Nordson Corporation, Westlake, OH, has acquired two of the five companies of the Kreyenborg Group headquartered in Münster, Germany. Managing partners Jan-Udo Kreyenborg and Theodor Bruckmann have sold their shares in the polymer processing companies Kreyenborg GmbH (screen changers and melt filters) and BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg GmbH (specialist processing technology for production of high-quality plastic pellets). Both have retired from the management of these companies. The two business managers Jan Hendrik Ostgathe and Ralf Simon will assume responsibility for managing the two firms under the new ownership. The 270 staff will be retained and the manufacturing facilities at Coermuehle and at Hessenweg in Münster have been leased to Nordson for an initial 10 year term. Nordson, which operates globally, has 5000 employees and a turnover of US$1.5 billion. The take-over is expected to help Kreyenborg and BKG achieve significant overseas market expansion, notably in North America and Asia.

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