IRD buys VDS in European expansion
IRD is on the acquisition trail again (© Tanewpix | Dreamstime.com) International Road Dynamics (IRD) has made its second German acquisition in the last few months as it expands its European footprint. It has bought for €1.9m Löbau-based VDS Verkehrstechnik (VDS Traffic Engineering), which develops, manufactures and sells fixed and mobile monitoring devices for speed and red-light infringements. The company's manufacturing facility and two service centres in Germany will be absorbed into fibre optic specialist Sensor Line, which IRD bought for €3.8m in January this year. German fi...