please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message pfaudler inc. type member of robbins & myers process solutions group industry chemical equipment manufacturers founded 1884 headquarters rochester new york united states key people bob waddell vice president operations north america at robbins & myers inc. website http www.pfaudler.com pfaudler inc. is an american multinational company best known for the invention of glass coated steel its successful commercialization and the subsequent production of storage tanks reactors and other vessels for the brewing and chemical process industries . headquarters in rochester new york although at one time an independent company pfaudler has been acquired by a succession of holding companies . at the current time it is part of the process solutions group of national oilwell varco nyse nov an american multinational public company . pfaudler in turn has independent locations engineering manufacturing facilities in scotland germany mexico india south america and china . the rochester ny location has little interaction with other pfaudler locations . as of late 2009 plans are to move production of some products to outside the usa reduce workforce and shutter parts of the plant . dec 15 2014 reuters listed german firm deutsche beteiligungs has acquired us company pfaudler with a view to setting up a subsequent co investment with the management to support a management buyout . pfaudler manufactures glass and fluoropolymer lined reactors and components for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries . deutsche beteiligungs bought pfaudler from us firm national oilwell varco . pfaudler was founded in the us in the late 1800s and set up a production plant in schwetzingen germany to circumvent export costs . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pfaudler & oldid 733947140 categories history of rochester new yorkcompanies based in rochester new yorkcompanies established in 1884multinational companies headquartered in the united statesmanufacturing companies based in new yorkhidden categories articles lacking sources from july 2011all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 03 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view