토털 물관리 솔루션 전문 엔지니어링 업체인 아쿠아 에어로빅 시스템(Aqua-Aerobic Systems)과 일본의 물·환경산업 분야 엔지니어링 업체 METAWATER는 최근 자사 직원 및 주주를 대상으로 공식적인 인수합병계약을 발표했다.

이번 합병을 통해 METAWATER의 미국 자회사인 METAWATER USA(MUSA) 아래 아쿠아 에어로빅의 스위스 자회사인 Mecana Umwelttechnik을 포함해 아쿠아에어로빅이 배치될 예정이다. 협력적 파트너십을 통해 아쿠아 에어로빅은 자사의 제품 및 서비스를 호주·중국·인도·영국을 포함해 전 세계 각 지역에 널리 유통하는 등 지리적 확장을 기대할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

 

 

 

Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc., an engineering company specializing in total water management solutions, and METAWATER Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), an engineering company engaged in the water and environmental business field, recently announced a formal merger agreement to their employees and shareholders.

 

The merger will place Aqua-Aerobic, including its subsidiary, Mecana Umwelttechnik (Reichenburg, Switzerland), under METAWATER USA INC. (MUSA), the company's U.S. subsidiary with current operations in Rutherford, N.J.

 

Through cooperative partnerships, Aqua-Aerobic has successfully expanded it products and services geographically into other parts of the world including Australia, China, India, and the United Kingdom.

 

Likewise, the METAWATER Group has expanded business both in Japan and abroad by leveraging its capability to offer services from design and construction to operation and maintenance of water and wastewater facilities.

 

Through this merger, MUSA will acquire additional Aqua-Aerobic resources, including additional established relationships with sales agents, consulting firms and contractors to support its growth strategy and strengthen its business through expansion into the U.S. and other markets.

 

The collaboration provides Aqua-Aerobic with a larger platform to expand internationally and enables it and the METAWATER Group to gain access to each company's technologies that will enhance respective product offering portfolios.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 10월 28일]