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PE business Mergers & Acquisitions Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Connecticut, announced it has acquired Megtec, De Pere, Wis., from parent company Sequa Corp. The transaction involves all Megtec businesses, including the Printing Products and Industrial and Environmental Products Groups and related Services Groups. Megtec will become a stand-alone company with no major change in management structure or day-to-day business operations. Vsit www.megtec.com. Baldor Electric Co., Fort Smith, Ark., announced that it has acquired Poulies Maska Inc. of Ste-Claire, Quebec. Maska is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of sheaves, bushings, couplings and related mechanical power transmission components. They have 180 employees primarily located in Canada and a new facility in China. Maska’s 2007 sales were approximately $33 million. Visit www.baldor.com. Datalogic, Balogna, Italy, announced the acquisition of Datasensor S.p.A., a company active in the sector of photoelectric sensors and devices. Visit www.datalogic.com. Valcent Products Inc., El Paso, Texas, has reached agreement with Global Green Solutions Inc. to purchase the remaining 50-percent interest in Vertigro Algae Technologies LLC for $5 million and 5 million common shares of Valcent. Visit vww.valcent.net. Waste Management Recycle America, Houston, announced that it has purchased all three facilities of Gulf Coast Recycling, two in Houston and one in Beaumont, Texas. Gulf Coast Recycling was established in Beaumont in 1974 as Golden Triangle Paper Stock Co. Inc. Visit www.wm.com. China. The first two air pollution control systems for VOC and odor control are currently under construction in the area of Daqing. The two companies also have several other projects in development. Visit www.bioreaction.com. Anguil Environmental Systems Inc., Milwaukee, and Spooner Industries, a convection dryer supplier located in the United Kingdom have partnered to better serve each of their respective markets and regions. Spooner Industries will fabricate and install the Anguil oxidizer designs on air pollution control applications throughout Europe. Visit www.anguil.com. Veolia Water and Mubadala Development Co., Abu Dhabi, have signed a joint venture for a partnership that will focus on the areas of water production and waste water collection and treatment in the Middle East and North Africa region. This activity could later lead to further joint ventures for other business sectors of the Veolia Environnement Group. The joint venture company will be owned 51 percent by Veolia Water and 49 percent by Mubadala. Visit www.veoliawater.com. Going Abroad Bio-Reaction Industries, Portland, Ore., announced the signing of a license agreement with Beijing Victex Environmental Science and Technology Development Company Ltd. to sell their patented air pollution control systems throughout See us at WEFTEC Hall B, Booth #27141 NOVEMBER2008 www.pollutionengineering.com PLE09084NEPT.indd 1 11 8/11/08 11:15:16 AM http://www.megtec.com http://www.datalogic.com http://www.bioreaction.com http://www.anguil.com http://www.valcent.net http://www.megtec.com http://www.anguil.com http://www.wm.com http://www.baldor.com http://www.bioreaction.com http://www.veoliawater.com http://www.baldor.com http://www.neptune1.com http://www.neptune1.com http://www.pollutionengineering.com

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Pollution Engineering - November 2008 Contents The Editor's Desk EnviroNews PE Events Legal Lookout Casebook Canada Environment Management The Green Files Waste Island Phase I ESAs and Vapor Intrusion Meeting the Mercury Target Wet ESPs - The Sky's the Limit Most Successful IFAT China Ever Thermoplastic to the Rescue Install a Trench Without Open Excavations Remediate Impacted Soils Without Accumulation of Metabolites Apply an Alternative to Wet ESP Solve These Common Pump Problems Minimize Risks Handling Ammonia Monitor International Regulatory Developments for Audits Skim Oil and Save Prevent Chemical Vapor Intrusion Spill Control and Containment Products Pumps and Systems Equipment PE Products Classified Marketplace Advertisers Index State Rules

Pollution Engineering - November 2008

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