Article: Germany : BayWa Plans Solar-Energy Purchase in 2009 for Renewables Unit.

BayWa AG, the agricultural products and building-materials producer that joined Frankfurt s M-DAX index in September, plans to make its first solar-energy acquisition this year to boost its new renewable-energy unit.

We will make at least one acquisition this year, Chief Executive Officer Klaus Josef Lutz said in a telephone interview today. Two companies with combined sales between 220 million euros ($325 million) and 250 million euros are under consideration, he said.

Neither of the companies is a production or research company, Lutz said. He declined to provide additional details.

Adding one of the companies would allow BayWa to beat its 2010 ...

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