MultiDyne Acquires MRMC Assets – Forms New Company to Revive the Motion-Control Brand

June 29^th, 2026

by Nino LeitnerJune 29^th, 2026

The MRMC saga has a buyer at last. US broadcast-infrastructure specialist MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems has acquired the assets of Mark Roberts Motion Control out of liquidation, forming a new company, MultiDyne Robotics and Motion Control Limited, that will keep the MRMC brand alive. The deal secures the iconic camera-robotics maker’s technology, intellectual property, UK manufacturing, and core engineering team after weeks of uncertainty.

For anyone following the rapid collapse of one of filmmaking’s most recognizable motion-control names, this is the resolution the industry had been waiting for. After Nikon offloaded MRMC to investment firm Blandford Capital in the spring, the company fell into creditors’ voluntary liquidation just 57 days later, leaving customers, rental houses, and ongoing productions in limbo. We covered both stages of that story, first when Nikon sold MRMC to Blandford Capitaland then when MRMC entered liquidation with a sale agreed but not yet closed. That sale has now completed, and the buyer is not the rumored party but an established American player moving into camera robotics for the first time.

Frank Jachetta and the MultiDyne Team at the 2023 Technical & Engineering Emmy Award Show after accepting MultiDyne’s 2nd Emmy Award. Image credit: MultiDyne

Who is MultiDyne and what did it buy

MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, headquartered outside New York and led by CEO Frank Jachetta, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026. For five decades the company has focused on the transport, processing, and management of video, audio, and data signals across broadcast, digital cinema, pro AV, and live production. Its fiber-optic transport, camera interface, and signal-processing products are used to move signals across complex production infrastructure, which places its expertise some distance from MRMC’s mechanical camera robotics.

The acquisition was structured as an asset purchase out of the liquidation process, and MultiDyne has established a new subsidiary, MultiDyne Robotics and Motion Control Limited, to carry the MRMC brand forward (smart move to move from “Marc Roberts” to “MultiDyne Robotics” in the name to keep the MRMC abbreviation, if you ask me).

The transaction brings across MRMC’s core technologies, intellectual property, manufacturing capabilities, and key engineering expertise. In a statement, MRMC confirmed that MultiDyne has completed the acquisition of its assets, describing the well-capitalized backing as ensuring the stability, continuity, and recovery of the brand, with an immediate focus on fulfilling existing commitments and restarting core operations. Financial terms were not disclosed.

A move from signal transport into image acquisition

The strategic logic, in MultiDyne’s framing, is about reaching the very beginning of the content-creation chain. The company has built its business around what happens to a signal after a camera captures it, and MRMC brings the cameras’ physical movement, positioning, and automation into the same organization. According to MultiDyne, the two product portfolios have virtually no overlap, yet they serve many of the same customers and channel partners across broadcast television, sports production, digital cinema, virtual production, and live events.

“MRMC is a world-class brand with an exceptional reputation for innovation, engineering excellence and customer success,” said Jachetta. “This acquisition represents a natural and highly strategic extension of our business. MultiDyne has long been focused on the transport, processing and management of video, audio and data signals. MRMC places us at the point of image acquisition itself, allowing us to participate in a much broader portion of the production workflow.” The deal also strengthens MultiDyne’s international footprint, particularly in Europe, where MRMC has long maintained its base and customer relationships.

UK operations and leadership

One of the more reassuring details for existing MRMC customers is the plan to maintain operations in the United Kingdom, preserving the engineering expertise, product innovation, and customer relationships that built the brand’s reputation. Neil Maycock, a member of the MultiDyne leadership team, will run MRMC as Managing Director.

“MRMC has earned tremendous loyalty throughout the broadcast and cinema industries because of its innovation, product quality and commitment to customer success,” said Maycock. “Our priority is ensuring continuity for customers, partners and ongoing projects while creating a strong foundation for future growth. We see tremendous opportunities to expand the reach of MRMC technologies through MultiDyne’s global sales channels, customer relationships and long-term investment strategy.” For customers sitting on open orders, deposits, or rental commitments through the liquidation, that emphasis on continuity is the headline, though the practical mechanics of honoring pre-liquidation obligations will become clearer as the new company restarts operations.

The name “MRMC” will persist, but it now stands for “MultiDyne Robotics and Motion Control” instead of “Mark Roberts Motion Control”. Logo courtesy of MRMC, composition by CineD

What it means for the motion-control landscape

MRMC’s portfolio is among the most established in the field, spanning the Academy Award-winning Milo and Super Milo rigs, the high-speed Bolt and Bolt X Cinebots, the Bolt Mini Model Mover, the newer and more affordable Cinebot series, and the Flair control software that underpins the entire range, alongside a deep broadcast-robotics and automated-tracking line. Keeping that technology, its IP, and the engineering team together under a well-capitalized owner is a materially better outcome than a piecemeal breakup of the assets would have been.

The timing matters too. Motion control has been enjoying renewed demand, driven by virtual production pipelines, LED volume work, and the appetite for precise, repeatable camera moves in high-end commercial and episodic production. The category has also grown more competitive, with the likes of Motorized Precision expanding their cinebot ranges and industrial-robot platforms being adapted for film and broadcast. A stabilized MRMC, backed by a 50-year-old infrastructure company with global sales channels, re-enters that contest from a stronger footing than it occupied during the liquidation. The real test will be whether MultiDyne can resume shipments, firmware support, and product development at the cadence MRMC maintained before its troubles began, and the industry will get an early read on that at the next major trade shows.

After a turbulent few months, MRMC appears to have landed somewhere stable, with its technology, team, and UK base intact under new ownership. Do you run MRMC gear in your productions, and does this acquisition restore your confidence in the brand’s future? Don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments below!