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Schuler completes
S4S targets Australia
MW takeover bid
S4S Ltd (Sourcing for
S4S Limited identified
The mandatory offer made by Success), the UK-based
Australia as a growth
Schuler AG to the shareholders
international component,
market for the company’s
of Müller Weingarten AG result-
product and services
core business offering
ed in the purchase of 32.01% of
sourcing company has
of providing global
shares in Müller Weingarten AG
launched a new company
sourcing solutions to
as of 15 May 2007. Schuler AG
in Australia to further
large companies dealing
enhance the company’s
therefore now holds a total of
in high value, labour-
ability to provide a global
intensive manufactured and
96.5% (or 8,105,724 shares) of
solution to international
engineered components
Müller Weingarten AG.
product, component and
and products. Australia’s
Schuler has also initiated a material sourcing problems.
proximity to a large number
‘squeeze-out’ process, during The company was
of emerging markets also
which the shares of the remain-
launched on 1 April
maximises the opportunity
ing minority shareholders in
2007 with its Australian
Above: S4S managing
to reduce component costs.
Müller Weingarten AG are to
headquarters in Perth.
director, Steve Dobson
The new company launch
be transferred to Schuler AG in
The full company name is
is part of the growth strategy
return for cash compensation of
Sourcing 4 Success Australia
be to assemble a highly adopted by S4S designed to
Pty Limited.
skilled team of international
15.74 per share.
provide clients with a ‘one
S4S Australia will be
sourcing consultants who stop window to the world’
“With the success of our offer,
headed by Paul Hulley who
can provide high value in terms of purchasing,
we have completed the next
will be installed as managing
consultancy services to manufacturing and sourcing
scheduled step towards the full director. Paul joins S4S
companies initially based in opportunities and quickly
merger of Müller Weingarten from one of the world’s Australia, but also in New
follows the relocation of
AG and Schuler AG,” explained
largest pump manufacturing
Zealand and eventually to S4S from Rochdale to new
Jürgen Tonn, Chairman of
companies where he held
companies throughout South offices, the recruitment of
the Board of Management of
the post of engineering
East Asia. These markets are UK-based personnel and the
Schuler AG.
manager for many years.
currently serviced from the recruitment of key personnel
One of his initial tasks will
group’s offices in Lancashire. in India.
Cloos appoints new technology and sales chief
On 1 May 2007, Dr.-Ing.
subsidiaries world-wide. 353 QUINTO CP, which
Wolfgang Janssen (49)
Together with managing considerably extends the
was appointed to the
director Dipl.-Kaufmann Ralf possibilities of the MIG
management of Carl Cloos
Pulverich, who is responsible pulsed arc process. A special
Schweisstechnik GmbH.
for the financial and logistics feature of the new HighEnd
With about 500 employees
divisions, Dr. Janssen will be pulsed arc welding machine
at its headquarters in
part of the joint management is the very low heat input
Haiger (Germany), Cloos
at Cloos. in the weld seam. The CP
manufactures welding
Previously Dr. Janssen process therefore reduces
systems and complete
was in charge of welding component distortion and
robot solutions for universal
technology in the Power the coating burn-off is
industrial applications.
Generation Division of significantly reduced when
Janssen will be responsible
Siemens AG in Mühlheim/ processing coated plates.
for technology and sales
Ruhr and was also the Other advantages include
at the Haiger headquarters
manager of the international the improved gap bridging
and for the coordination
network ‘Welding
Above: Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang
ability and increased weld
and expansion of the sales
Technology’.
Janssen, new managing
organisation within the
director of the technology/
speed, which makes it
Cloos is currently
sales divisions of Carl
possible to weld aluminium
Cloos group which presently
offering a new welding
Cloos Schweisstechnik
about 50% faster, the
has over fifty agents and
power source, the GLC GmbH company told ISMR.
10 May/June 2007 International Sheet Metal Review
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