rnhem, the
Netherlands - Acordis has sold its site
services unit
Industriepark Oberbruch
(IPO) in Heinsberg (
Germany) to Nuon Energie & Service GmbH of Odernheim
(Germany). Financial details were not disclosed.
With a staff of approximately 180 people IPO provides energy and waste
water treatment
and supplies services like warehousing, security, and personnel administration to the
companies located on the site.
Nuon Energie & Service belongs to the Dutch based Nuon group. With 7,500 employees
Nuon plays a prominent role as an energy and
water utility supplier in the
Netherlands.
Core tasks include the
production and
marketing of
electricity,
gas, heat and water. In
addition, Nuon develops and sells products and services related to energy and water.
Through the acquisition of IPO Nuon will obtain a strategic foothold in
Germany.
Acordis is a multinational group of businesses, supplying customers throughout the world
with man-made
fibres and speciality materials for industrial, textile, medical, and
hygiene
applications. The Acordis group has
sales of some EUR 2.2 billion (USD 1.9 billion, GBP
1.4 billion), employs 15,000 people, and has production facilities in Germany, the
Netherlands, the
United Kingdom, the United States of America,
Brazil,
Italy,
Spain, and
Poland.