Camfil Parent Company Acquires Handte

Published: March 11, 2014

JONESBORO, AR | Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) announces that its parent, Camfil, Stockholm, Sweden, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Handte Umwelttechnik, Tuttlingen, Germany, and Handte's operations in Switzerland, the Czech  Republic, and China. The acquisition, pending approval from the authorities in Germany, is expected to close in the first quarter this year. Handte will be part of the Camfil APC business unit, which specializes in industrial dust and fume collection.

Handte is a manufacturer and provider of environmental engineering products, filter technology processes, and air pollution control applications. With more than 120 years of experience, the company is a recognized specialist in exhaust air purification for a wide range of manufacturing industries.

Camfil APC president Lee Morgan says, "Handte has a full line of dust collectors, mist collectors, and wet scrubbers that strategically complement the Farr Gold Series cartridge dust collection line. The integration of these product lines will broaden our portfolio and strengthen the company's industrial air pollution control offerings to customers in the US and internationally."

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