Schneider Electric (SE) has completed the acquisition of Aurtra Pty Ltd, an Australia-based company focused on sensors and software to monitor, analyse and provide actionable insights for oil transformers.

SE stated that the investment strengthens its position as a reference digital provider of services across the full electrical distribution value chain.

“With this technology, we help customers avoid catastrophic and expensive transformer failures, optimise their operating expenses on individual or transformer fleets, and ultimately extend transformer life,” SE vice president, digital transformer services Pedro Robredo says.

Aurtra’s HealthSense multi-function sensor is now part of the SE services offer portfolio. SE will also extend its sales and support channels to cover the Aurtra customer base.

“The team is excited to join the Schneider Electric family and drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies to realise full efficiency and sustainability opportunities,” Aurtra co-founder and chief executive Terry Woodcroft says. Terry is now Schneider’s digital transformer services offer management, support and marketing lead.