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Instalco new owner of Sprinklerbolaget Biocrates life Instalco has broadened its offering through the acquisition of the sprinkler company Sprinklerbolaget Stockholm AB, with nation-wide operations in fire protection and sprinkler systems. Sprinklerbolaget was founded in 2007 and currently has 45 employees at its offices in the Swedish sciences acquires Metanomics health cities of Västerås, Helsingborg and Säffle. For the 2017 financial year, preliminary net sales amounted to approximately SEK 75 million. IKEA, DHL, Akzo Nobel, Peab and Fastec are some of its customers.
Sprinklerbolaget is a fire protection company certified according to SBF (from the Swedish Fire Protection Association) and offers planning, installation, service and maintenance of automatic fire suppression systems with a speciality in fire sprinklers. In 2017, the subsidiary Automationsbolaget Sverige AB was founded, which offers ventilation system control programmes.
“Through the acquisition of Sprinklerbolaget, we broaden Instalco into a new area of operation. We see several synergies between our existing units and Sprinklerbolaget, as they are working within the same geographic areas,” says Per Sjöstrand, CEO of Instalco. Visit: www.instalco.se BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, a global leader in targeted metabolomics, has acquired Metanomics Health GmbH. Metanomics Health Plastech acquires majority share in Kautex Maschinenbau is a metabolomics biomarker development and healthcare services specialist based in Berlin,
Vienna-based Plastech Beteiligungs GmbH is the Kautex Maschinenbau Group’s new majority share- Germany. BASF Plant Science GmbH, the former holder after acquiring a 74.9% stake. The Austrian company takes over from the previous investor owner of Metanomics Health GmbH, will keep a capiton AG (Berlin). The Kautex management team, under Dr Olaf Weiland and Andreas Lichtenauer, will minority share of BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG. retain a significant investment in the company. The complementary skills and technologies of
Kautex Maschinenbau has enjoyed above-average growth during the last 12 years. The company’s the merged companies will enable BIOCRATES to revenue increased from approximately €60 million in 2006 to over €140 million in 2017. Financial serve the fast-growing metabolomics market as a investors played an important role in making this achievement possible. total solution provider, with a focus on healthcare
CEO Dr Olaf Weiland sees the majority acquisition by Plastech as the perfect opportunity to advance and pharmaceutical applications. the long-term development of the company with the support of a medium-sized principal shareholder. “Together, BIOCRATES and Metanomics Health “We are very pleased with the partner we have found in Plastech and the entrepreneurs behind the provide the broadest technology and metabolomics company,” commented Weiland. “We particularly like the company’s focus on the plastics technology product portfolio in the industry. These will enable sector, on profitable growth achieved with a customer-centric approach, innovation and digitalisation, us to provide deep metabolic phenotyping through and on taking a long-term approach to business.” targeted metabolomics profiling services, customVisit: www.kautex-group.com ised assays, targeted screening kits, and comprehensive data interpretation. Moreover, the merger will enable us to develop kits for both Diagnostics and Companion Diagnostics,” said BIOCRATES’ CEO Dr Wulf Fischer-Knuppertz. Dr Tim Bölke, Metanomics Health’s managing director, commented: “Metabolomics has the potential to bring a new dimension to diagnosis and patient stratification in precision medicine as well as to improve the drug discovery and development process.” Visit: www.biocrates.com
Safic-Alcan UK acquires Techform Fine Chemicals
Safic-Alcan uK has acquired 100% of Techform Fine Chemicals limited, a chemical distributor specialising in the construction sector in the uK and Ireland. Techform is a speciality chemicals distributor with a focus on the uK and Ireland. “The acquisition of Techform will enable us to strengthen our footprint in the construction sector and widen our Group expertise in this field,” stated Yann lissillour, director of mergers and Acquisitions for Safic-Alcan.
Techform produces and distributes a wide range of polymers, thickeners, accelerators, retarders, shrinkage compensators, defoamers, air entrainers, plasticisers, binders, as well as a speciality additives portfolio grouped under its private label name.
