Beier Radio Expands with Addition of Sentinel Control Division

Beier Radio announces its acquisition of Sentinel Control, expanding and strengthening Beier’s marine electronics product line, engineering, and support services provided to commercial vessels around the globe.

Sentinel designs and manufactures high quality control and instrumentation products used for vessel management, steering, cargo loading and unloading, navigation light panels, shaft tachometers, engine controls, and thruster controls. Beier Radio is a leading supplier of dynamic positioning systems incorporated into its hugely popular IVCS2000 Integrated Vessel Control System. With the addition of the Sentinel division, Beier Radio will now design, manufacture, sell, and service every component of the vessel control system from the wheelhouse to the rudders.

“Not only does the acquisition greatly strengthen our product line, but it also doubles the size of our engineering department, and significantly increases the size of our field service staff. It demonstrates Beier Radio’s ongoing commitment to grow and diversify to meet the everchanging needs and demands of the global marine market,” says Beier Radio president Karl Beier.

Now that the Sentinel acquisition is complete, Beier Radio’s focus is on the construction of a new manufacturing and training facility adjacent to their service center near Houma, Louisiana, an offshore support industry hub. The training facility will allow Beier to expand its current training DP training programs, as well as training for operation of the Beier IVCS2000 Series Vessel Control System, IVMS2000 Series Vessel Management System, and other electronic communication and navigation systems.