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 »Industrial Scientific Acquires Oldham, S.A.
PITTSBURGH - Industrial Scientific Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of portable gas detectors and gas monitoring equipment, announced today it has acquired Oldham, S.A. of France from 3i Group PLC in an all-cash transaction. Further financial terms were not disclosed. We are delighted to welcome the people and customers of Oldham to Industrial Scientific, said Kent McElhattan,...
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)...
Read More »Rexnord to be Acquired by Apollo Management for $1.825 Billion
Milwaukee, WI-May 25, 2006 Rexnord Corporation, a leading manufacturer of precision motion technology products, today announced that an affiliate of the private equity firm, Apollo Management, has signed an agreement to purchase RBS Global, Inc., the corporate parent of Rexnord, for $1.825 billion from private equity firm The Carlyle Group and management. The transaction is subject to government...
Read More »Konecranes Inc. Subsidiary Acquires Majority Stake of U.S. Based MMH Holdings, Inc.
HMM Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned Konecranes Inc. subsidiary, has acquired 59.2% of the shares of MMH Holdings, Inc., the owner of U.S. based Morris Materials Handling, Inc. The total consideration amounts to apprx. USD 38.5 M. With over 120 years of history in North America, Morris Material Handling, Inc., is a recognised player in the maintenance service and overhead crane industry. Morris...
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