“As part of our overall C.A.S.e. strategy, we see this acquisition as a stepping stone in the uK market and we look forward to further building on this additional expertise within Safic-Alcan,” concluded Philippe Combette, Ceo of Safic-Alcan. Visit: www.safic-alcan.com
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Schütz acquires Mexican packaging producer
Schütz has signed a purchase agreement for 100% of the shares of Envases y Laminados, S.A. de C.V. (ELSA).
ELSA is the leading supplier of rigid industrial packaging in Mexico. The company has been co-operating with Schütz under licence agreements for the manufacturing and sale of Schütz IBCs and plastic drums for almost 20 years.
Roland Strassburger, CEO of the Schütz group, stated: “We are excited about this unique opportunity to be present in Mexico with a fully owned subsidiary. ELSA is well established and Mexico offers interesting growth perspectives for our industry as our customers perceive Mexico to be an integral part of the NAFTA region.”
Carlos Mata, sole manager and owner of ELSA, declared: “I am extremely pleased to pass my company on to Schütz, a family-owned business like ELSA, which stands for high-quality products and services worldwide, a long-term business approach and solid financials enabling strong development in the years to come.” Visit: www.schuetz-packaging.net
Ettlinger has been acquired by the Swiss Company Maag, a business unit of Dover Corporation. Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH was founded in 1983 and is today a globally recognised brand. The German company has its headquarters in Königsbrunn, near Augsburg, and an American sales and service subsidiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Its core expertise is the development and manufacture of high performance continuous melt filters and injection moulding machines. Ettlinger melt filters are used for processing heavily contaminated material streams as well as extrusion applications where pressure stable filtration is desired.
Switzerland-based Maag Pump & Filtration Systems is a worldwide leader in the manufacture of gear pumps, pelletising systems, and filtration systems for demanding applications in the plastics, chemical, and petrochemical industries.
Maag and Ettlinger, with their combined expertise, innovative products and advanced technologies, will leverage the polymer, compounding and recycling industry. Ettlinger will benefit from Maag’s global network and will be able to strengthen its worldwide service and support. Both companies will go to the market under their existing brand names. Visit: www.ettlinger.com
enva group takes over Blue sky Plastic recycling
Enva Group, formerly known as DCC Environmental, a leading provider of waste management and waste materials solutions in the UK and Ireland, has acquired Blue Sky Plastic Recycling (BSP).
BSP, based in Lincolnshire, UK, specialises in recycling plastics from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and other waste plastic materials. Recovered plastics are formulated and refined to substitute virgin plastic material in manufacturing processes. BSP deploys stateof-the-art waste separation technologies to sort waste plastics from other materials, and converts the waste plastics into a range of high-quality regrinds and compounds.
BSP will form the fifth operating unit within Enva Group and will continue to be led by existing managing director and principal shareholder Chris Riddle.
Tom Walsh, CEO of Enva Group, said: “We are delighted to be investing in BSP. Chris and his team, through clever innovation and many years of process development, have established solutions for one of the critical waste challenges of our time; converting plastic waste back into a valuable raw material. The acquisition of BSP extends our existing suite of material recovery solutions.” Visit: www.enva.com
Trelleborg acquires Dartex Holdings
Trelleborg has, through its business area Trelleborg Coated Systems, finalised the acquisition of the privately owned uK company Dartex Holdings ltd. The specialises in the manufacture of coated fabrics primarily for the healthcare & medical industry and is a world leader in coated fabrics for pressure injury prevention. The acquisition broadens Trelleborg’s offering and strengthens the group’s position as a premium supplier of engineered coated fabrics
Dartex has its head office and a production facility in long eaton, england. It has another production facility in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. This bolt-on acquisition is part of Trelleborg’s strategy to strengthen its positions in attractive market segments.
“I am very pleased with this acquisition, which complements our product range and strengthens our position in healthcare & medical, a growing industry for us. We will be capable of offering our customers even more engineered solutions and, not least, a greater geographic reach,” says Dario Porta, president of Trelleborg Coated Systems business area. Visit: www.trelleborg.com
