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Drake + Scull buys German group

United Arab Emirates: Thursday, November 19 - 2009 at 11:43
Dubai-based contractor Drake and Scull International has said it has acquired an 82% stake in Germany's Passavant-Roediger in a Dhs145m deal. The remaining 18% will remain with Bilfinger Berger, a publically listed German firm internationally active in construction services. Passavant-Roediger, a global developer of wastewater, water and sludge treatment technologies, has projects around the world including Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia. The company's current backlog stands at over Dhs450m.

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