- 9 May 2007 -

Donaldson acquires Rawsen

Donaldson has acquired South African compressed filtration specialist company, Rawsen Equipment.

Rawsen was established in Cape Town in 1982 and manufactures and distributes a wide range of filtration products for compressed air and gas applications. Donaldson's ultrafilter product range will be integrated into Rawsens, forming a compressed air division. Given the extensive use of compressed air across virtually every industry sector this is an exciting growth opportunity, Donaldson says.

Parfitt says the Rawsen product is of a high quality and complements the Donaldson brand.

"Donaldson is actively looking at ways of expanding its international footprint and diversifying its heavy duty filtration product offering. The industrial sector has experienced considerable growth recently and Donaldson identified the compressed air filtration market as one area where they could expand their filtration solutions offering" says managing director Mike Parfitt.

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