Orbitform Acquires Marathon Weld Tool
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Orbitform is pleased to announce an expansion of products and services. On December 7, 2005 Orbitform added welding process expertise through the purchase of Marathon Weld Tool from Marathon Weld Group (ELCO), Jackson, Michigan. This new product team has been integrated into Orbitform's Executive Drive location. Even more exciting is the addition of some highly skilled...
Read More »ATS Announces Sale of Berlin Coil Winding Business
CAMBRIDGE, ON, June 9 / - ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. today announced it has sold the assets of its Berlin, Germany coil winding subsidiary to a private, German-based company. This automation systems business, which occupies a 23,000 sq. ft. leased facility, had revenues of $8.9 million and an operating loss of approximately $0.6 million in fiscal 2006. This latest transaction reflects...
Read More »FMA and LIA Purchase ALAW
Orlando, Fla. - April 28, 2006 - The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., and the Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., announced today that they have purchased the Automotive Laser Application Workshop (ALAW) from founder Frank DiPietro. The joint acquisition of ALAW represents an opportunity to bring together the laser technology and safety standards...
Read More »ADM Investor Services Forms ADMIS Hong Kong Limited
DECATUR, Ill., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ADM Investor Services (ADMIS) through an affiliated company, ADMIS Holding Company, has formed ADMIS Hong Kong Limited through the acquisition of Refco Hong Kong Limited, a commodity brokerage firm that has a strong base of retail clients in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Japan. Eric Wong, former Refco Hong Kong Managing Director, has been named...
Read More »SSA Global to be Acquired by INFOR
Combined Company Creates Third Largest Global Enterprise Software Provider CHICAGO - May 15, 2006 -SSA Global(TM) (NASDAQ: SSAG), a leading global provider of extended enterprise solutions and services, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Infor, one of the largest global enterprise software providers focused on developing solutions for the manufacturing and...
Read More »Fujitsu Finalizes Acquisition of Wi-LAN Intellectual Property Division for WiMAX Products, Extending the Scope of Patent Licenses
New Entity, Fujitsu Microelectronics Canada, to Enhance Fujitsu's WiMAX Development SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 30 / / -- Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Wi-LAN's IP Division. (See related press release from Wi-LAN on March 20, 2006.) This acquisition includes Wi-LAN's entire technology development division, including all...
Read More »Cognex Acquires Assistware, Developer of Lane Departure Warning
NATICK, MA, May 22, 2006--Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision sensors and systems, announced today that it has acquired AssistWare Technology, Inc., a privately-held developer of Lane Departure Warning (LDW) systems for the heavy truck market. AssistWare's LDW system uses a small video camera and machine vision technology to watch the road ahead and...
Read More »K-TEK LLC Acquires BETA B.V. of The Netherlands, State-of-the-Art Pressure
Prairieville, LA (May 31, 2006) - K-TEK LLC, a leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art level instrumentation, today announced the acquisition of BETA B.V (a company of the Binder Group) that focuses on manufacturing pressure and temperature switches. BETA, located in The Netherlands, serves virtually all industry sectors with a broad range of pressure and temperature switch products. BETA...
Read More »Management Investment Group Purchases Novatec and Discloses Plan to Broaden Company's Leadership in Auxiliary Equipment
Innovations and Staff Additions Will Be Disclosed as Early as NPE 2006 (Booth 2576), including New Technologies for Reducing Energy Consumption BALTIMORE, MD, U.S.A., May 11, 2006: A group of private investors led by two key plastics auxiliary equipment executives has purchased Novatec, Inc., a leading supplier of material handling systems, and aims to double the size of the company in three...
Read More »ON Semiconductor Completes $105 Million Acquisition of LSI Logic Corporation's Gresham, Ore., 8-Inch Wafer Fab
Gresham expands ON Semiconductor's manufacturing capabilities - enabling more rapid in-house development of high-performance submicron analog and digital power products PHOENIX, Ariz. - May 15, 2006 - ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN) today announced that its primary operating subsidiary, Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, has completed the purchase of LSI Logic Corporation's (NYSE: LSI)...
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