Metcheck acquires Russell Scientific

July 19, 2022

Metcheck acquires Russell Scientific

Metcheck acquires Russell Scientific Instruments: 235 years combined expertise in UK weather monitoring 

Metcheck is delighted to welcome Russell Scientific Instruments to our weather family.

With some 160 years’ prestigious presence in the UK weather industry, Russell Scientific designs and manufactures precision weather instruments to the highest industry standard.

Metcheck and Russell Scientific have a long-standing partnership; and the acquisition of this company sits perfectly alongside Skyview Systems and ClimeMET, under our established meteorological umbrella.

With Metcheck’s 42-year history and Skyview’s 33-years of trading, we are thrilled to be the UK’s most established and trusted suppliers of weather monitoring equipment, boasting a phenomenal 235 years of combined weather expertise.

With our shared values of sustainability and quality, coupled with a strong British heritage of skilled craftsmanship, we are honoured to take Russell Scientific into the next chapter and look forward to exciting times ahead!

In this Jubilee year, we are thrilled to add a jewel in the crown in bringing Russell Scientific into our group of companies.”

- Nic Hart, Managing Director, Skyview Systems




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