AES has around 40 employees and generates annual sales of approximately 30 MEUR. It was agreed not to disclose the purchase price.AES – now Andritz Environmental Solutions – is a leading supplier of air quality control systems for utilities and various power generating industries (e.g. fossil-fired power stations) in the USA. Andritz Environmental Solutions offers a comprehensive product and service range of flue gas cleaning technologies, including Circulating Fluid Bed (CFB) scrubbers, fabric filters, wet and dry electrostatic precipitators, and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems. With this acquisition, Andritz Energy & Environment (AE&E) is strengthening its flue gas cleaning portfolio and has entered the US market.