BinMaster acquires Stevens Water Monitoring Systems for weather and soil tech

BinMaster Sensors and Technologies (BST) entered into an agreement to purchase assets of Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, which specializes in providing accurate and rugged environmental monitoring equipment including the HydraProbe, POGO and TurfPro brands, weather stations and advanced agrotechnology platforms used for data-driven hydrological and horticultural management. 

The acquisition will integrate new product offerings from Stevens Water into the existing BST portfolio, including integrated systems to measure, monitor and analyze water, soil, weather and environmental conditions critical to scientific, industrial and horticultural operations. The products will also enhance the company’s current selection of remote water measurement transmitters under the Senix brand. 

A producer of hydrological and environmental monitoring since 1911, Stevens Water Monitoring Systems brings more than a century of experience to water resource management, soil and weather monitoring and environmental data acquisition. Its comprehensive portfolio includes liquid level and water quality sensors, advanced soil moisture and electrical-conductivity instrumentation, weather stations, staff gages, telemetry systems and data acquisition and management solutions. 

Austin Benes, senior vice president of sales, will collaborate closely with the Stevens Water team to align and integrate sensors, systems and strategies into the BST enterprise. 

“Our collective goal is to bring critical operational measurements together and make that data easier to access and act upon — from inventory levels of stored materials to water, weather, soil moisture and turf conditions,” said Benes. “By combining proven sensing technologies with connected data platforms, clients will gain critical information to enhance efficiencies across agriculture, water resources, turf management and industrial applications.” 

Stevens Water — and its HydraProbe, POGO, TurfPro and weather station product lines — join the BST family of brands including BinMaster level controls instrumentation and Senix ultrasonics for liquid and distance measurement. The enhanced portfolio will serve a variety of markets, including turf management.

“BST leadership is excited to integrate and grow Stevens Water into our family of brands, products and services,” said Scott Hudson, CEO of BinMaster Sensors and Technologies. “Stevens’ ‘measurements to mind’ philosophy — what the sensors measure, the mind sees — resonates with BST’s existing mission to deliver industry-tailored systems for each user’s bulk inventory and environmental monitoring needs.”