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Caterpillar acquired 100% interest in the Pyroban Group on August 31. Pyroban Group is a provider of hazardous area safety solutions to the oil and gas, industrial material handling, mining and marine markets. It is headquartered in Shoreham, UK, and has additional locations in Europe, Singapore and China.
The purchase allows Caterpillar Global Petroleum to offer customers an enhanced range of fully-integrated power solutions and grow its presence in the global hazardous area protection industry. Pyroban is a provider of specific explosion protection safety solutions, including engineered kits and components designed to modify engines, lift trucks, telehandlers and other material handling and mining equipment to meet safety certifications. In the current marketplace, Caterpillar engines are often modified and packaged with Pyroban solutions to operate in hazardous areas and help ensure the safety of its customers’ worksites.
The global Caterpillar dealer network will bring the solutions and in-service support to customers around the world. This will allow Caterpillar to support its customers’ efforts to increase the safety of their operations offshore, onshore and underground. In particular, many solutions will be available in the Americas for the first time.
In addition to the Cat brand solutions, Pyroban will continue to offer its range of products and services under its existing brands in Europe and Asia. Pyroban provides consultancy, engineered components, conversions kits and solutions for a broad range of OEM branded equipment to integrators and to end-users in a number of key markets.