Business > Distributorships & acquisitions

Ausdrill shareholders approve Barminco acquisition

26 October, 2018

Underground hard-rock mining contractor Barminco Holdings Limited is to be acquired by mining services company Ausdrill Limited.


Emerson to buy GE's Intelligent Platforms business

05 October, 2018

Acquisition increases Emerson's capabilities as a complete automation solutions provider across process, hybrid and discrete end markets.


Barminco to be acquired by Ausdrill

20 August, 2018

Underground hard-rock mining contractor Barminco Holdings Limited has announced it will be acquired by mining services company Ausdrill Limited.


Katko, Grace Engineered Products now available from APS Industrial

13 July, 2018

Finnish switch manufacturer Katko and US-based Grace Engineered Products have appointed APS Industrial as their national distributor in Australia.


ABB completes acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions

03 July, 2018

ABB has announced that it completed its acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions (GEIS), GE's global electrification solutions business, on 30 June.


Control Logic partners with Hirschmann

02 July, 2018

The products of technology and industrial networking company Hirschmann are now available through Control Logic.


Metrohm offers BioSystems food and wine analytical solutions

13 April, 2018

The full range of BioSystems' FoodQuality and Enology reagents and instruments is now available at Metrohm Australia and Metrohm New Zealand.


Harbour Energy makes $10.4 billion bid for Santos

03 April, 2018

Santos is considering the bid, the fourth in a series of offers made by the US company.


NHP to become sole South Pacific distributor for Rockwell

27 March, 2018

NHP has been granted sole distributor rights for Rockwell Automation products, systems and solutions in the South Pacific, effective 1 May.


Austrian company acquires Shell's upstream business in NZ

19 March, 2018

OMV AG, Vienna, has reported that it has acquired from Royal Dutch Shell PLC the supermajor's upstream assets in New Zealand for US$578 million.


APS Industrial launches in Australia as master distributor for Siemens

09 March, 2018

Siemens has announced APS Industrial as a new master distributor of industrial low-voltage electrical and automation products in Australia.


Phoenix rises to make the MacLean connection

02 February, 2018

MacLean Electrical (Australia) to partner with Phoenix Contact for WA and Qld.


AspenTech acquires IIoT cloud and edge connectivity assets of RtTech Software Inc.

11 December, 2017

Acquisition strengthens AspenTech's asset optimisation strategy with cloud and edge processing technology for data aggregation.


Emerson in Australia passes pressure management sales and support to partner network

11 December, 2017

Effective 1 December 2017, Emerson's Australian Local Business Partner (LBP) network will lead and facilitate all sales and support in Australia for all of Emerson's pressure management products.


GE Additive acquires GeonX to strengthen software simulation capabilities

20 November, 2017

Headquartered in Belgium, GeonX provides software for engineers developing new products, to simulate additive manufacturing, welding, machining and heat treatment processes in various industries such as aerospace, automotive and energy.


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