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| | American Metal Market: Robert Bosch to acquire Weldun International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Bosch's U.S. subsidiary, Robert Bosch Corp., headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., last week exercised an option to acquire all of Weldun International, a Bridgman, Mich., systems house that sold almost exclusively Bosch automation products. |
 | | The U.S. subsidiary or Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, West Germany, since 1984 has held a 19.5 percent interest in the firm, as well as an option to acquire the whole company. |
 | | Weldin was founded in 1953 as a tool and die operation, largely serving its parent, Wells Aluminum Co., in North Liberty, Ind. Hanson joined the firm in 1961 and by 1976 had bought out the original four stockholders. |
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