Cellwood Machinery acquires Algas
Algas, based in Moss in southern Norway, is producing microfilters for efficient water treatment in the pulp and paper industry.According to Henrik Lefvert, Managing Director of Cellwood Machinery, Algas' products wit very well into the product portfolio of Cellwood Machinery.”Furthermore, Algas and Cellwood Machinery often have the same contact persons at the mills, and we also share the same agents in many countries,” Henrik Lefvert told Nordic Paper Journal.Cellwood Machinery's bigger marketing organization will make it possible for Algas to reach new potential costumers in the global pulp and paper industry, according to Henrik Lefvert.Algas will be a subsidiary of Cellwood Machinery, which means that other companies in the Cellwood Group, such as Söderhamn Eriksson, producer of machines and equipment for saw mills, will not initially be affected by the deal.Cellwood Machinery, based in Nässjö, southern Sweden, develops, manufactures and sells high-tech machinery and installations for the pulp and paper industry and the bioenergy industry. The company is a world leader with regard to the dispersion of waste paper, and its Krima Dispersing System is installed in most waste paper based paper mills in the world.