What Variohm Group does

Variohm Group is a UK-headquartered designer and manufacturer of industrial sensing, switching, measurement, and motion control components, operating as a platform of ten wholly-owned businesses (burster, CPI, Eurosensor, Heason, Herga, Ixthus, Limitor, Magnasphere, Phoenix America, and Positek). The group's product portfolio spans position sensors (linear and rotary), temperature sensors and probes (NTC thermistors, RTDs), pressure sensors (including hydrogen-rated EPT92H2), load cells and force sensors, encoders (magnetic, Hall effect, NFC-configurable), footswitches, hand controls, CANbus keypads, limit switches, cable extension transducers, and complete motion engineering systems including linear drives, servo motors, gearboxes, and integrated positioning systems. Manufacturing is conducted in-house at facilities in the UK, Hungary, and USA, supporting both standard products and customized solutions, with engineering services covering customization, prototyping, and testing.

The company serves enterprise OEM customers across five primary verticals: Energy (oil & gas, solar, tidal, wind), Medical (diagnostics, medical equipment, medical research), Industry-Manufacturing (domestic appliances, manufacturing, robotics, research & education), Transport (aerospace, agriculture, automotive including EVs, marine, motorsport, rail, special purpose vehicles), and Security & Defence. Named end-uses include EV battery management and thermal-runaway prevention, robotic surgery and assistive medical devices, hydraulic system monitoring on construction and agricultural equipment, hydrogen mobility, data-centre physical security, and motorsport driving-dynamics optimization. Go-to-market is predominantly direct enterprise field sales with specialist engineering teams acting as an extension to customers' in-house engineering functions, supplemented by a network of 30 distributor hubs and selected supply partners. Pricing is quote-based and determined by specification, volume, and customization, with ex-works terms and 30-day quotation validity.

Variohm Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of discoverIE Group plc, a specialist electronics engineering company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and operates within its Sensing & Connectivity division. The platform has grown from four businesses at acquisition in 2017 to ten by January 2025 (following the addition of Burster, a German sensor manufacturer founded in 1961), now employing approximately 560 people across the UK, Europe, and America. ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 certifications are held at subsidiary level (Positek, Limitor). Recent strategic activity has emphasized geographic deepening in Germany, product-line extension into hydrogen and EV battery applications, and cross-portfolio solution selling via the broader discoverIE group.

Name

Variohm Group

Legal name

Variohm Group Limited

Website

https://variohmgroup.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Variohm Group is a UK-headquartered designer and manufacturer of industrial sensors, switches, and motion control components, operating as a platform of ten businesses serving OEMs across energy, medical, transport, industrial manufacturing, and security/defence markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Sensors and Motion Control Components

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Weighing & Force Measurement (Load cells, scales, torque, strain measurement) (IMAGAFAF)

Keywords

• Industrial sensor components
• Motion control systems
• Position sensors
• Pressure measurement sensors
• Switching solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Towcester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sensor and Measurement Component Sales: Direct sales of sensors, switches, and motion control components to industrial OEMs and system designers. Products include position sensors, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, load cells, encoders, footswitches, keypads, and motion control systems. Revenue generated from product sales with customization and engineering services as value-add.
2. Custom Engineering and New Product Development: In-house engineering services supporting customers from concept through to implementation, including product customisation, prototyping, and testing. Technical consultation and application knowledge services bundled with component supply.
3. On-Site Manufacturing: Manufacturing facilities in the UK, Hungary and USA produce sensors and switching components, providing quality control and flexibility for custom solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Variohm Group designs, manufactures, and supplies components for sensing, measuring, and controlling temperature, movement, pressure, force, position, load, weight, and incline. The portfolio spans position sensors, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, load cells, force sensors, encoders, footswitches, hand controls, keypads, limit switches, magnetic sensors, and motion control systems. The group combines in-house engineering, customisation services, and on-site manufacturing across the UK, Hungary, and USA.

