Fortress Technology acquires Oceania food safety specialist

Global food safety, contaminant detection and checkweighing machine manufacturer Fortress Technology has announced it has acquired Dynamic Inspection, located in New Zealand. This will be the company’s fourth global manufacturing site.

Founded in 1998, Dynamic Inspection manufacturers inline food-grade metal detectors in New Zealand, which are used to safeguard dairy and food processing lines in Oceania and APAC.

Dynamic has been affiliated to Fortress since the Canadian firm’s inception 27 years ago. The two companies share decades of design and application experience. Now that Dynamic founders Bob Philpott and Steve Atkins are retiring, this longstanding alliance has been formalised with ownership transferring to Fortress.

Meeting in another metal detection circle over 40 years ago, little did the Fortress CEO and founder Steve Gidman and Bob Philpott realise how rapidly their mutual interest would evolve.

“The transition to Fortress now enables us to recruit more experts and expand our manufacturing hub in New Zealand, as well as our business reach. Exciting new products and services will follow,” Philpott said.

Based in Cambridge with additional sales and service engineers located in Auckland and Christchurch, Dynamic found success supplying metal detectors, X-ray and checkweighing equipment for dairy lines, specifically milk powder inspection. However, their reach is not limited to dairy applications and they have installed inspection systems for the entire food industry, worldwide.

Fortress will continue to share the latest advancements in inspection technology to New Zealand, enabling local engineers to adopt identical manufacturing processes. However, the Dynamic team will now have direct access to the Canadian teams’ extensive R&D and global food safety intel.

The acquisition of Dynamic Inspection was ratified on 6 October 2023.