contaminants that can be damaging to health.
• TUFF Personal Sampling Pump Personal sampling pump for occupational hygiene air sampling applications.
• Microdust Pro Real-Time Dust Monitor Real-time dust monitor providing instantaneous dust levels and showing when exposure occurred in real time.
• Dust Detective Real-Time Dust Monitor Real-time dust monitor in an environmental enclosure for particulate (PM10) monitoring in an area or on the boundary of a site.
• Flow Detective Digital Flow Meter Real-time digital flowmeter for the calibration of air sampling pumps, with Bluetooth-enabled versions for field pulsation checking.
• dBadge 35x Personal Noise Dosimeter Personal noise dosimeter for measuring noise exposure through worker's shifts.
• 63x Series Environmental Sound Level Meter Sound level meter designed for environmental noise monitoring applications.
• 62x Series Occupational Sound Level Meter Sound level meter designed for occupational noise monitoring with Class 2 accuracy.
• 24x Series Entry Level Sound Level Meter Entry level sound level meter designed to undertake noise measurements at work for a variety of applications.
• CEL-120 Sound Level Meter & Dosimeter Calibrator Calibrator for verifying sound level meter and noise dosimeter accuracy.
• HAVex Hand-Arm Vibration Monitor Hand-arm vibration monitor for measuring vibration exposure from hand-held tools and machinery.
• Orbi-Trace Positioning and Distancing System Positioning and distancing monitor with tags for workplace social distancing tracking and infection control insights.
• Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge / STORM Guardian Rainfall Logging System Robust rainfall monitoring instrument with 400cm² aperture for environmental monitoring applications; STORM Guardian combines the tipping bucket rain gauge with environmental monitoring capabilities.
• Insight Data Management Software Noise measurement data management software for downloading, analyzing, and reporting measurement results from Casella instruments.
• NoiseSafe Software Software application for configuring and analyzing data from dBadge2 noise dosimeters.
• Casella Drive Software Utility Software utility for managing and configuring Casella measurement instruments.
• Airwave Mobile App Mobile application for interacting with Bluetooth-enabled Casella pumps, available on iOS and Android.
• VibData Vibration Analysis Software Software utility for downloading and analyzing vibration measurement data from HAVex monitors.
• Guardian2 Fixed Monitoring System Fixed monitoring system for continuous boundary monitoring of multiple environmental parameters.
• Outdoor Environmental Noise Kit Complete kit for site boundary and environmental noise monitoring applications.
• Dust Detective Kit Complete portable monitoring system kit for boundary monitoring of particulate matter.

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides 8-hour exposure values for comparison to occupational exposure limits
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered parent company, primary distributor and regional.

• TSI Incorporatedparent companyOthersTSI Incorporated is the parent company of Casella. TSI is headquartered in Shoreview, Minnesota, USA and specializes in precision measurement instruments. The acquisition by TSI provides Casella with corporate backing and alignment with a respected measurement instrumentation company.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Australia)primary distributorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThermo Fisher Scientific serves as a major distributor of Casella Noise, Air, Vibration & Environmental monitoring solutions in Australia, located at 5 Caribbean Drive, Scoresby, VIC 3179.
• Control Equipment Pty Ltd (Australia)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Casella Noise, Air, Vibration & Environmental solutions in Queensland, Australia. Includes Service & Calibration Centre at Unit 1, 3 Deakin Street, Brendale, QLD 4500.
• BASYSTEMEN (Netherlands)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Casella products in Netherlands with Service & Calibration Centre at Protonstraat 13g, 9743 AL Groningen.
• AMS HADEN (South Africa)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Casella products in South Africa with Service & Calibration Centre at Suite 247, Private Bag X09, Weltevreden Park, 1715.
• ATC (France)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Casella Air & Environmental monitoring solutions in France with Service & Calibration Centre at 37 Rue Des Peupliers, F-92752 Nanterre Cedex.
• Expert Testing Services (ETS) (Australia)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Casella Air monitoring solutions for Victoria, South Australia & NSW at 9/171 Power Street, Glendenning, NSW 2761.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• TSI Incorporated: Casella's parent company and a leading US-based manufacturer of precision measurement instruments for aerosol research, indoor air quality, and industrial hygiene. Directly comparable product categories (dust monitors, air sampling pumps) but operates at materially larger scale with a broader aerosol and particle-counting portfolio.
• 3M Personal Safety Division: Global conglomerate with a substantial occupational health and safety portfolio spanning hearing protection, respiratory protection, and EHS monitoring solutions. Competes with Casella in occupational hygiene, hearing conservation, and workplace safety monitoring across enterprise buyers worldwide.
• Honeywell Safety and Productivity Solutions: Honeywell's safety division offers a broad portfolio of gas detection, personal protective equipment, and connected worker solutions. Adjacent competitor to Casella in occupational monitoring and connected workplace safety, particularly in enterprise and industrial verticals.

Direct peers

• HBK (Brüel & Kjær): Global leader in sound and vibration measurement instrumentation. Casella's 24x/62x/63x sound level meters, dBadge dosimeters, and HAVex vibration monitor compete head-to-head with Brüel & Kjær's occupational and environmental noise portfolio, serving overlapping industrial hygiene and environmental monitoring buyers.
• Cirrus Research: UK-based specialist manufacturer of noise measurement instruments (sound level meters, dosimeters, noise monitors). Closely comparable product range to Casella's noise monitoring line, with overlapping customer base in occupational health, environmental noise, and hearing conservation programs.
• Larson Davis (PCB Piezotronics): Specialist in sound and vibration measurement for occupational, environmental, and aerospace applications. Direct competitor to Casella's sound level meters, noise dosimeters, and HAVex hand-arm vibration monitor, serving industrial hygiene, hearing conservation, and noise mapping use cases.
• Svantek: Poland-based manufacturer of sound level meters, noise dosimeters, and vibration monitoring instruments. Competes directly with Casella in occupational and environmental noise monitoring, with comparable product positioning across professional and industrial hygiene customers.
• SKC Inc. US-based manufacturer of occupational hygiene sampling equipment, including air sampling pumps, sampling media, and noise/vibration instrumentation. Direct competitor to Casella's Vortex3, VAPex, Apex2, and Airwave product lines in industrial hygiene air sampling.
• Sensidyne: US-based distributor and manufacturer of occupational health, safety, and environmental monitoring instrumentation including air sampling pumps and gas detection. Overlaps significantly with Casella's personal air sampling and dust monitoring product range.
• RION Co., Ltd. Japan-based manufacturer of sound level meters, noise dosimeters, vibration measurement, and particle counters. Competes with Casella's CEL sound level meter series, dBadge dosimeters, and HAVex vibration monitor, particularly across Asia-Pacific industrial hygiene markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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