Camfil to acquire Handte

Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC), Jonesboro, Ark., has announced that its parent company in Stockholm, Camfil, has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Handte Umwelttechnik GmbH in Germany and Handte’s operations in Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and China. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of this year.

Handte, a manufacturer of environmental engineering products, filter technology processes, and air pollution control applications, will be part of the Camfil APC business unit, which specializes in industrial dust and fume collection.