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Emerson Agrees to Acquire Afag

Acquisition expands Emerson’s factory automation served market by $9 billion and enhances exposure to key growth markets in discrete and hybrid.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Emerson announced a definitive agreement to acquire Afag Holding AG, an innovative leader in electric linear motion, feeding and handling automation solutions. Headquartered in Zell, Switzerland, Afag brings state-of-the-art technology and innovation to Emerson. The transaction will enhance Emerson’s capabilities in factory automation, one of the company’s four priority adjacencies, and create a leading motion portfolio combining Afag’s electric linear motion solutions with Emerson’s pneumati...

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