CoreLogic Announces Sale of First Advantage Businesses
Executing on its strategy to focus on core businesses SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 23, 2010 - CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today announced an agreement to sell its Employer Services and Litigation Support businesses. The businesses will be acquired by Symphony Technology Group (STG), and will operate under the brand name First Advantage....
Read More »LyondellBasell Sells Flavors and Fragrances Business to Pinova Holdings, Inc.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec. 22, 2010 - LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced that Pinova Holdings, Inc. has purchased LyondellBasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLC in a transaction which closed today. This divestiture is consistent with our objective to focus on developing our core businesses of olefins and polyolefins, intermediates and derivatives, and refining and oxyfuels, said...
Read More »Dover to Acquire the Sound Solutions Business Line of NXP
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Dec. 22, 2010 - Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Sound Solutions business line of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI). Sound Solutions, which is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, will become part of Itasca, Illinois based Knowles Electronics within Dover's Electronic Technologies segment. In business since...
Read More »Jacobs Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Aker Solutions' Process and Construction Business
Acquisition Significantly Expands Presence in the Mining and Metals Market PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 21, 2010 - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement with Aker Solutions ASA (Aker) to purchase a number of Aker's operations within its Process and Construction (P&C) business area. The cash purchase price is estimated to be $675 million,...
Read More »Zimmer Announces Acquisition of SoPlus Orthopaedic Surgical Power Tools Company
Zimmer adds established manufacturing capabilities and a range of SoPlus products to portfolio WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 22, 2010 - Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced it has acquired Sodem Diffusion S.A., the manufacturer of SoPlus Orthopaedic Surgical Power Tools based in Geneva, Switzerland. The company will be re-named Zimmer...
Read More »Ahlstrom's Divestment of Production Lines in Bethune Confirmed
Ahlstrom, a global leader in nonwovens and specialty papers, announces that it has completed the divestment of three dust filtration product lines in Bethune, SC, USA, to Andrew Industries. Ahlstrom announced earlier this month the sale of the three production lines in Bethune and its Wuxi plant in China to Andrew Industries. The divestment of the Wuxi plant, which also makes dust filtration...
Read More »Assa Abloy to Acquire Secure ID Solutions Company Lasercard Corp
Stockholm, Sweden - Assa Abloy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lasercard Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed company and a leading provider of secure ID solutions to governments and commercial clients around the world. Lasercard's unique portfolio of card products, services, and solutions for complex ID management are used by 400 customers in 44 nations. The company's strength is in...
Read More »RPM Business Acquires UK-Based Provider of Drainage Systems
MEDINA, Ohio, Dec. 21, 2010 - RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) today announced that its RPM Performance Coatings Group has acquired Pipeline & Drainage Systems Ltd. (PDS), a leading supplier of curb, bridge and channel drainage products for construction and infrastructure markets, primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Based in Wakefield, England, PDS has annual sales of approximately $8...
Read More »Teradata to Acquire Aprimo
Strategic move joins leaders in data warehousing and analytics and integrated marketing management to help corporations drive growth and profitable business engagements ATLANTA, Dec. 22, 2010 - Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the world's largest company solely focused on data warehousing and business analytics, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Aprimo, a global...
Read More »Bertram Capital to Acquire EDI, Positioning the Flat Die Manufacturer for Continued Expansion
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI, U.S.A., December 22, 2010: Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC (EDI), a leading international supplier of flat extrusion and coating dies, announced today that it has agreed to be acquired by Bertram Capital, a private equity firm based in San Mateo, California. The parties did not disclose the terms of the transaction, which is expected to close on or around December 31, 2010....
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