CRTE will acquire technological intellectual property rights. It will also gain the right to use the Wirth brand name on tunnel-boring and shaft-boring products that are based on the acquired technology.
The transaction does not involve the transfer of any Aker Solutions employees and the manufacturing facility in Erkelenz, Germany, will remain part of the company¹s drilling technologies business.
The parties agreed not to disclose the value of the transaction, which is set to be completed in December 2013. Aker Solutions has said that the transaction will have limited financial impact on the company.
