Pentair distributes from Taiwan

McLeed Clean

air and liquid

group McLeod

ex bdness

filtration

Russel

Holding

plc has acquired European filter technology

dollar deal.

McLeod US$17.9 and

filters, fine dust, coarse dust and

in June last year to focus on clean

Leading

gas

air

manufacturer

Russell

may

pay

an

filters,

paid

additional

depending on the

and

filter

McLeod Russel says that the acquisition

million on completion

$1.6 million,

phase

housings.

business Luwa in a

multi-million

Acquisition for Testori

will

strengthen

and liquid

filtration,

and

Italy, has acquired TTL France from the No&da

Luwa employs approximately 163

air filtration market, and build its

13

presence in growth sectors such

warehouse

as

and 2680 m* of ofice space.

of

operates

production,

and shipping

space

Now known as TTL France, it specialises in the production and sale

of

filter

bags,

channeled pockets,

pockets,

as well as a

electronics.

Luwa deal is McLeod

wide range of products for dry

enhancing the company’s product

Russel’s second large acquisition

filbation applications. TTL France,

range

is

a

subdivision

of

and

to

and

m2

Group

for an undisclosed sum.

year ending 3 1 December Luwa

addition

people 000

No&da

operating profit of Luwa for the 2000.

In

Testori,

dispose of its non-core businesses its

and

media

Fratelli

and assets.

leadership in the European clean

pharmaceuticals

filter

manufacturing

The

in the space of a year. Early in

based in Mulhouse, has a strong

Russel

2000 the McLeod Russel bought

position in the French market - a

Italy,

expects to make significant cost

Vokes’ air and liquid filtration

leading producer of pockets for the

France and the UK that operate

savings from geographic overlaps

business

million

aluminium

as a single entity. The company’s

and optimised

(Filtration+Sepororion,

March,

annual turnover

headquarters

production capacity.

Zellweger,

comprising

four

companies

in Germany,

and a significant

part of its production are located in

Switzerland.

products

Luwa’s

are particle

for pharmaceutical, cleanroom

technology,

McLeod

As part

purchasing

and

for

$5.4

2000, p. 4).

of the acquisition,

Forfurther information

has agreed to make

McLeod Russel Holdings plc,

air filters

purchases

from Luwa that will

2 Hitching Court, Blacklands

and fine

ensure

a total

gross

profit

of

acq;;c;&l

contact:

Zellweger

medical, and

Way,Abingdon Business Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OXI 4 1 RG,

dust filters for ventilation and air

aggregate

profit

UK.

conditioning. The product range

over

next

is classified

McLeod Russel.

as high efficiency

particulate air (HEPA) and ultralow

penetration

air

(ULPA)

Pentair Pentair

lnc,

regional Taiwan

distribution

Treatment

its

centre

Pentair

(PWT)

response

in

USA, has opened a

for to

business

the

in

Water in

company’s

growth in the Asia/Pacific region. The initially

distribution

centre

supplying

PWT’s

treatment

including

is core

product line of components water

The

for

systems

membrane

housings

A Leers

and

chief

Randall

J

distribution delivery

operating Hogan, centre

times

days, as opposed months.

to

will be

separation

specialist

Liquitek

Enterprises

Inc, Utah,

Distech Ltd in exchange for more

of Distech’s

than 11 million shares of its stock.

industrial

PWT sales

and

Shanghai,

also has Asia/Pacific service

offices

in

People’s

Republic

of

China;Taipei,Taiwan;

and Sydney,

Australia. Pentair Incs core business is in

Based distillation sources

contaminated

enclosures

The

(MTBE),

employs around

technology purified

methyl

14 000 people in

of

Zealand,

produces and

currently

New

%

Distech owns a patented vacuum

the tools, water technologies markets.

in

74

food

USA,

group in Asia.

has acquired

recovery,

that

water

tertiary

butyl

arsenic

technologies

enable

ultra-pure

found

in industrial

drinking

Liquitek also plans to market Distech’s

system for both small

the world.

50%

desalination facilities.

consumption.

allow

Minneapolis, MN 55402, USA. Tel: fl

612 338 5100;

The

Fax: +1 612 486 2759;

electronics,

Website: www.pentair.com

metal

level

as safe for human

large-scale

An unconditional acquire the remaining

technology

applications

the

is used in

including

micro-

pharmaceutical,

finishing,

wastewater

and

desalination applications.

and

than

water,

water,

been found to be approximately lower

the

liquid separation and purification wastewater,

have

will

to its

treatment

company to provide solutions to

with

Residual levels of MTBE in water purified by the equipment

technology

wastewater

problems

and salt, etc.

and

Liquitek says that the addition

from ether

processing

water bottling.

WaterTechnologies

recommended

to weeks or

E-mail: [email protected]

Liquid

Contact: Pent& Inc. Norwest Center,

to

Fax: +390 2 3523230;

Website: www.mcleodrussel.com

90 South 7th Street, 36th Floor,

cut

Tel: +390 2 35231;

[email protected];

new

ol&er the

Novate Milanese (Milan), It+

Water purifying technology acquired

to the new

more than 50 locations

According to PWT’s president

lip moreinformationcontact: Fmtelli

position of vice president of the

company

residential applications.

as an international

supplier and partner of dry and liquid filtration systems. T&tori SPA,Via Piave IS,20026

I235 536677;

Fax: i-44 1235 536670; E-mail: follows

In October, Pentair appointed Frederick

Tel: f44

from

approximately

and

for

McLeod Russel’s announcement

and reverse osmosis storage tanks industrial

years

acquisition

for

commercial,

five

distributes Taiwan

headquartered

Minneapolis,

the

million

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its position

$0.5 million per annum and an of $3 million

and has a

of 86

(US$5.6 million).

main

operations,

industry,

seawater offer

to

26 % of

Distech has been made. Liquitek Enterprises lnc, 1350 East Draper Parkway, Draper, UT 84020, USA. Tel: +1 801 553 8753