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Acquisitions for Cooper

Safety division. Blinda, based in Campinas, Brazil, manufactures highly-specified explosion-proof products such as lighting and panel boards for oil and gas markets in Brazil. Blinda is now part of the Cooper Crouse-Hinds division. Cooper Bussmann has acquired the British Standard fuse-link product portfolio from GE Industrial Systems, which strengthens Bussmann’s over-current circuit protection portfolio globally, especially in India and Australia. “The acquisitions of Yuhua, Blinda, and GE’s British Standard fuse-link product portfolio enhance our presence in higher-growth emerging markets with additional technology and capability. We continue to demonstrate our commitment to the oil and gas space, having now completed twelve acquisitions serving that market vertical in the last 6 years,” said Cooper Industries’ chairman and CEO Kirk S Hachigian.

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Cooper Industries plc has announced the acquisition of Changzhou Yuhua Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Co Ltd (Yuhua); Blinda Industria e Comercio Ltda (Blinda); and GE Industrial Systems’ British Standard fuse-link product portfolio. Yuhua specializes in the research, development, and production of explosion- proof CCTV systems and explosion-proof communication systems certified for use in onshore and offshore oil and gas, marine, mining, and petrochemical markets. Located in Changzhou, China, Yuhua joins the Cooper

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