Emerson Acquires Knurr AG of Germany; Leader in Rack and Enclosure Technologies for IT and Telecom Markets to Strengthen Emerson Network Power Capability and Global Position.ST. LOUIS -- Emerson (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ) today announced it has acquired Knurr AG of Munich, Germany, whose leading enclosure enclosure (inclosure) n. land bounded by a fence, wall, hedge, ditch or other physical evidence of boundary. Unfortunately, too often these creations are not included among the actual legally-described boundaries and cause legal problems. ENCLOSURE. systems for the telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. and data industries - along with its cooling technologies - will become part of Emerson Network Power's broad technology offering. Emerson will pay approximately EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 80 million (including all debts assumed) for Knurr. Knurr joins with Emerson Network Power's industry-leading Liebert(R) brand and its recent Cooligy acquisition to build comprehensive capabilities in rack solutions, mission-critical cooling, and systems integration for data center and telecom sites. As power density and damaging heat levels have grown significantly in these applications, Emerson Network Power now delivers the broadest portfolio of technologies - surpassing previously available capabilities - to solve critical cooling issues at the room, rack, or chip level. In data centers, Emerson was first to market with cooling solutions for extreme density applications with its Liebert XD(TM) cooling platform. Now it is taking proven technologies from room-level applications and integrating them into the rack. Knurr's broad platform of rack systems will integrate Emerson's cooling and power management technologies, helping customers solve problems in new and existing installations and giving data center managers more flexibility in facility design. "The rack is fast becoming a critical product on the data center floor, serving as a platform for integrating power, cooling, and information technologies," said David N. Farr, Emerson chairman, chief executive officer and president. "The addition of Knurr's market-leading products and technologies supports our strategy to make the Liebert Adaptive Architecture(TM) the desired standard for IT facilities." Knurr also designs flexible, cost-effective enclosure platforms for the telecom industry, and is serving major telecom customers with innovative liquid rack-cooling systems and Advanced TCA See AdvancedTCA. (a)-compliant, extreme-density cabinets. These cabinets contain sophisticated power and cooling technologies, making it possible to deploy the next generation of wireless telecom technologies. Emerson Network Power is currently the largest supplier of power for remote telecom equipment. The cabinet-level solutions acquired with Marconi's power business will be further bolstered bol·ster n. A long narrow pillow or cushion. tr.v. bol·stered, bol·ster·ing, bol·sters 1. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion. 2. by adding Knurr's enclosure capabilities. Together they make Emerson's DC Power solutions even more competitive as carriers continue to invest in next-generation wireless technologies and deploy broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. . "With Knurr, we further strengthen Emerson Network Power's competitive advantage," said Ed Feeney, Emerson senior vice president, "helping customers solve power, cooling, and monitoring problems for IT or telecom sites and delivering ready-to-deploy rack and enclosure solutions - whether one cabinet or an entire global enterprise." Knurr, headquartered outside of Munich in Arnstorf, Germany, with sales in 2005 of approximately EUR 128 million, has manufacturing facilities in a number of countries in Europe, as well as in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and has a sales and marketing presence in 35 countries. "We are excited about the global opportunities and the synergies created by alignment with Emerson and with Emerson Network Power's leading power and precision cooling technologies," said Oliver Gosemann, chief executive officer of Knurr. "We have worked hard to earn a reputation for quality and innovation. By coupling our capabilities with Emerson, we can offer customers so much more and we think customers are going to be excited about what's ahead." (a) AdvancedTCA is a new series of industry standard specifications for next generation carrier grade communications equipment. About Knurr AG Knurr designs, produces and integrates standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. and customized rack systems, enclosures, backplanes, thermal management and power supply systems, applied components and functional furnishing systems. Knurr develops and produces PDUs and socket strips internally, which enables each customer-specific requirement to be implemented. You will find more information at: www.knuerr.com About Emerson Network Power Emerson Network Power, an Emerson business and the global leader in business critical continuity, serves the needs of telecommunications networks A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. , data centers, health care, and industrial facilities worldwide with a full spectrum of reliable power solutions, including inbound in·bound 1 adj. Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic. Adj. 1. inbound power, connectivity, power supplies, power systems, and precision cooling - all backed by the largest global services organization in the power industry. For more information, visit www.emersonnetworkpower.com. About Emerson Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2005 were $17.3 billion. For more information, visit www.gotoemerson.com. |
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