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it has also been announced that, as part of the transaction, Bryan Kraus (President and Owner of Olson Industries) will be engaged in Nutec Bickley’s Metals BU, providing guidance and assistance in related activities such as technical sales and engineering.
NUTEC BICKLEY ACQUIRES OLSON INDUSTRIES
Nutec Bickley (Monterrey, Mexico), the international leader in the design and manufacture of innovative and efficient industrial furnaces, ovens, ceramic kilns, and combustion systems, has announced the key asset acquisition of Olson Industries (Burgettstown, PA, USA).
This major move will see Nutec Bickley complement its existing product range to offer more complete packages for the steel, aluminum, and alloy industries. As with the previous acquisitions of Bickley, GFC Kilns, and Dragon Kilns in the company’s Ceramics Business Unit, bringing the Olson Industries’ line of equipment on board will enable the Metals Business Unit to consolidate its position in the North American market and, at the same time, secure access to larger projects.
To consolidate the acquisition and to maintain good strands of continuity,
Olson has been supplying industrial furnace and process heat-treating equipment to manufacturers throughout the world since 1945, and enjoys a strong reputation for engineering and combustion design. “We are very excited about Olson Industries and Bryan Kraus joining the Nutec Bickley family,” said Nutec Bickley President, Daniel Llaguno. “Olson’s name and proven technology for the forging and heat treating of steel and alloys will perfectly complement our current range of products. We aim to make great strides as a result of this acquisition.”
Olson’s breadth of expertise encompasses everything from car bottoms, box, rotary hearth, steckel and roller hearth furnaces, in applications such as forging, heat treating, continuous reheating, hot dip galvanizing, recirculation, and preheating. Great success has been achieved in major user industries such as steel, heat treatment, aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas.
“Applications such as large rotary-hearth furnaces, and peripheral equipment such as quenching systems, manipulators, robots, and conveyors will now be a standard offering from us,” confirmed Daniel Llaguno. “If you couple that with Nutec Bickley’s state-of-the-art facilities, highly experienced staff, and constant focus on customer satisfaction, you can see that there is indeed a very powerful value proposition on offer to both existing and new customers.”
ZAMPELL HOLDINGS LLC ACQUISITION OF COBB LLOYD REFRACTORIES
Zampell Holdings, LLC completed the successful acquisition of Cobb Lloyd Refractories Limited of Burntwood, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, on December 20, 2017. This acquisition is a key step forward in furthering Zampell’s commitment to building its service capabilities in the United Kingdom with Cobb Lloyd’s focus on Energy from Waste, Biomass, and Incineration.
“Our dedication to Energy from Waste makes Cobb Lloyd a perfect fit for our growth plans in the UK,” said Brian Zampell, president of Zampell. “More importantly, I feel like Cobb Lloyd has the right cultural fit to be a success within Zampell.”
As part of this acquisition, Cobb Lloyd will merge with Zampell Limited, a UK Zampell affiliate that provides installation and engineering services in the refractories industry, giving the overall business greater resources to better service the marketplace. The brand will eventually be merged into one, with the operations coming together under the Zampell name.
“The acquisition will allow Cobb Lloyd and Zampell to share the wealth of experience and knowledge across the industries in which we work, in particular the Waste to Energy, Biomass and Incineration sectors,” said Graeme Corbet, Managing Director of Cobb Lloyd.
Along with Vulcan Refractories, another Zampell affiliate, the group will also be better positioned to service the Energy from Waste market since it can control the production, supply and installation of quality refractory tiles for boiler linings. With Vulcan’s new, patented “ZEROX” formula for tiles, Zampell and Cobb Lloyd together will have the best product at the best value available to the marketplace.
“This is a really exciting time for Zampell and Vulcan in Europe,” said Gary 12
Dukes, the managing director for all of Zampell’s operations in Europe. “We are confident that with Graeme and his team, coupled with our great employees and products in Denmark and England, we have the best capability in the market for maintaining our customers’ facilities. Through our process of continuous improvement, we will strive to be even better.”
Cobb Lloyd is a family business run by the Corbet family and based in Burntwood, Staffordshire, outside of Birmingham. The Corbet family can trace its history in the masonry and refractories trade back almost two hundred years. One of their ancestors in a previous business famously built the brick chimney for the chemical works at St. Rollox, Glasgow, that stood a little over 435 feet, or 132 meters. Graeme Corbet and his son, Calum, are currently active in the business and will continue managing the operation going forward as a part of Zampell.
Brian Zampell and Graeme Corbet first met in November 2009 and maintained contact over the years since Cobb Lloyd is a customer of Vulcan Refractories. Zampell and Cobb Lloyd found ways to help each other out with different projects and materials over the years. Graeme also made a visit to Zampell’s corporate offices in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in October 2014 while on holiday in New England, giving him a chance to meet Jim Zampell, Zampell’s chairman, and some other members of the management team who were on site that day. This ongoing relationship eventually culminated in this exciting new acquisition for Zampell and Cobb Lloyd.
“We have always felt that Graeme and his team would be a great fit for Zampell,” Brian Zampell said. “They have a rich family history in the business, similar to us, and we always felt a natural camaraderie with Graeme whenever we bumped into each other in the marketplace.”
ENGINEER THE REFRACTORIES January 2018 Issue
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