RELCO Acquires WET & dry Technologies B. V.
April 16, 2007
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 16, 2007
For further information contact
Loren Corle
+1 320 231 2210
lorencorle@relco.net
Wiebe Bouma
+31 512 580 280
wbouma@wetdrytechnology.com
RELCO Acquires WET & dry Technologies B.V.
WILLMAR, MN. USA RELCO Unisystems Corp. has reached an agreement to purchase the assets of WET & dry Technologies B.V. of Drachten, The Netherlands. Loren Corle, President of RELCO explains, “in order to achieve our expansion goals, RELCO has been actively seeking a dryer and evaporation partner in Europe for sales, engineering, fabrication, installation and commissioning assistance, as well as follow-up customer support”. WET & dry Technologies B.V. has served the dairy and food industries on the European continent and around the world for the past 7 years with design, engineering, fabrication and installation of evaporation and drying systems and equipment.
Wiebe Bouma and Joost Simmelink will continue to manage the new company, RELCO wet & dry B.V., at the Drachten facilities effective immediately and plans to retain about 25 of the existing technical staff. Wiebe Bouma said “ we are pleased to be able to continue servicing our loyal customers and provide them the high quality products and latest technologies we have in the past. With the RELCO ownership, the KELLER Lactose Drying System and KELLER Permeate Drying System will now also be available to companies in European and neighboring regions. KELLER drying systems are recognized around the world as leaders in dairy carbohydrate processing technology.”
RELCO provides dairy, food, and pharmaceutical plants with customized food processing equipment, systems and automation through design, engineering, fabrication and installation. Applications for services are drying, heat treatment, evaporation, filtration, separation, culturing, fermentation, blending, mixing, and standardization. Manufacturing processing application are for cheese, fluid milk, cultured dairy products, milk powders, whey products, lactose, soymilk and other soy products, yeasts, fruit juices and beverages, soups and sauces, and pharmaceutical ingredients. Mr. Corle, points out, “our internal business growth with the KELLER™ processing systems, production of ethanol fermentation systems, RelTronix® controls for dairy plant automation and outside custom fabrication orders has provided the justification to double our domestic fabrication facilities last year and look out side the US for additional technical and fabrication resources.”
Additional information about RELCO’s fabrication capabilities can be obtained by calling Loren Corle at +1 320 231 2210 or Wiebe Bouma at +31 512 580 280.
RELCO Unisystems Corp. RELCO wet & dry B.V.
2281 3rd Ave. SW Loswal 32
P. O. Box 1689 P. O. Box 170
Willmar, MN 56201 USA 9200 AD Drachten, The Netherlands
+1 320 231 2210 +31 512 580 280
www.relco.net
