Having wrapped up a controlling interest in the veteran General Automation Inc – it is hoping because that agreement is still conditional – ambitious Sheffield Pick-popper Sanderson Electronics Plc has bought the business and assets of XSoft Ltd and XTech UK from Erskine House Group Plc, paying over UKP300,000 in cash. The move takes Sanderson, whose core business is Pick machines using Fujitsu Ltd hardware, into the world of Pick on the IBM RT, because XSoft distributes Pick on the RT. The two companies, based in Northampton, were acquired by Erskine when it bought Quest Group Plc, which had acquired the businesses shortly before, last August.
