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Westinghouse Electric Company is a Nuclear Reactor technology business company, providing nuclear services, Power Plants , Nuclear Fuel , and fuel handling equipment to utilities and governments in the United States , Europe , and Asia . Toshiba Group is its majority owner. HISTORY
EUROPE Westinghouse Electric Company has several fully owned subsidiaries in Europe such as the European Service Center (also called Westinghouse Electric Belgium) located in Nivelles , Belgium , where equipments are being prepared for interventions throughout Europe. After the take over of ABB Reaktor in Germany, Westinghouse transferred the radiological storage activities located in Ladenburg, Germany, to the existing site in Nivelles, Belgium, which was extended. Soon after that extension, another extension followed as the people working in the Brussels ' office were transferred to Nivelles too. It is estimated that 150 people were working in Nivelles at the end of 2005. SALE TO TOSHIBA In July 2005 BNFL confirmed it planned to sell Westinghouse, then estimated to be worth $1.8bn (£1bn). However the bid attracted interest from several companies, including Toshiba , General Electric and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and when the '' Financial Times '' reported on January 23, 2006 that Toshiba had won the bid, it valued the company's offer at $5bn (£2.8bn). On February 6, 2006 Toshiba confirmed it was buying Westinghouse Electric Company for $5.4bn and announced it would sell a minority stake to investors. {Link without Title} The sale surprised many industry experts who questioned the wisdom of BNFL selling one of the world's largest producers of nuclear reactors shortly before the market for '' gives several reasons in favor of a sale; the commercial risk of the company's business in Asia may be too high for taxpayers money, if Westinghouse won the bid for any new nuclear stations in the UK competition questions may be raised, if lost it may be seen as a lack of faith in its own {Link without Title} technology' and finally the record of UK governments building nuclear plants is a commercial disaster. "Technology transfer" (Jan. 28, 2006) ''The Economist'' pp. 30—31 The acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company for $5.4bn was completed on October 16, 2006, with Toshiba obtaining a 77% share, and partners The Shaw Group a 20% share, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. a 1% share & GE a 2% share. On 13 August 2007 Toshiba sold 10% to Kazatomprom , the national uranium company for the Republic Of Kazakhstan . Kazatomprom's ownership is entirely passive, with no voting or veto rights or even a presense on the board of directors. MOVING TO CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP After a long period of waiting, Westinghouse finally decided to move its world headquarters from the Energy Center in Monroeville , PA, to Cranberry Woods in Cranberry Township , Butler County, PA. This action, a painful and devastating blow to the economy of Monroeville, however was reported in a memo that stated the main reason was due to rapid expansion in the global Nuclear industry. The move is expected to begin in early 2009 and complete by end-of-year 2010, with construction expected to begin in July 2007. A community website easywemove.info was created to assist easy transitions to the north of Pittsburgh. REFERENCES |
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