Seth Hansen, VP of sports systems at Daktronics said that the acquisition is important to Daktronics' expansion into the European market. "ETS has an excellent reputation of providing quality service," he said. "We are excited to be able to provide additional products to existing ETS customers, and provide even better service to existing Daktronics customers in the United Kingdom."
"Together, our offices in England and Germany should be able to share resources to help grow our business in Europe," said Hansen, who is also responsible for Daktronics international sales and service operations.
"We're pleased to become part of the world's leading designer and manufacturer of electronic scoreboards and large-screen LED message and video systems," said Peter Everton, founder and president of European Timing Systems. "We will continue to support our existing customers with a very high level of service, and we look forward to the additional opportunities that Daktronics will provide for our current and future customers."
Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is one of the world's largest suppliers of, electronic scoreboards, computer-programmable displays, large screen video displays and control systems.
