GE Agrees to Pay $1.8 Billion For Water-Treatment Business --- BetzDearborn Has Sales Staff of About 2,000 --- Want U.S. and European Closing Prices?

GE said it hopes the deal will allow it to sell technologies and services from its other units to a new customer base. "This acquisition opens the door for GE to utilize approximately 2,000 experienced Betz-Dearborn sales engineers to distribute to their customers innovative products and servic...

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Published inThe Wall Street journal Asia
Main Author By Rachel Emma Silverman and Susan Warren
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Victoria, Hong Kong Dow Jones & Company Inc 14.02.2002
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Summary:GE said it hopes the deal will allow it to sell technologies and services from its other units to a new customer base. "This acquisition opens the door for GE to utilize approximately 2,000 experienced Betz-Dearborn sales engineers to distribute to their customers innovative products and services" from GE businesses including Medical and Power Systems, said William Woodburn, president and chief executive of GE Specialty Materials, of Wilton, Connecticut.
ISSN:0377-9920