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Article: Newsclips.(West Private Equity Ltd and Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale acquire operational control of Coperion Holding GmbH from Georg Fischer AG; Pechiney Soplaril Flexible Europe acquires Avenir Print Service; Superfos Packaging is closing two European plants; and other news)(Briefs)
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- December 2, 2002
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Minority owners given control of Coperion
LONDON - Georg Fischer AG is giving up operational control of 2-year-old Coperion Holding GmbH - which makes Werner & Pfleiderer compounding extruders, Buss kneaders and Waeschle materials-handling systems - and handing the reins to the former minority partner.
Georg Fischer wants to focus on its core businesses of automotive products, piping systems and manufacturing technology. So Georg Fischer of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, announced it now owns less of the company. The new majority owner is London-based West Private Equity Ltd. and Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale of Dusseldorf, Germany. The two equity ...