Duerr : Dürr Ecoclean sells its France-based automation business: Focusing on cleaning and surface processing technology

02/25/2015

Loué/France - In early January, 2015, Dürr Ecoclean GmbH divested its France-based automation business handled by Dürr Automation S.A.S. The company was sold to Automation Holding GmbH, a subsidiary of the German Quantum Capital Partners AG of Munich. Going forward, Dürr Ecoclean will be focusing exclusively on its core fields of industrial cleaning and surface processing.

Michael Förster, managing director of Dürr Ecoclean GmbH, said: 'The automation segment is not one of our strategic activities, and in Quantum Capital Partners we have found a good partner for Dürr Automation. With their know-how and financial strength, Quantum can help develop the company and build a successful future for it.'

Dürr Ecoclean's core competences lie in the development, manufacture and sale of innovative solutions for industrial part cleaning and surface processing. The French activities in this field were combined in the Loué-based Dürr Cleaning France S.A.S., established in 2013. The cleaning systems produced by the Ecoclean Group are used worldwide in the automotive industry and its suppliers as well as in numerous other sectors such as metalworking, medical equipment, optics, semiconductors and electronic products.

Contact:
Dürr Cleaning France S.A.S.
Sébastien Moniez
Phone: +33 2 43397800
sebastien.moniez(at)ecoclean.durr.com

As a leading supplier, Dürr Ecoclean supplies automotive manufacturers and suppliers, as well as the broad industrial market, with the latest cleaning technology and systems for surface activation and treatment. With individually tailored technology from Dürr Ecoclean, customers can exploit potential savings for example in unit costs, energy consumption and process time. Dürr Ecoclean is part of the Dürr Group worldwide and has over ten sites in eight countries with approximately 800 employees.

The Dürr Group is one of the world's leading mechanical and plant engineering firms. Products, systems and services offered by Dürr enable highly efficient manufacturing processes in different industries. Business with automobile manufacturers and their suppliers accounts for approximately 65% of Dürr's sales. Other market segments include, for example, the mechanical engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical industries and - since the takeover of HOMAG Group AG in October 2014 - the woodworking industry. Dürr has 93 business locations in 28 countries and generates annual sales of approx. € 3.2 billion with around 13,700 employees. The Dürr Group operates in the market with five divisions:

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