As of November 2008 Albro is now part of GEA Colby, a leading supplier of powder handling and packaging systems for food products. Now known as GEA Albro, their products and services will complement the existing Colby range as well as enabling the joint group to make a wider offering to the market place. GEA Colby is a fully owned subsidiary of the global engineering company, GEA, of Bochum in Germany.