# Sulzer in talks to acquire France's Ensival Moret pump maker

Sulzer is in discussions to acquire Ensival Moret from Moret Industries for an enterprise value of about $83.6 million. Ensival, founded in 1905 and based in Saint-Quentin, France, had sales of about $120 million in 2015.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-01-23
- Where: Saint-Quentin, France
- Value: $83.6M
- Status: rumored
- Products: centrifugal pumps, mixed flow pumps, self-priming pumps, submersible pumps, canned motor pumps
- Sectors: [Pumps and Valves](https://endata.com/sectors/pumps-valves.md)

## Companies

- [Sulzer](https://endata.com/companies/308.md) (acquirer)
- [Ensival Moret](https://endata.com/companies/450.md) (target)
- [Moret Industries](https://endata.com/companies/466.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [pumpsandsystems.com](https://www.pumpsandsystems.com/article/sulzer-talks-acquire-ensival-moret/), 2017-01-23: "Global pump manufacturer Sulzer Ltd. is in discussions to acquire Ensival Moret (Ensival) for an enterprise value of approximately $83.6 million from Moret Industries."
- [worldpumps.com](https://www.worldpumps.com/content/news/sulzer-closes-ensival-moret-acquisition), 2017-02-01: "Sulzer says that the acquisition allows it to close specific product gaps in its general industry pumps portfolio, such as axial flow pumps and slurry pumps."
- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2017/02/03/sulzer-expands-pumps-range-ensival-moret-buy/), 2017-02-03: "Sulzer announces that it has completed the acquisition of Ensival Moret (EM), a part of Moret Industries."

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