Nalco Reaches Agreement to Sell Marine Chemicals Business to Wilhelmsen Ships Service
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Jan. 6, 2011 - Nalco (NYSE: NLC), providing essential expertise for water, energy and air, announced today it reached a definitive agreement to sell its NALFLEET marine chemicals unit to Norway's Wilhelmsen Ships Service for $41 million. The marine chemicals business is not a core part of our industrial water and process treatment businesses, said Nalco Chairman and Chief...
Read More »LumaSense Technologies Inc. Acquires InfraredVision Technology Corporation ( ITC) from L-3 Communications
Positions Temperature and Gas Sensing Systems Provider to Deliver Full Range of Thermal-Imaging Solutions SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2011- LumaSense Technologies, Inc., (LumaSense) a global provider of temperature and gas sensing solutions used in a wide range of industries, today announced it has acquired Buellton, Calif. based InfraredVision Technology Corp. (ITC) from L-3 Communications....
Read More »FARO to Present at the 13th Annual Needham Growth Conference
LAKE MARY, Fla., Jan. 4, 2011 - FARO Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: FARO) the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement and imaging innovations, announced that President and CEO Jay Freeland and Senior Vice President and CFO Keith Bair will present at the 13th Annual Needham Conference at 4:50pm EST on January 12, 2011, at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. The audio will be...
Read More »Gen-Probe to Webcast Presentation at the 29th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 4, 2011 - Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO) announced today that the Company will present at the 29th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on January 10, 2011 at approximately 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time. The presentation is scheduled to be webcast live and may be accessed through a link on the investors section of Gen-Probe's website at www.gen-probe.com. The...
Read More »ABB Adds Business Intelligence to Software Offering with Obvient Acquisition
Packaged solutions from Georgia-based provider support high-volume, real-time decision support for utilities Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 5, 2011 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to acquire Obvient Strategies Inc., a privately-owned specialist software provider based in Alpharetta, Georgia, adding Obvient's solutions to its recently acquired Ventyx software...
Read More »Amerigon Announces Changes in BSST Subsidiary Ownership Resulting from December 31 Retirement of Dr. Lon Bell
NORTHVILLE, Mich., Jan. 4, 2011 - Amerigon Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARGN), a leader in developing and marketing products based on advanced thermoelectric (TE) technologies, announced today that it has acquired the 15 percent minority interest in its technology development subsidiary, BSST LLC, plus the reversionary rights to the technology previously owned by Dr. Lon Bell, former Chief Technical...
Read More »Berlin Packaging Completes All-Pak Integration with Rebranding
Over 70 Locations Now Carry Berlin Packaging Name; All-Pak Brand Retired CHICAGO, Jan. 5, 2011 - Berlin Packaging, a leading full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, announced today that all sales and warehouse locations formerly known as All-Pak, Inc., are now operating under the Berlin Packaging name. The rebranding is the culmination of a 10-month initiative...
Read More »Mueller Industries, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Assets of Tube Forming, L.P.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 5, 2011 - Mueller Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MLI), announced today that the Company acquired various operating assets of Tube Forming, L.P. (TFI), a subsidiary of Wolverine Tube, Inc., effective December 28, 2010. TFI primarily serves the Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) market in North America. The acquired assets include inventories, production equipment as...
Read More »Qiao Xing Universal Wins Bid and Acquires Equity Interest in Large Copper-molybdenum Mining Company
Company Well-Positioned to Be a Leading Player in the Molybdenum Mining Industry and Have Meaningful Size in the China Resources Industry HUIZHOU, China, Jan. 5, 2011 - Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: XING, the Company or XING ), one of the leading players in the molybdenum-mining business as well as a company with meaningful size in the resources industry, today announced that its...
Read More »Qualcomm to Acquire Atheros, Leader in Connectivity & Networking Solutions
Accelerates Expansion of Company's Semiconductor Business into Adjacent Markets SAN DIEGO and SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 5, 2011 - Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) and Atheros Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR), today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Qualcomm intends to acquire Atheros, a leader in innovative technologies for wireless and wired local area...
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