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Atlas Copco to acquire Lewa and Geveke

tlas Copco has agreed to acquire Netherlands. The company has 173
LEWA GmbH and subsidiaries, and employees and in 2021 they had revenues
AGeveke BV and subsidiaries for a of approximately €61-million.
combined enterprise value of €670-million. “Geveke has strong engineering
LEWA is a leading manufacturer of capability, providing complete industrial
diaphragm metering pumps, process pump solutions from concept to
pumps and complete metering systems. commissioning”, Walker says.
Geveke distributes compressors and The acquisition is an all-cash
engineers advanced and complex process transaction using Atlas Copco’s funds and
pump installations. is subject to regulatory approvals. The
LEWA was founded in 1952 and is acquisition is expected to be completed
based in Germany. The company has during the second quarter 2022.
around 1200 employees and in 2021 The main part of the acquired
they had revenues of €233-million. LEWA businesses will have its base in the power
offers industry-specific high-quality pump and flow division within Atlas Copco’s
solutions for a wide range of industries. Power Technique Business Area and a
“LEWA has a long tradition of Andrew Walker smaller part will have its base in the
supporting customers and developing service division within the Compressor
leading industrial flow technology for acquisition we are building our presence Technique Business Area.
efficient, precise and safe handling of and technology offering within positive
fluids”, says Andrew Walker, the president displacement pumps.” Contact Daniel Althoff, Atlas Copco,
of Atlas Copco’s Power Technique Business Geveke was founded in 1874 and ir@atlascopco.com,
Area Power Technique. “Through this is headquartered in Amsterdam in the www.atlascopcogroup.com

Digital pressure gauge for refrigeration

performance monitoring

nstrotech is offering Keller’s digital setting parameters (e.g. selecting the type
pressure gauge for refrigeration of refrigerant).
Isystems. The exact vapour pressure Users can also switch between units
curves of five different refrigerants are of bar/°C and psi/°F. After switching
stored in Keller’s dV-2 Cool digital pressure on, the battery-operated instrument
gauge. This enables the prevailing cooling remains active for a period of 15 minutes
temperatures in closed cooling circuits to and then goes into standby mode.
be derived and displayed by the integrated Continuous measurements can be made
microprocessor. for approximately two months without
Two versions of the digital pressure changing the batteries.
gauge with stainless steel measuring
cell are available: for absolute pressures Contact Instrotech, Phone 010 595-1831,
within the ranges of -1 bar to 40 bar, and sales@instrotech.co.za,
-1 bar to 80 bar. These measure within The measurements are clearly legible www.instrotech.co.za
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to 50°C with extreme accuracy and with a the best viewing direction after installation. LinkedIn: bit.ly/3rkfKjL
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