Maag acquires centrifugal pellet dryer technology
Swiss auxiliary machinery firm Maag Group, a business unit of Pumps & Process Solutions, which is a segment of the Dover Corporation, has announced that it has acquired certain assets from Carter Day International, Inc.’s petrochemical division, which specialises in dewatering and drying equipment for the plastics industry. Terms were not disclosed.
The acquired drying technology will become part of Maag’s product portfolio, providing additional high-capacity solutions in Maag’s pelletising systems. This addition of highly engineered products and proprietary technologies will enable Maag to expand its market presence while providing efficient solutions to a wider range of customers’ needs, it says.
With production sites and service centres across Europe, the US and Asia, Maag adds that its global footprint will facilitate greater product availability and high-quality service for all customers worldwide.
This acquisition adds a highly-complementary high capacity dryer technology to our existing product portfolio, further establishing ourselves as the go-to provider for efficient and effective solutions to meet our customers' ever-growing needs.” said Ueli Thuerig, President of Maag Group.
Maag Group is a broadly diversified global solutions provider with integrated and customisable systems in process technology for the polymer, chemical and petrochemical industries. Its Pump & Filtration Systems, Pelletising & Pulverising Systems, Recycling Systems and Digitalisation divisions consolidate the many years of experience and in-depth know-how of the AMN, Automatik, Ettlinger, Gala, Maag, Reduction, Scheer, Witte and Xantec product brands.
The group currently employs over 1,250 people at production sites in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, the US, and China. It has sales and service centres in France, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, Thailand and Brazil.
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