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ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie
GmbH has
appointed Metal Trading SARL as
its exclusive commercial agent for the sale
of primary copper, zinc and nickel in France,
Belgium and Luxembourg. ThyssenKrupp
Metallurgie GmbH, Germany, is one of the
largest metal trading companies in Europe,
with an annual turnover of about €1.2 billion.
Metal Trading SARL, France, is a privately-
held non-ferrous metal trading company.
Trumpf ,
Germany, has finalised the
takeover of SPI Lasers (www.
spilasers.com) following its shareholders
approval of the sale of more than 90 per cent
of the company’s shares to Trumpf. According
to the company, the market for industrial
lasers will continue to grow, including fibre
lasers for applications in the low power
range. SPI Lasers is a manufacturer of fibre
lasers and its product range complements
Trumpf’s product portfolio.
Otto Junker GmbH
junker-group.de), Germany, has
appointed Dr Hans Rinnhofer
as chairman of the board of Otto Junker
GmbH. “With Dr Rinnhofer we have enlisted
a proven expert in the technology areas of
our group of companies,” said Mr Klaus K
Moll, the chairman of the supervisory board.
Prior to his appointment at Otto Junker,
Dr Rinnhofer has recently held executive
positions as managing director of Maerz
GmbH and board chairman of the Austrian
Research Centers GmbH in Vienna.
ChTPZ-IPS
ru), Russia, has signed a US$3
million contract with Zeromax,
Switzerland, to deliver pipeline
fittings for the Gazli booster pump station
in Uzbekistan. The company, a part of
the Rimera Group, will deliver products
including tees, caps, flanges, swages and
bends. Gazli BPS construction, which
started in 2008, will substitute the obsolete
station constructed in 1962.
Olympus, USA, has launched
a new global website –
– which
contains information on ultrasound (UT),
eddy current (EC), remote visual (RVI) and
high-speed video (HSV) testing products.
The multi-language site offers application
notes that guide customers to cost-
effective test solutions, as well as software
downloads, and a PDF library.
Siemens )
has acquired German company
Innotec GmbH, an international
vendor of digital engineering software and
services for the process industry. As a result
of the acquisition, the company will become
a subsidiary of Siemens AG, assigned to the
Industrial Automation Systems business unit.
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