August Company News, Mergers and Acquisitions

The Michels family celebrates the company's 50th Anniversary at a reception and dinner near the company headquarters in Brownsville, WI.

L to R: Pat Michels, Mary Sue Michels (Pat's wife), Michelle (Pat's daughter), Kevin Michels, Phillip (Pat's son), Connie Michels (Kevin's wife), Allison (Pat's daughter), Steve Michels, Ruth Michels, Tim Michels and Barbara (Tim's wife).

Also attending were: Oliver Klinger, Oildom Publishing Company, Pat Michels, Mary Sue Michels, Regan and Dennis Kennedy of the Distribution Contractors Association.

Deepwater Corrosion Services, in conjunction with its local partner Alduco, has setup two bases of operation to service the offshore market in the Gulf of Guinea. The initial operating bases are in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea and Lagos and Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Deepwater says through this alliance it will offer the full range of its products and services in the Gulf of Guinea.

Mpact Downhole Motors is the new name of a Conroe, TX-based company with 20 years experience. Formerly part of Multi-Shot LLC, under this new business name, Mpact Downhole Motors will focus exclusively on the development, manufacture, distribution and rental of proprietary Mpact™ drilling motors for the domestic directional, horizontal, and vertical drilling markets, servicing customers through four regional service centers and ten sales offices.

Dresser Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire assets of iMeter B.V., based the Netherlands. iMeter B.V. manufactures and markets rotary and turbine gas meters, meter instrumentation and meter calibration systems for the natural gas industry.

Entessa Inc. has been selected by the Calgary-based Inter Pipeline Fund (IPF) to manage its pipeline nominations-to-inventory cycle for its oil sands pipelines. IPF operates more than 3,000 miles of oil sands and conventional oil pipelines.

Corrpro Companies Inc.’s Houston-based crew was recently honored with the Houston Business Roundtable (HBR) Gold Award in Safety Excellence. The HBR has been recognizing Greater Houston area industrial contractors for their outstanding safety performances for over 20 years.

This is the second year in a row that ExxonMobil has nominated the Corrpro crew for their work at the ExxonMobil Baytown, TX facility in the “Specialty Contractor Soft Crafts/Environmental Small” award category. The Corrpro crew also received the Bronze Award at last year’s award presentation. This year, in addition to receiving the HBR Gold Award, Corrpro was one of the few contractors selected to participate in a field audit. Field audits are conducted by teams of client/owners and contractors at the nominee’s jobsite. Field audits provide opportunities for team members and nominees to learn and share best safety practices.

Corrpro Companies, Inc. is a subsidiary of Insituform Technologies Inc.

Allweiler AG, a subsidiary of Colfax Corporation, has opened an office in Bahrain to serve and support Middle East clients. The location is at Office No. 21, Building No. 829, Road No. 833, Block No. 408, Sanabis, Kingdom of Bahrain. The mailing address is P.O. Box 31348, Budaiya, Kingdom of Bahrain. Phone 973 / 17 / 55 87 09 and e-mail ME-Rep-Off@colfaxcorp.com.