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Hitachi Zosen acquires Energy-from-Waste (EfW) engineering firm AE&E Inova AG in Zürich, to become Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (HZI AG)

by Gerhard Fasol

Waste is our energy! Energy-from-Waste (EfW)

Hitachi Zosen acquires former Von Roll Inova to form Hitachi Zosen Inova AG

AE&E Inova Holding AG filed for bankruptcy on December 3, 2010, and Hitachi Zosen Corporation (日立造船株式会社) acquired 100% of the shares of AE&E Inova Holding AG in Zurich with approval of the bankruptcy court, and the acquisition became final on December 20, 2010.

Subsequently AE&E Inova Holding AG was renamed Hitachi Zosen Inova AG or abbreviated, HZI AG.

Hitachi Zosen Inova AG history

Inova was originally a department of the company “Gesellschaft der Ludwig von Roll’schen Eisenwerke” founded in 1823, the purpose was thermal waste treatment. Inova was founded in 1933 as “L. von Roll Bamag AG”.

In 1960, Von Roll expanded to Germany and Japan, and in 1966 to France and Sweden, and 1975 to USA. Von Roll Environmental Technology Ltd was known as “Von Roll Inova Group”.

In 2003, Von Roll Inova Group was acquired by the AE&E Group (Austrian Energy & Environment Group), a subsidiary representing about 40% of A-Tec Industries AG (http://www.atec-industries.com/). Both AE&E Group and A-Tec Industries AG went into bankruptcy proceedings. An overview of the complex bankruptcy and reconstruction proceedings can be found on the A-Tec Industries Wikipedia-page.

AE&E Inova Holding AG filed for bankruptcy on December 3, 2010, and was acquired by Hitachi Zosen Corporation as of December 20, 2010.

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