Article: EG&G Completes Purchase of Belfab; Sale of Sealol Industrial

WELLESLEY, Mass., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- EG&G, Inc. (NYSE: EGG) today completed its purchase of the Belfab Division of John Crane, Inc., the Daytona Beach unit of the TI Group, London, UK, and the sale of the EG&G Sealol Industrial Seals Division, Cranston, Rhode Island, to TI. The companies had announced their purchase and sales plans in December 1997.

The Belfab purchase positions EG&G as a major supplier to the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Belfab's advanced metal bellows are used in such devices as robotic arms that move computer chips between manufacturing steps. Accordion-like bellows act as seals to keep dirty lubricants out of the wafer ...

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