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Trajan Completes Acquisition of SGE Business
Government’s Initiatives Echoed –
Towards a Sustainable and Greener City The eighth Eco Expo Asia, Hong Kong’s major international trading platform for environmental business, will take place on 28-31 October at the AsiaWorld-Expo, assisting businesses to find new opportunities under the government’s initiatives to develop Hong Kong as a greener city.
Speaking at a networking luncheon related to Eco Expo Asia, The Secretary for the Environment of the HKSAR, Mr. KS Wong said, “The 2013 Policy Address presented earlier by the Chief Executive placed very high emphasis on the environmental agenda. We want to build a greener community in Hong Kong. The four areas highlighted in the Policy Address, including air quality, resources sustainability and solid waste management, green building, and nature conservation, are all creating opportunities for the business community to ride on.”
Mr. Wong encouraged industry players to leverage on the Expo, which allows government officials and environmental experts from Hong Kong, Mainland China and around the world to exchange views on sustainable development.
Trajan Scientific and Medical (Australia), “Trajan” has completed its acquisition of the Chromatography and Liquid Handling businesses of SGE Analytical Science, “SGE”. SGE was founded by Ern Dawes in Melbourne Australia in 1961 and has remained in the Dawes family for over 50 years. Its business, focussed on components and consumables used in scientific analysis has grown to around 300 staff worldwide with manufacturing operations in Ringwood Australia and subsidiary offices in the USA, Europe and Japan.
Dawes Holdings, the parent company of SGE, owned by Peter Dawes, will retain a range of assets, including the ETP Electron Multiplier business. Under the new ownership SGE will continue to work closely with ETP and provide global support and distribution services as is the case today.
Trajan, formed in 2011, acquired the pathology consumables business of Grale Scientific, (Victoria Australia) in October 2011.
“Trajan’s goal is to bring together a group of leading companies with a common focus in the areas of biological, environmental and food analysis. SGE is an ideal platform for Trajan, with a global footprint and a depth of capability and infrastructure, servicing the leading companies in analytical science’ said Stephen Tomisich CEO of Trajan.
Under the arrangement Trajan has acquired the manufacturing operations and site in Ringwood Australia, The SGE sites and operations in Europe and the USA and all shareholdings in the SGE subsidiaries located in Europe, the USA and Japan.
“We believe that we are in a unique position to serve the current and future needs of people working in the fields of scientific and medical analysis. Specifically we aim to invest in technologies that will deliver more sensitive, selective and more affordable analysis in biological, food and environmental applications. We also intend to fully embrace a global business model where we work with leading companies in the scientific industry to enhance their capacity to deliver solutions in these target areas.”
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Since its inception, the Expo has received positive responses from the business sector not just in Hong Kong but also across the world. “As the business sector, we need to recognise our role in finding a balanced environmental model for Hong Kong, and promoting business community action to the development of Hong Kong’s environmental policy,” said Professor John Chai, Chairman of Business Environment Council.
“Our theme today is ‘Towards a Sustainable and Greener City.’ It underlines the importance of striking a balance between economic development and environmental conservation,” accordingly to HKTDC Deputy Executive Director Benjamin Chau. “We placed great emphasis on raising environmental awareness and demand for green technology locally at the Eco Expo Asia.” Specialised areas for Waste management and Recycling, Energy Efficiency and Energy, Green Building Services and Solutions and Eco-friendly Products will be introduced at the event, which echoes to the government’s initiatives under the theme “Green Tech for a Low-carbon Economy”.
The show has gained greater prominence not only in Asia but across the world over the years. “We have confirmed overseas exhibitors coming from Canada, Chinese mainland, Czech Republic, South Korea and Thailand. We have also received booth reservation from a global leader in the green building sector, Bayer MaterialScience,” said Jason Cao, Senior General Manager, Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd.
Organised by HKTDC and Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, and co-organised by the Environment Bureau of the Government of the HKSAR, the event will be open to trade visitors for the first three days and the public on its final day. Last year, the Expo attracted more than 270 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions, welcomed more than 11,500 buyers from 94 countries and regions and more than 2,500 public visitors respectively.
The Expo will be held at AsiaWorld-Expo with the concurrent HKTDC Hong Kong International Building and Decoration Materials & Hardware Fair (28 – 30 Oct) and Sports Source Asia (29 – 31 Oct). The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre will also be hosting the HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) from 27-30 October.
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Flow Measurement Specialist Strengthens position in China
Endress+Hauser (USA) is manufacturing more and more flowmeters in Suzhou, Endress+China, with the principal growth drivers being water and wastewater industry. Endress+Hauser Flowtec, global specialists in flow measurement technology, has reacted by enlarging its plant in the east of the People’s Republic.
The extension work was recently completed after getting underway in March 2012. “With respect to production logistics, the new building allows us to respond even more quickly and flexibly to our customers’ demands,” says Gerhard Jost, Managing Director of Endress+Hauser Flowtec. An extra 3,600 square meters – increasing the total floor space to 18,000 square meters – is earmarked mainly for the production of measuring tubes as main components of magnetic flowmeters.
Klaus Endress, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group, sees the new expansion as part of a sustained growth strategy: “We develop our production sites around the globe to be close to our customers wherever they are in the world.” The expansion in Suzhou is designed to meet the growing demands of the Chinese market.
One of the most important targets adopted in China’s 2010 five-year plan was the nationwide upgrading of the water infrastructure. “This gives us the unique chance to get established in this growth market with high quality measuring instruments,” explains Managing Director Gerhard Jost.
“Whether in water treatment, sewage plants or water distribution, the exact measurement of water flows is a critical factor in process control.”
In the presence of Klaus Endress and Gerhard Jost, the extension in Suzhou was formally inaugurated on 8 August 2013. Among the guests of honor were many representatives from politics and business: Kilian Widmer, Head of the Swiss Business Hub in Shanghai; Andreas Luchsinger, President of the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai; high-ranking representatives of the state quality authority from Central Beijing, from Jiangsu Province and the City of Suzhou. Other guests of honor came as representatives of the local city authority, the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) and customers and suppliers from the Suzhou region.
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AET August / September 2013
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