John Zink Co affiliate acquires KEU GmbH

Jan. 1, 2006
A John Zink Co LLC affiliate has acquired Germany-based KEU GmbH, the companies announced. KEU, based in Krefeld, supplies thermal oxidizers and heat

A John Zink Co LLC affiliate has acquired Germany-based KEU GmbH, the companies announced. KEU, based in Krefeld, supplies thermal oxidizers and heat recovery systems for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

Terms of the sale between John Zink GmbH and KEU were not disclosed.

“The addition of KEU to John Zink allows us to offer improved environmental solutions,” said Stephen Pirnat, John Zink Co president of John Zink Co “John Zink's state-of-the-art research and development resources, combined with KEU's extensive incineration technologies will enable us to augment the cutting-edge combustion and environmental systems we supply to our customers.”

John Zink will market products developed by the individual companies. It will offer the Combustor waste gas combustion system, which destroys gaseous streams from chemical and pharmaceutical production processes; thermal oxidizers for gaseous and liquid residues; catalytic waste gas clean-up systems; recuperative systems; high-temperature gas exchangers; and direct and indirect air heaters.