The acquisition closed at a value of AUD11 (~ $11.30) per Ludowici share corresponding to an enterprise value of approximately AUD388 million (~ $398 million) on a cash and debt-free basis.
This company has expanded its line of planetary dual dispersers (PDDM), offering more sizes of this mixing system designed for high-viscosity and high-solids applications.
This company has redesigned its 1-SD laboratory grinding mill to include an integrated system comprised of a feeder, hopper and attritor mill mounted together on a single portable stand for continuous dry grinding.
Manufacturers seldom look for solutions to problems they can’t see. If operations are going well, they do not need fixing—or in some cases, do not deserve attention at all. For toll processing and material sizing processes, however, this can be a costly mistake.
A lot of recent discussion has centered on explosion potential as it relates to dust collectors. Manufacturers are now required by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to minimize explosion potential in their dust collector equipment.
Although most people may be unfamiliar with the Kopp Glass name, they are likely familiar with Kopp Glass products. From a humble beginning more than 80 years ago as a manufacturer of red glass for railroad signals, Kopp now claims to be the world’s leading producer of precision-molded, industrial-quality technical glass.
Manufacturers are constantly charged with implementing processes that lead to greater efficiencies. From the outside, that may sound like an easy task. But on the manufacturing floor, changes to any part of the process, from the beginning of the line to the end, must be handled with care.