Canadian PROCESS EQUIPMENT & CONTROL NEWS
Gensource Potash Corp. of Saskatoon, a fertilizer development company focused on sustainable potash production, is pleased to announce it will acquire Carlyle, SK-based Innovare Technologies Ltd., a developer of patented selective solution mining and brine processing technology for the recovery of potash and other soluble minerals.
Global Food and Ingredients of Toronto (GFI) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Your Fitness Dish Inc., a premium plant-based milk and snack food company operating under the brand “YoFiit”.
Global Food and Ingredients Inc. of Toronto has announced the acquisition of a plant-based pet food ingredients production facility in Bowden, AB, and the creation of GFI’s new Plant-Based Pet Food Ingredients business unit. The facility produces custom blends of milled red lentils, green lentils, chickpeas, pinto beans, yellow peas, and green peas to produce specific nutritional profiles for pet food manufacturers.
Richardson International of Winnipeg has announced the purchase of Calgary-based Control Chemical Corp., a specialized manufacturer of environmentally safe drilling fluids and proprietary vegetable oil-based lubricants. Prior to this acquisition, Richardson was a minority shareholder in the company and has supplied raw ingredients for its products for over 30 years.
Hammond Power Solutions Inc. (HPS) of Guelph, ON, has acquired a 100% equity ownership of Mesta Electronics Inc., a company in N. Huntington, PA. Mesta is involved in the design and manufacture of standard and custom active filter and induction heating products.
Richards Industrials, a Cincinnati-based manufacturer of regulators, valves, and other flow control products, has announced the acquisition of Equilibar LLC. Equilibar is the second strategic add-on acquisition for Richards in 18 months, which partnered with Astor Place Holdings in July 2019.
Kurita Water Industries of Tokyo has announced that it acquired 100% of the equity interests of Keytech Water Management of Kitchener, ON.Keytech manufactures and sells water treatment chemicals and equipment systems, through Kurita Canada, Inc.
Everest Automation has acquired Coastal Controls Instrumentation Inc. in Nova Scotia, a leading distributor of instrumentation and control products for the Atlantic Provinces, and the ABB Instrumentation channel partner in this area.
Cancoppas Ltd. of Mississauga, ON, has acquired a majority stake in Brampton, ON-based Conflow Technologies Inc. Conflow will operate as a sister company and has relocated from Brampton to Mississauga.
Bureau Veritas of New York, NY, has announced the acquisition of Orion Assessment Services International Inc.’s Canadian food auditing business based in Toronto. Orion provides food certification services to food manufacturers across Canada.
