日立造船：ごみ焼却発電を買収:Germany, “SBE”（動画）：
Hitachi Zosen: Acquired waste incineration power : Germany, “SBE”:
日立造船：收购垃圾焚烧发电：德国，“SBE”
日立造船：
１２月8日、日鉄エンジニアリングから、Germany “SBE”を買収すると発表した。
買収額は非公表。
ごみ発電需要が急増：
ごみは、「埋め立てより焼却するほうが、環境の負荷が低い」とされる。
「世界的にごみ発電の需要が高まる」なか、日立造船は欧州市場を強化する。
Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (“HZI”)
Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (“HZI”)は、2022年2月をめどに全株式を取得する。
日立造船は、英国やスイスに強い。
日鉄エンジニアリングの子会社
一方、Germany, “SBE”は、ドイツやフィンランドで受注を獲得している。
日本経済新聞
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUF088BF0Y1A201C2000000/
Notice Regarding Share Acquisition of Steinmüller Babcock Environment Group Companies (to make them subsidiaries)
Hitachi Zosen Corporation (HZC) announces that
its board of directors has resolved that Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (“HZI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HZC and specialized in the engineering of Energy-from-Waste (EfW) and biogas plants,
will acquire the shares of Steinmüller Babcock Environment GmbH (Germany, “SBE”)
that is engaged in the engineering of EfW plants as well as engineering of flu gas treatment systems for thermal power plants and others in Europe,
and make SBE its subsidiary (“transaction”).
HZI will conclude the share purchase agreement with Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd. that currently owns the shares of SBE on December 9th, 2021.
Subject to the completion of the procedures, Steinmüller Babcock Montaż Sp. z o.o., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SBE based in Poland and specialized in the after-sale maintenance and construction work
will also become a consolidated subsidiary of Hitachi Zosen group.
The execution of this transaction is subject to, among other things, the approval of a national competition authority, which must be notified, the absence of breaches of representations and warranties, the completion of the necessary formalities, including the receipt of the accounting and audit reports, and the fulfilment of other general preconditions for its execution.
Rationale for the Transaction SBE group has extensive experience of EfW projects and strong market penetration and installed base of incineration equipment supply in Nordic countries including Germany, Finland and Sweden.
HZI has extensive market penetration and coverage of EfW projects in various regions including UK, Switzerland, Middle East, Russia and other countries.
As HZI has different markets and product offerings from SBE group,
this transaction will enable our group to have a complementary offering and extended and strengthened market coverage,
thus contributing to accelerating the implementation of our group’s key strategy of service and after sale maintenance business growth all across Europe on existing EfW plants.
After the acquisition of shares,
we aim to return SBE to profitability as soon as possible, through synergies with HZI, by strengthening the highly profitable core remodeling work, service and maintenance business, strengthening project management, enhancing procurement capabilities, and reducing administrative costs.More specifically,
HZI aims to further expand its share of the service and maintenance market in Europe by including boiler-related services, in which the SBE Group excels, in addition to incinerator services, in which HZI excels.Through the sanitary waste treatment and the provision of clean energy,
Hitachi Zosen Group
will continue to actively contribute to achievement of the SDGs which was adopted at the United Nations Summit and solution of the global environment problems.