NDC Infrared Engineering has acquired the IRM Group (Alleur, Belgium). "IRM has established a very successful business with its excellent technologies and proven product range." said Bromley Beadle, president of NDC Infrared Engineering. "Now, with this investment, combined with NDC's global measurement and control reputation, we look forward to expanding and developing IRM's market position and to lead NDC into the metals business." IRM will become aligned within NDC Infrared Engineering world-wide. The IRM Group is headquartered near Liege, Belgium and employs about 70 people providing a comprehensive range of products to test the flatness, width, thickness, edge profile and coatings of metals.