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GEA acquires SKIOLD MULLERUP A/S
01.04.2010 09:43 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has acquired SKIOLD MULLERUP A/S, a leading manufacturer of automatic feeding, manure handling and bedding systems for cows headquartered in Ullerslev, Denmark. Therewith GEA continues its expansion strategy of its segment GEA Farm Technologies towards a total solutions provider in livestock farming.
«This is another important stepstone in our strategy, to enhance our product portfolio, now including automatic feeding technology, an increasingly important success factor in modern livestock farming», says Dirk Hejnal, Segment President of GEA Farm Technologies.
From being a small blacksmith shop established in 1901, MULLERUP has grown into an innovative company specialized in automation within dairy farming. Since 1993, the company has been affiliated with the SKIOLD Group, one of the largest suppliers of technical equipment and management systems for the pork producers in Europe. GEA Farm Technologies will grow the product line MULLERUP internationally and is dedicated to strengthen its Business Unit Farm Equipment globally, too. MULLERUP will continue to operate out of their headquarters and manufacturing facility in Ullerslev.
«We are proud to become part of GEA Group, which will strengthen the success of our product lines in the global market. The MULLERUP products fit perfectly into the Total Solutions Strategy of GEA Farm Technologies», says Carsten Poulsen CEO of SKIOLD MULLERUP A/S. «The new ownership gives us the possibility to continue our expansion strategy».
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft is one of the largest system providers for food and energy processes with about EUR 4.4 billion in 2009 revenue. As an internationally operating technology group, the company focuses on process technology and components for demanding production processes in various end markets. The group gains about 70 percent of its revenue in the long-term growing food and energy industries. The companys workforce comprised over 20,000 employees worldwide as of December 31, 2009. GEA Group is a market and technology leader in its business areas. The company is listed in the MDAX index (G1A, WKN 660200).
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