VEGA Americas

Since 1950, VEGA Americas, Inc. has always stood for innovative measurement technology. In 2011, the Cincinnati, Ohio based company was acquired by VEGA Grieshaber KG, a leading process instrumentation company based in Germany.
VEGA Americas, Inc. started with a visionary founder, Philip Ohmart, who started the company in Cincinnati in 1950, under his own name. "Ohmart" quickly became the specialist in radiation-based instrumentation for level and density measurement in America.
Across the ocean in Germany, in 1959, Bruno Grieshaber founded a similar innovative measurement technology company: VEGA Grieshaber KG. Within just a couple of years, this Black Forest company began specializing in the development and production of sensors for measurement of level, point level, and pressure. 
Throughout the years, VEGA has been dedicated to developing and improving different measuring techniques and has widely been considered the global technology leader in radar since 1997.
A partnership between the two companies began around the same time. Ohmart manufactured VEGA-licensed products in North America to offer its customers reliable, consistent measurements. In turn, VEGA increased its knowledge pool from Ohmart's expertise in radiation-based technology.
In 1999, the German company acquired a 50 percent stake in its American partner, who then changed its name to Ohmart/VEGA. Over ten years later, Ohmart became a 100 percent subsidiary of VEGA and has been known as VEGA Americas ever since.