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Dresser-Rand Strengthens Position in Midstream Market With Acquisition of Compressor Renewal Services, Ltd.

Posted on: Tuesday, 1 September 2009, 09:16 CDT

HOUSTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dresser-Rand Group Inc. ("Dresser-Rand" or the "Company") (NYSE: DRC), announced today that Dresser-Rand Company has acquired the assets of Compressor Renewal Services, Ltd. (CRS). The acquisition is consistent with Dresser-Rand's strategy of acquiring products, services, and technologies that offer access to new markets or enhance current market positions, enabling the company to expand services to its clients.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

CRS is a highly regarded provider of aftermarket services to the gas transmission industry. Established in 1953, CRS services separable, process and integral-engine reciprocating compressors. For more than a half century, it has developed long-term, on-site relationships with clients and maintained an excellent reputation. In 2008, CRS had sales of $8 million serving clients primarily in the North American natural gas transmission (midstream) market.

Dresser-Rand's asset purchase includes a service facility of 70,000 square feet equipped with state of the art machine tools. The facility is situated on 10 acres in Odessa, Texas, and will become the new location for the Dresser-Rand service center currently located in Midland, Texas. With the combined facilities to be known as the Midland-Odessa Service Center, Dresser-Rand will provide more convenient and comprehensive services for the West Texas and Eastern New Mexico market.

"Dresser-Rand and Compressor Renewal Services each have decades of experience providing superior quality aftermarket services to clients in the energy market," said Luciano Mozzato, Dresser-Rand's executive vice president, Product Services Worldwide. "Because of its reputation and excellent business relationships, CRS will play an important role in strengthening our engine service capabilities and our value proposition in the gas transmission market. CRS has excellent channels to market and a highly skilled workforce. We see this acquisition as enhancing Dresser-Rand's ability to service installed equipment other than our own in the North American pipeline industry."

CRS represents the third strategic acquisition completed since the third quarter of last year supporting Dresser-Rand's focus on gas transmission and gathering, with emphasis on the extensive installed base of integral gas engines. The other two acquisitions are Arrow Industries, the market-leading foundation and mechanical services provider, and Enginuity, the market-leading emissions reduction and automation technology solutions provider. Together with CRS they form a very strong service capability for the gas transmission and gathering marketplace.

G. R. Hutson, president of The Katty Corporation (general partner of CRS), added, "After 35 years in a family business, I'm truly excited about becoming part of a global OEM with the reputation and resources to create opportunities that we could not create on our own. We look forward to the added capabilities and offerings we can now bring to our clients and I am confident the combination of Dresser-Rand and CRS provides a solid foundation that will make us the number 1 service provider in the region."

About Dresser-Rand

Dresser-Rand is among the largest suppliers of rotating equipment solutions to the worldwide oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries. The Company operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, India, and China, and maintains a network of 35 service and support centers covering more than 140 countries. The financial results of the new venture, Dresser-Rand Arabia, will be consolidated by Dresser-Rand.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company's plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future bookings, revenue, or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs, plans, or intentions relating to acquisitions, business trends, executive compensation, and other information that is not historical information. The words "anticipates", "believes", "expects", "intends", and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous factors, risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those projected. These factors, risks and uncertainties include, among others, the following: potential for material weaknesses in its internal controls; economic or industry downturns; the variability of bookings due to volatile market conditions, subjectivity clients exercise in placing orders, and timing of large orders; volatility and disruption of the credit markets; its inability to generate cash and access capital on reasonable terms and conditions; its inability to implement its business strategy to increase aftermarket parts and services revenue; competition in its markets; failure to complete or achieve the expected benefits from any future acquisitions; economic, political, currency and other risks associated with international sales and operations; fluctuations in currencies and volatility in exchange rates; loss of senior management; environmental compliance costs and liabilities; failure to maintain safety performance acceptable to its clients; failure to negotiate new collective bargaining agreements; unexpected product claims and regulations; infringement on its intellectual property or infringement on others' intellectual property; difficulty in implementing an information management system; and the Company's brand name may be confused with others. These and other risks are discussed in detail in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. Actual results, performance, or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. The Company can give no assurances that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if any of them does, what impact they will have on results of operations and financial condition. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For information about Dresser-Rand, go to its website at www.dresser-rand.com.

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SOURCE Dresser-Rand Group Inc.

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