Pall Corporation acquires USFilter’s Filtration and Separations Group

April 25, 2002–East Hills, NY–In a deal valued at $360 million, Pall Corporation has acquired Filtration and Separations Group (FSG) from USFilter Corporation.

Pall sees the acquisition as a way to expand its product offering and increase its overall revenues. "We are combining very successful leaders of our industry with complementary strengths," says Pall CEO, Eric Krasnoff . "The result is an even better enterprise poised for sustainable growth and continued leadership. For customers this means the ease and reliability that comes with partnering with one supplier for integrated solutions for all their filtration and separations needs."

FSG designs and manufactures filtration products for the separation and purification of liquids and gases. The company is broken down into five units: Filterite and Fluid Dynamics, located in the United States, Schumacher and SeitzSchenk Filtersystems in Germany and Exekia in France. The companies primarily serve the food & beverage, industrial, microelectronics, biotech and pharmaceutical industries, according to a company release.

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