Plaskolite Strengthens Product and Service Offerings Through Acquisition
COLUMBUS, Ohio (July 25, 2007) -Plaskolite is pleased to announce that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the continuously processed acrylic sheet division of Lucite International. Plaskolite will purchase the manufacturing plants located in Olive Branch, Mississippi, and Monterrey, Mexico. The acquisition is anticipated to be complete in the early part of the third quarter. This...
Read More »Actix Completes Acquisition of Radioplan GmbH
Radioplan officially becomes Actix GmbH, completing the Actix automated optimization suite of tools London, 24th September 2007 - Actix, the recognized global leader for systems that enhance mobile network customer experience while reducing the total cost of ownership, today announced the completion of the merger of Actix Limited and Radioplan GmbH, a Dresden-based provider of automated network...
Read More »Air Liquide Becomes a Major Player in the UK Homecare Market
After entering the UK homecare and medical gases market in May with the acquisition of Linde UK, Air Liquide goes a step further with the acquisition of the respiratory homecare business of Allied Healthcare for approximately 51 million in cash, thus giving the Group a national footprint in the growing British market. In the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) has required an increased quality...
Read More »Trimble Acquires Ingenieurburo Breining GmbH in Germany to Expand Software Applications for the European Survey Market
LEIPZIG, Germany, Sept. 25 /-- Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that it has acquired Ingenieurburo Breining GmbH of Kirchheim, Germany, a provider of customized field data collection and office software solutions for the cadastral survey market in Germany. Financial terms were not disclosed. The addition of Breining software resources, expertise and products enable Trimble to further address...
Read More »Air Liquide Agrees to Purchase US Company Scott Specialty Gases
American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc., a 100% Air Liquide affiliate, announces an agreement to purchase the assets of Scott Specialty Gases, Inc., a leading privately held international producer and supplier of value-added mixed and pure high specialty gases to the analytical, medical and electronics sectors, and of high-performance gas handling equipment and specialty gas delivery systems. The...
Read More »Emerson to Acquire Motorola's Embedded Communications Computing Business
Transaction to Strengthen Emerson's Position in $6 Billion Merchant Embedded Computing Industry ST. LOUIS & SCHAUMBURG, Ill--Sept. 28, 2007--Emerson (NYSE: EMR) and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Emerson will acquire Motorola's Embedded Communications Computing (ECC) business for $350 million in cash....
Read More »Niles Machine and Tool Works and Pacific Production Engineering Consulting Announce Official Merger
Both companies to be known as Integrated Manufacturing Group Livermore and Palo Alto, Calif. (September 10, 2007) - Niles Machine and Tool Works, LLC (Niles) and Pacific Production Engineering Consulting, LLC (PPEC) will be officially merged into one corporate entity as of October 1, 2007. The new company will be known as Integrated Manufacturing Group, LLC (IMG). Our team has not changed, nor...
Read More »Illinois Tool Works Inc. Acquires Food Retail Weighing Business Avery Berkel
GLENVIEW, Ill., Sept. 20 -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) today announced that it has acquired the assets of Avery Berkel, the food retail weighing business of Avery Weigh-Tronix. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Avery Berkel will be a wholly owned business unit of ITW and part of the company's existing food equipment group. ITW will continue to operate Avery Berkel as a...
Read More »New Brunswick Scientific Completes Merger Transaction with Eppendorf
EDISON, N.J., Sept. 24 -- New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. ( NBS ) (NASDAQ:NBSC), and Eppendorf Group ( Eppendorf ) announced today the completion of the previously announced merger transaction in which Eppendorf acquired NBS for approximately $110 million in an all-cash transaction. As a result of the merger, which was approved by NBS' shareholders at a special meeting on September 20, 2007,...
Read More »Competition Bureau clears Acquisition of BCE by Investor Group led by Teachers', Providence and Madison
MONTREAL, Quebec, Sept. 21 / -- BCE has today been informed by the Canadian Competition Bureau that the Bureau's review of the proposed acquisition of BCE by an investor group led by Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners Inc. and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, has been completed favourably. About BCE Inc. BCE is...
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