일본 엔지니어링 기업인 Hitachi Zosen이 밝혀지지 않은 금액으로 두바이 기반의 전기 화학 회사 Cumberland을 매입했다고 밝혔다. Cumberland의 전기 염소처리 플랜트는 전세계적으로 담수화, 동력, 석유 및 가스, 석유화학, 폐수 처리, 해양 산업 등을 제공한다.

영국에서 조직된 Cumberland는 두바이 본사에서 계속 운영될 예정이며 회사의 엔지니어링, 판매 및 기술 지원부서는 영국, 싱가포르, 인도에 위치한다. 또한, 최고 책임자, Alistair Munro와 현재 관리팀은 계속 유지할 예정이라고 발표했다.

Japanese engineering giant Hitachi Zosen has acquired Dubai-based electrochemical company Cumberland, for an undisclosed sum. Cumberland's electro-chlorination plant serves the desalination, power, oil and gas, petrochemical, wastewater treatment, and marine industries worldwide.

Britain-originated Cumberland will continue operations from its headquarters in Dubai, and from its engineering, sales and technical support offices in the UK, Singapore and India. Chief executive, Alistair Munro, and the existing management team will remain in place, and no redundancies are planned following the merger the company said.

Hitachi Zosen said Thursday Cumberland Group's four water treatment businesses will widen its seawater electrolysis equipment lineup for overseas markets. Hitachi Zosen declined to disclose the purchase price.

The four companies provide engineering services involving seawater electrolysis equipment to small and midsize customers in the power generation, desalination, liquefied natural gas and petrochemical industries.

Hitachi Zosen, which currently focuses on large-size versions of the same types of equipment, said it aims to more than double its annual sales in the business to $70 million in five years.

The latest deal is part of an aggressive merger and acquisition strategy under Hitachi Zosen's latest medium-term business plan. It plans to spend $400 million on mergers and acquisitions over the three-year period to March 2017, up from about $200 million yen spent over the previous three years.

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 6월 29일]