ARCADIS Enters Definitive Agreement to Sell Soil Remediation Contracting Services to AVR.Business Editors, Environmental Writers ARNHEM Arnhem (är`nəm), Ger. Arnheim, city (1994 pop. 133,670), capital of Gelderland prov., E Netherlands, a port on the Lower Rhine. It is an industrial, transportation, and tourist center. , The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2000 ARCADIS (Nasdaq:ARCAF; ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :ARCAD) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its environmental technology contracting business, Milieutechniek, a division of ARCADIS Heidemij Realisatie involved in the clean-up clean-up n → nettoyage m clean-up clean n to give sth a clean-up → etw gründlich sauber machen clean-up n of contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. soil, as well as contracting services for soil remediation projects, including waste water purification  It has been suggested that , , and be merged into this article or section. and sediment sediment, mineral or organic particles that are deposited by the action of wind, water, or glacial ice. These sediments can eventually form sedimentary rocks (see rock). treatment, to AVR-Bedrijven, a privately-owned Dutch company in Rotterdam, in a cash transaction. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. The final sale depends on approval by the NMa, the Netherlands Competition Authority. Milieutechniek has several industrial soil remediation and processing installations in the Netherlands. Gross revenues from this division were expected to represent less than 2% of ARCADIS' overall gross revenues for 2000. The department employs 65 people. The sale to AVR-Bedrijven fits in ARCADIS' strategy to further concentrate on its core business of offering consulting and engineering services in the areas of infrastructure, buildings, environment and communications. For AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) See voltage regulator. , the acquisition fits into its growth strategy and means a further broadening of its services and strengthening of its competitiveness in the waste management sector. AVR is active both domestically and internationally in the complete chain of waste and environmental care. AVR, with 1,700 employees and gross revenue of 900 million guilders, is one of the largest waste and environmental companies in the Netherlands. AVR-Bedrijven consists of a group of specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. companies in the field of integrated waste and environmental management. The company offers sustainable solutions in waste and the environment and provides services to the industry and the public and private sector. Services include consultancy, industrial and maritime services, collecting, storage, transport and processing of waste. ARCADIS, with its head office in Arnhem, the Netherlands, is an engineering company specializing in consulting and implementation services for infrastructure, environment and construction engineering. Wherever the company operates in the world, it aims to improve the physical quality of the living and working environment. ARCADIS stands for integrated solutions for projects in more than 100 countries. Established in 1888 and with currently more than 8,000 employees, ARCADIS is one of the world's largest consulting engineering firms. |
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