Across an ocean: Slaughter-based Anvil Attachments, which makes industrial buckets and grapples, has been awarded a 2012 International Bulk Journal Award for “Best Grab,” edging out four other finalist companies from Spain, Turkey, Germany and the Netherlands. Company officials recently accepted the award at a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany. Bulk Journal is an industry magazine covering the international maritime bulk industry.
On an island: Through its subsidiary, Edgen Murray Europe Limited, Baton Rouge-based Edgen Group Inc. has acquired HSP Group Limited, a United Kingdom-based valve company with customers worldwide. Edgen, a global distributor of special steel products for energy and infrastructure markets, says the acquisition means the firm will now offer new products and services to its customers. HSP’s projected revenue for 2012 is $37 million. Financial details of the stock-and-cash deal were not disclosed. More details are available here.
Out of business: A Baton Rouge tax return business that is accused of costing the federal government as much as $39 million by fabricating and inflating tax deductions for clients has been barred from preparing taxes, The Times-Picayune reports. The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that a federal court has “permanently barred” Larry Carnell Dixon Sr. and his business, Dixon’s Tax Service, from preparing federal tax returns for others. Dixon’s Tax Service had locations in Baton Rouge and Gonzales. The full story is here.
