Couche-Tard Acquires 40 Stores in the Midwest (U.S.)
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announces that it has, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, signed an agreement to purchase 40 stores and assume an additional 13 fuel supply contracts in the Midwest region. Should this transaction close as planned in March 2006, these acquisitions would add sales of approximately US $160 million to Couche-Tard's revenues and contribute to its earnings on an...
Read More »Norwegian Asset Swap Between Statoil and Shell
Enterprise Oil Norge AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of A/S Norske Shell, ( Shell") and Statoil ASA ("Statoil") today announced that they have agreed to swap a range of assets offshore Norway. In addition, Shell is to farm-in to three Statoil deepwater exploration licenses. The deals will increase Shell's share of the European gas supply market and provide access to important new development...
Read More »Alcoa Completes Sale of Home Exteriors Business To Ply Gem Industries
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of its Home Exteriors business to Ply Gem Industries, Inc., for $305 million in cash. Alcoa announced its plan to divest the home exteriors business because it no longer fit with its core global building and construction business portfolio. The business has 1,400 employees and had 2005 revenues of...
Read More »Shell Reaches Agreement to Sell Bakersfield Refinery to Flying J subsidiary
Shell Oil Company (SOC) today announced that its Shell Oil Products US subsidiary has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Bakersfield Refinery, located in Bakersfield, California, to a wholly owned subsidiary of Flying J Inc. The Bakersfield Refinery, which began production in 1932 as the 1,500 barrel per day Mohawk Refinery, is located in California's Central Valley and today has the...
Read More »Thiele Technologies, Inc. to Acquire Certain Assets of Streamfeeder, LLC
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Oct. 24, 2006 - Robert H. Chapman, Chairman and CEO of Barry- Wehmiller Companies, Inc., and Larry Smith, President and CEO of Thiele Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of high-speed packaging equipment in Minneapolis, Minn., have announced an agreement to acquire certain assets and the business of Streamfeeder, LLC of Minneapolis. Commenting on the planned transaction, Smith...
Read More »CMM Designer And Builder, Wenzel Gmbh, Acquires New Granite Processing Operation
Company's vertical integration strategy enhances ability to improve the delivery of new CMMs by producing critical machine components faster. At a time when CMM manufacturers worldwide are becoming less vertically integrated as they attempt to reduce costs by outsourcing critical CMM machine components like granite plates, Wenzel GmbH is doing just the opposite. They recently purchased a granite...
Read More »Acquisition of Ceramawire, Inc. by Motion Sensors, Inc.
Motion Sensors, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Ceramawire, Inc., www.ceramawire.com, a leading manufacturer of high temperature ceramic coated magnet wire. Ceramawire has been a long-time supplier to Motion Sensors of wire for use in its high temperature variable reluctance speed sensors. Ceramawire's HT Wire is a high temperature magnet wire insulated with a fully cured (1400° -...
Read More »Schaffner Group Acquires Jacke TRANSFORMATOREN GMBH to Increase Competence in Power Quality Field
EDISON, N.J., October 19, 2006 -- The Schaffner Group, based in Luterbach, Switzerland, today announced it has expanded its competence by acquiring JACKE Transformatoren GmbH, a German company that develops power quality technologies. The acquisition is a strategic move to strengthen Schaffner's technological base and to become the first international company to offer solutions combining EMC,...
Read More »BSD Completes PerSpective® Purchase
ATLANTA and ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1, 2006 -- Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) of Atlanta and The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) of Alexandria announced today the completion of BSD's acquisition of PerSpective, a software tool for creating building performance specifications. BSD developed PerSpective for a joint venture formed by CSI and the Design-Build Institute of America...
Read More »Eagle Technology, Inc. Acquires Equipsoft, LLC
Mequon, WI - Oct 09, 2006 Eagle Technology, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Equipsoft Corporation, a maintenance management software (CMMS) vendor based in Knoxville, TN. Equipsoft president Rich Gabel said, Eagle's commitment to the maintenance market and their reputation for quality solutions and service made them an ideal merger partner. Equipsoft customers will have a stronger base of...
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