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...
Read More »Cooper Industries Acquires Cannon Technologies
HOUSTON, Aug. 15, 2006 -- Cooper Industries (NYSE: CBE) today announced the acquisition by Cooper Power Systems, Inc. of Cannon Technologies, Inc., a Minneapolis-based provider of automation technologies for monitoring and metering, and energy management by electrical utilities. With this acquisition, Cooper Power Systems will provide customers with comprehensive solutions -- from the meter to...
Read More »Praxair Acquires Hobart Industrial Gases
DANBURY, Conn., Oct. 16, 2006 - Praxair Distribution Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), has acquired Hobart Industrial Gases of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Since 1956, Hobart Industrial Gases has supplied a wide array of packaged industrial, medical and specialty gases, welding equipment, supplies and services to Indiana and Ohio. This acquisition provides a great opportunity to integrate...
Read More »Leica Geosystems Continues Expansion into Construction Market through Acquisition of Mikrofyn
(Norcross, GA, October 17, 2006) On 8 September 2006, Leica Geosystems and Hexagon announced the acquisition of Mikrofyn A/S in Denmark. The company is one of Europe's leading suppliers of machine automation and laser leveling and alignment equipment for the building construction and civil engineering industries. Mikrofyn's product range consists of a portfolio of automatic and manual machine...
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