| | Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - E.ON to merge three subsidiaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | According to the agreement, Wesertal will be merged with Herford-based EMR and Pesag of Paderborn, both to the west of Hamelin in North Rhine-Westphalia, into a company with the working title EPOS. |
 | | Selling power, gas, heat, water and waste handling services to 650 000 customers, the company will become one of the ten leading regional utilities in Germany. |
 | | A statement distributed by Wesertal said E.ON had given the regional government assurances that Hamelin would remain an important technical centre within the new firm's set-up and that its 280 jobs were safe for another two years. |
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