Product overview

Variohm Group is a global manufacturer of components for sensing, measuring and controlling temperature, movements, pressure, force, position, load, weight and incline. The group operates as a platform of 10 acquired businesses (burster, CPI, Eurosensor, Heason, Herga, Ixthus, Limitor, Magnasphere, Phoenix America, and Positek) that collectively develop customised sensing, switching and motion control solutions. The product portfolio spans position sensors, temperature sensors, load cells, footswitches, hand controls, pressure sensors, magnets, positioning systems, encoders, and motion control systems. The group provides in-house engineering, new product development, product customisation, and on-site manufacturing from facilities in the UK, Hungary, and USA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• burster: High-precision sensors for measurement tasks, evaluation and calibration devices
• CPI
• Eurosensor
• Heason
• Herga
• Ixthus
• Limitor
• Magnasphere
• Phoenix
• Positek

Products and services

• EPT9100 pressure sensor Pressure sensor engineered to withstand harsh environmental conditions with reliable measurement capability for hydraulic and high-pressure systems. Targeted at industrial OEMs and system designers.
• EPT9200 pressure sensor

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• discoverIE Group CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVariohm Group is one of 28 operating businesses within discoverIE Group PLC. The group collaborates with other discoverIE companies including Magnasphere, Santon (retrofit circuit breakers), Silvertel (PoE modules), Noratel (magnetic power technologies), FOSS Fibre Optics (data cabinets, optical transceivers), and others to provide integrated solutions for data centre applications.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Balluff: German family-owned industrial sensor specialist focused on position sensing, identification and industrial networking. Direct peer for the Positek/Heason/Ixthus position-sensing product line serving factory automation OEMs in Europe.
• SICK AG: German industrial sensor manufacturer specializing in factory, logistics and process automation sensing. Overlaps with Variohm's industrial/manufacturing vertical on encoders and position sensing, with comparable customization for industrial OEMs.
• Pepperl+Fuchs: German sensor and explosion-protection specialist with a broad position/photoelectric/ultrasonic sensor portfolio for industrial automation. Comparable mid-sized specialized sensor manufacturer serving industrial OEMs with engineering-led sales.
• TT Electronics: UK-headquartered electronics manufacturer with a sensing and connectivity division producing position sensors, encoders and resistive products for industrial, medical and aerospace customers. Closest publicly-listed UK peer to Variohm Group's model and customer mix.
• MTS Sensors (Temposonics): Specialized manufacturer of magnetostrictive linear position sensors and liquid-level sensors. Direct competitor to Variohm's CTU cable extension transducer and Positek linear position sensor lines for industrial test, hydraulics and vehicle applications.
• ifm Electronic: German sensor and industrial automation specialist with a strong direct-sales engineering model. Comparable in GTM motion to Variohm (engineering-led, application-specific sensor sales) and in industrial OEM customer base across factory automation.
• Burkert (Christian Bürkert GmbH): German fluid control and sensor specialist with strong presence in process industries and medical/lab applications. Comparable to Variohm's Herga, Limitor and burster businesses on the switching/sensing-for-medical-and-industrial side, especially after Variohm absorbed burster.

Broad incumbents

• TE Connectivity: Global sensor and connector manufacturer with broad industrial, automotive and aerospace exposure. Overlaps with Variohm's position, pressure and temperature sensor portfolio but at vastly larger scale and with a catalogue-led model rather than customized engineering.
• Sensata Technologies: Industrial and automotive sensor specialist with strong positions in pressure, position and force sensing. Comparable on the sensor side of the business but targets high-volume OEM programs rather than customized low-volume industrial applications.
• Honeywell Sensing & Productivity Solutions: Industrial sensing portfolio covering position, pressure, temperature and force. Comparable on product category breadth but operates as a large diversified incumbent rather than a specialized custom-engineering platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/variohm-group-limited

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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