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Sparc’s product line is expanded and the roll out to world markets begins.

Metal detector manufacturer Fortress Technology Inc. acquires Sparc Systems Ltd., expanding product offering and support throughout Europe, North America and Brazil. Steve Gidman, President of [...]

Introduced the enhanced Titan 420 combination metal detection and checkweighing system, designed specifically for finished tin bread products, and the Xtreme 2 fibre optic control system for high [...]

Introduced various X-ray inspection systems, including the Medusa 420 combination eight-lane X-ray inspection system, the Apollo 420 X-ray inspection system, and the Iris 420 Pipeline X-ray [...]

David Buckley joined the company as Managing Director.

Introduced the improved TS 310 combination metal detection and checkweighers system. In addition, we designed a high-speed tablet-counting system with a throughput of 10,000 tablets per minute.

Patented the EFS sensor, a revolutionary system for measuring the mass of pharmaceutical tablets as they fall in to the bottle, at speeds of up to 3,000 per minute.

A key milestone as we introduced our first combination metal detection and checkweighing system.

Built our own premises, Sparc House, a purpose-built, 18,000 square foot building at Merebrook.

Acquired 50% ownership of an automatic weighing machine manufacturer, Ward Bekker Systems Ltd. We ran the two operations at separate sites, with Ward Bekker delivering complete food packaging [...]