GE Power Systems acquiring M.J. Harden Associates

Sept. 12, 2003
GE Power Systems, Atlanta, agreed to acquire M.J. Harden Associates Inc. (MJH) of Kansas City, a geospatial data management and integration services. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.


By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 12 -- GE Power Systems, Atlanta, agreed to acquire M.J. Harden Associates Inc. (MJH) of Kansas City, a geospatial data management and integration services. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

MJH will become part of the pipeline integrity services division of UK-based PII Pipeline Solutions, which GE acquired in 2002.

"The acquisition combines PII's engineering knowledge and best practices for pipeline integrity management with MJH's software and data management capabilities," said Claudi Santiago, president of GE Oil & Gas.

MJH provides consulting, database design, data conversion and integration, software application development, photogrammetry, and digital mapping. Primary industries served include oil and gas transmission, oil, gas, and municipal utilities, pipeline construction, and government.