Tag: acquisition
Panasonic to acquire refrigeration systems maker Hussmann for $1.5bn
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has announced that it has decided to buy refrigeration firm Hussmann for $1.5 billion.
Missouri based Hussmann is a leading US...
ACCC okays Shell’s acquisition of BG
Shell’s proposed takeover of Britain’s BG Group is inching closer to completion after Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) determined that the deal would...
Civmec closing in on Forgacs’ shipbuilding assets
Heavy engineering and construction services provider Civmec is looking to acquire Forgacs’ name and certain segments of Australia’s largest privately-owned engineering and shipbuilding company.
Under...
Murray Goulburn acquires Tasmanian Dairy Products
Australia’s largest agricultural co-operative Murray Goulburn has announced that it has finalised the acquisition of the $80 million Tasmanian Dairy Products (TDP) facility from...
Amcor acquires US Encon for $55m
Packaging giant Amcor has acquired Ohio-based Encon in a deal worth US$55 million.
Encon has four manufacturing plants and revenues of approximately US$110 million.
“The business...
Santos rejects $7bn takeover offer from investment vehicle Scepter Partners
Oil and gas producer Santos has announced that it has decided to reject a $7.1 billion takeover offer from the Bermuda-based Scepter Partners.
Scepter Partners...
The world’s two biggest beer producers to merge and create a new beer giant
SABMiller has accepted an increased takeover bid from rival Anheuser-Busch InBev.
The deal, worth around $104 billion, will result in a new company that will...
The biggest tech deal in history has been struck – Dell will acquire EMC...
Computer maker Dell has announced that it has signed an agreement to buy storage technology firm EMC for $67 billion.
Under the terms of the...
Autodesk acquires German netfabb, expands additive manufacturing software portfolio
Autodesk has announced that it has acquired netfabb, a German software start-up company focused on additive design and manufacturing.
In a press release, Autodesk said...
Amcor acquires Souza Cruz’s tobacco packaging business
Global supplier of folding cartons Amcor Tobacco Packaging has announced that it has completed the purchase of Souza Cruz’s internal tobacco packaging business based...
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