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22 March 2013
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Australian
business
acquired
NORMA Group, an international market and technology
leader for engineered joining technology, signed an
agreement on 10 January to acquire the distribution business
of Davydick & Co Pty Limited, Australia. The parties agreed
to maintain confidentiality on the transaction details.
Davydick, based in Goulburn, approximately 150km
southwest of Sydney, is a distributor for various elements in
the transportation of water in irrigation systems. The company
is specialised in supplying a comprehensive range of rural
irrigation fittings, valves and pumps under its Pumpmaster
brand name to around 700 customers throughout Australia,
in the agricultural, hardware and plumbing markets. Davydick
maintains branches in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.
With the acquisition of the distribution business of
Davydick, Norma Group builds on its water platform and
complements its product range in the infrastructure business
area. The company expands its distribution network with a
focus on agriculture and irrigation.
“We are pleased to grow our existing distribution network
in Australia with the acquisition of Davydick,” commented
Werner Deggim, CEO of Norma Group. “Furthermore,
we step into the markets for pumps. The service range of
Davydick ideally complements our recent acquisition of Chien
Jin Plastic, a Malaysian manufacturer of pipe compression
fittings and components for the irrigation, agriculture and
water distribution markets.”
Norma Group AG – Germany
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Specialist plate
bending
THE latest Barnshaws plate bending project in London
involves the expansion of the Barratt development pipeline in
OsiersGate. The project is one of the key urban redevelopment
sites in the London borough of Wandsworth, and sits between
Enterprise Way and the River Wandle, a brownfield plot that
has been occupied by 20 light-industrial work sheds.
Barnshaw Plate Benders has provided a number of
pressings for the development’s balconies. The designs from
Assael Architecture see a 21-floor landmark tower, four floors
shorter than original proposals during planning consultations,
plus an assortment of shorter residential buildings with an
average height of nine floors each. Within the scheme will
be 275 residential units with affordable apartments in a self-
contained block.
Barnshaw Section Benders Ltd – UK
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