Babcock & Wilcox to buy GE Energy’s electrostatic precipitator and emissions monitoring businesses

The acquisition includes electrostatic precipitator replacement parts and mechanical components product lines, electrostatic precipitator performance-enhancing hardware and controls, continuous emissions monitoring systems, data acquisition and handling system, as well as the electrostatic precipitator and emissions monitoring remote diagnostics and services offerings.

The GE Energy electrostatic precipitator and emissions monitoring businesses employ approximately 220 people at offices in Kansas City, Missouri; Folkston, Georgia; Newport News, Virginia; and Hatfield, Pennsylvania, in the US, as well as other locations worldwide.