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Companies

Activity

Dassault Systèmes , moved to acquire manufacturing software solutions provider Apriso, for about

US$205 million. The acquisition of California-based Apriso deepens the global manufacturing opera- tions management capabilities of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Dassault

Systèmes’ acquisition of Apriso will expand the 3DEXPERIENCE footprint across multiple industries, such as consumer goods, packaged goods, high tech, life sciences, transportation & mobility, aerospace & defense and industrial equipment.

After closing its US$2.5 billion acquisition of well-drilling equipment parts provider ,

Robbins & Myers

Houston-based

National Oilwell adds three more

Varco (NOV) businesses to its NOV Mono division:

Subsea 7 opened its Global Pipeline Welding Development Centre

Moyno Inc., Chemineer Inc., and Tarby (GPWDC), the result of a US$15.6 million investment in its operations

Inc. The three additions make NOV the base at Clydebank, Glasgow. The center will develop welding technology largest designer and manufacturer of for global deployment. The GPWDC is located in two buildings—Pipeline progressing cavity pumps. NOV Mono

Development Centre (PDC) 1, a welding and inspection center and PDC2,

Senior VP, Santosh Mathilakath, said housing R&D and screened radiographic and ultrasound NDT testing that the acquisition of these companies facilities. (Pictured: Scottish Government First Minister Alex Salmond) represents a new force in the industrial pump arena, creating growth oppor-

Royal Boskalis Westminster are ftted with DP class 2 equipment tunities and faster response times for and with a cable turntable capacity of consumers.

Royal Volker Wessels (VolkerWessels) will establish around 5000 tonnes and are wholly

Stevin a joint venture (JV) for carrying out owned by the two parent companies.

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.

offshore cable installation. Boskalis has agreed to acquire a 50% interest and VolkerWessels will each hold a has acquired in the Cidade de Itajai FPSO from

Foster Wheeler AG 50% stake in Visser & Smit Marine Monterrey, Mexico-based Teekay Corporation (Teekay) for about

NorthAm

Contracting—currently a 100% sub- . NorthAm is one of the US $204 million. The Cidade de Itajai

Engineering sidiary of VolkerWessels—which will largest Mexican engineering and proj- FPSO is operating on the Baúna and continue its activities under the name ect management companies, specializ- Piracaba felds in the Santos basin off

VSMC. The JV will focus on install- ing in upstream, offshore and onshore, Brazil under a nine-year, fxed-rate, ing offshore power cables, such as downstream, and power projects. “The time-charter contract with Petrobras. for wind farms, and both infeld and acquisition of NorthAm is part of our Odebrecht Oil and Gas S.A. holds export cables. Through the JV, VSMC stated strategy to grow our upstream the remaining 50% interest in the will have access to two cable-laying capabilities and the geographic FPSO.

vessels, the Stemat Spirit and the footprint of our global engineering

Ndurance, a new-build vessel due to and construction group,” said Kent , an

TAM International, Inc.

be delivered this year. These vessels Masters, CEO Foster Wheeler AG. infatable and swellable packers

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