Emerson acquires Bristol  Babcock

艾默生并購KFI集團旗下的Bristol Babcock

Acquisition expands portfolio of measurement and control products, technologies, and services for process industries worldwide

本次并購將擴大全球過程工業計量、控制產品、技術和服務的業務量

ST. LOUIS (March 17, 2006) — Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced it has acquired Bristol Babcock from FKI plc (LSE: FKI) of Loughborough, England, for $121 million. To be renamed Bristol, it becomes part of Emerson Process Management and adds industry-leading measurement and control products, technologies, and services for oil, gas, power, water, and wastewater industries worldwide.

圣. 路易斯 3月17日訊——艾默生今天宣布其已經以一億兩千一百萬美元收購了英國拉夫堡上市公司FKI集團（LSE：FKI）旗下的Bristol Babcock公司。公司更名為Bristol，將成為艾默生過程管理業務的一部分，為全球的石油、天然氣、電力、水力和廢水處理工業提供業界領先的計量和控制產品、技術以及服務。

Headquartered in Watertown, Conn., Bristol-Babcock has annual revenue of approximately $80 million. Bristol Babcock (www.bristolbabcock.com) products and technologies include remote terminal units, flow computers, transmitters, and distributed process controllers. It has manufacturing facilities and offices in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada with additional offices in Mexico, the Middle East, Australia, and China.

總部位于美國康涅狄格州沃特敦市的Bristol-Babcock公司的年收入大概是八千萬美元。Bristol Babcock的產品和技術包括遠程終端裝置、流量計算機、傳動機和分布式過程控制器。它在美國、英國和加拿大均設有生產工廠和辦事處，在墨西哥、中東、澳大利亞和中國也設有辦事處。

"Bristol will extend the Emerson product portfolio and leadership in flow measurement products and services, enabling us to offer an even broader range of value, performance and reliability to our customers," said John Berra, president, Emerson Process Management. "In addition, the Bristol Babcock management team demonstrates excellent leadership, innovation, dedication to quality and strong company performance...qualities that fit well with Emerson."

艾默生過程管理總裁John Berra說：“Bristol將擴大艾默生流量計量產品和服務的業務量和領先地位，使得我們可以為顧客提供更大范圍的價值、性能和可靠性。此外，Bristol Babcock的管理團隊為其質量和加強公司成績展示了優秀的領導能力，創新能力和奉獻精神，這些品質很符合艾默生的要求。”

The acquisition complements the Emerson business unit's established measurement brands that include Rosemount^®, Micro Motion^®, Daniel^®, and Mobrey^®.

這次收購是艾默生已建立起來的計量商標，包括Rosemount^®, Micro Motion^®, Daniel^®, 和 Mobrey^®等業務單元的極大補充。

"This is excellent news for our company and our customers," said Jack Kelly, president of Bristol Babcock. "Emerson Process Management's market leadership in the process industry worldwide will allow us to provide a broader range of solutions, enable us to grow our business faster, and contribute to the success of other Emerson businesses as well."

Bristol Babcock總裁Jack Kelly表示：“對我們公司和客戶來說這真是一個極好的消息。艾默生過程管理在全球過程工業市場的領導地位將使我們可以提供更多的解決方案，使我們的業務發展更快，同時也為艾默生其他業務的成功做出貢獻?！?/SPAN>

About Bristol Babcock

Bristol Babcock is a worldwide leader in the supply and commissioning of products, services, and engineered systems to the oil, gas, process control, power, water, and wastewater industries.

關于Bristol Babcock

Bristol Babcock 是石油、天然氣、過程控制、電力、水力和廢水處理工業等全球領先的產品、服務和工程系統的供應者和測試者。

About Emerson Process Management

Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), a business of Emerson, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management, and maintenance services. Inclusive of the acquisition, Emerson brands include PlantWeb^®, Bristol^®, Fisher^®, Micro Motion^®, Rosemount^®, Mobrey^®, Daniel^®, DeltaV™, Ovation^®, and AMS™ Suite.

關于艾默生過程管理

作為艾默生集團的業務之一，艾默生過程管理（www.emersonprocess.com)為工業生產、加工、分銷提供自動化服務，應用在化工、石油天然氣、精煉、紙漿和造紙、能源、食品飲料、醫藥等領域。艾默生過程管理將先進的產品和技術結合在為不同工業而設計的工程、咨詢、項目管理和維護服務中。艾默生過程管理旗下的品牌有：PlantWeb®, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, DeltaV™, Ovation®, 和 AMS Suite® 。.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2005 were $17.3 billion.

關于艾默生集團

總部位于圣路易斯市的艾默生是一家全球領先的公司，該公司將技術與工程相結合，在網絡能源、過程管理、工業自動化、環境優化技術及家電和工具等領域為客戶提供創新性的解決方案。公司在2005 財年的銷售額達173 億美元。

 

PlantWeb, Fisher, Micro Motion, Rosemount, DeltaV, Ovation, and AMS are marks of Emerson Process Management.

PlantWeb, Fisher, Micro Motion, Rosemount, DeltaV, Ovation 和 AMS 是艾默生過程管理的商標

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