|
MAN Diesel & Turbo acquires Mecos Traxler
12.03.2012 + + + MAN Diesel & Turbo Schweiz AG has completed the acquisition of Swiss based magnetic bearing specialist Mecos Traxler AG.
Following several years of joint research and development and a first successful compressor train installation with Mecos’ magnetic bearing technology, a further step towards a close partnership has been taken. The acquisition by MAN Diesel & Turbo’s Oil & Gas Business Unit in Zurich (Switzerland) will further push the joint growth,
especially in the Oil & Gas business.
Mecos Traxler AG, based in Winterthur (Switzerland), is the world's largest privately owned and independent company for the development and production of active magnetic bearing systems. Since its foundation in 1988, Mecos has launched magnetic bearing solutions for compressors, turbines and other high-speed rotating machinery serving in various industrial
applications such as high-power laser, ultra-high vacuum and gas compression.
Mecos will resume its business under its established brand and will continue to serve its existing customer base and develop further partnerships.
For more information about Mecos Traxler AG please visit the web site: www.mecos.com
+ + +
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, based in Augsburg, Germany, is the world’s leading provider of large-bore diesel engines and
turbomachinery for marine and stationary applications. It designs two-stroke and four-stroke engines that are manufactured both by the company and by its licensees. The engines have power outputs ranging from 450 kW to 87 MW. MAN Diesel & Turbo also designs and manufactures gas turbines of up to 50 MW, steam turbines of up to 150 MW and compressors with volume flows of up to 1.5 million m³/h and pressures of up to 1,000 bar. The product range is rounded off by turbochargers, CP propellers, gas engines and chemical reactors. MAN Diesel & Turbo’s range of goods includes complete marine propulsion systems,
turbomachinery units for the oil & gas as well as the process industries and turnkey power plants. Customers receive worldwide after-sales services marketed under the MAN PrimeServ brand. The company employs around 14,000 staff at more than 100 international sites, primarily in Germany, Denmark, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, India and China. MAN Diesel & Turbo is a company of the Power Engineering business area of MAN SE, which is listed on the DAX share index of the 30
leading companies in Germany.
|
Video:
PennEnergy
Weekly Newscast
.
+
+ Media Links + +
For more information, media details or
sample copies please contact
wilhelms@pennwell.com
www.sicking.de
|
