(RTTNews.com) – Fluor Corp. and Stork announced that Fluor has signed an agreement with UK-based private equity firm Arle Capital Partners to acquire 100 percent of Stork Holding B.V. for an investment of $755 million.
Upon closing of the acquisition, Fluor will begin combining its Operations & Maintenance organization with Stork. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Fluor’s earnings per share in 2016.
Stork is a global provider of maintenance, modification and asset integrity services associated with large existing industrial facilities in the oil and gas, chemicals, petrochemicals, industrial and power markets. It has operations in Continental Europe, United Kingdom, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas.
The combined group, branded Stork, will be headquartered in the Netherlands. Arnold Steenbakker, Stork CEO, will lead the combined group. The management team will be formed by Stork’s existing management combined with the managers of Fluor’s Operations & Maintenance business.
PepsiCo Europe and crop nutrition company Yara have announced a long-term partnership aimed at providing European farmers with low-carbon crop nutrition solutions to help decarbonise the food value chain. Under the agreement, Yara will supply PepsiCo with up to 165,000 tons of fertiliser per year by 2030, covering around 25% of the food and beverage giant’s crop fertiliser needs across Europe.
BASF has signed an agreement to sell its flocculants business for mining applications to Solenis, a specialty chemicals manufacturer. The divestment of the flocculants business to Solenis is part of BASF’s ongoing portfolio optimisation with the aim of focusing on strategic core areas.
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