Oilgear acquired the intellectual property rights for the Andrew Fraser mono-radial piston pump range in April 2020, and also gained manufacturing and test capability at its Leeds base in West Yorkshire.

United Utilities awarded framework contracts to Technolog Ltd, HWM-Water Ltd and I2O Water Ltd for pressure management valve controllers and data systems during AMP7, with an initial requirement of 733 controllers. The award was reported on March 23, 2020.

GF Piping Systems signed a strategic partnership with Oxford Flow Limited, a UK startup, granting an exclusive license for its pressure-regulating valve in the water utility segment. GF will acquire a 23% minority stake in two steps until 2021; financial terms were not disclosed.

Oliver Valves has bought three units totalling 17,387 sq ft on the Parkgate Industrial Estate in Knutsford to expand its instrumentation, sub-sea and pipeline valve range. Completion of the new buildings is scheduled for September 2020.

Oliver Valvetek is constructing three new factory and office buildings on Parkgate Industrial Estate in Knutsford, UK, raising its holdings there from eight to 11 units, with completion due September 2020.

OEM International AB acquired Zoedale Ltd in the UK, a group with annual sales of GBP 3 million whose brands include ASCO, Valpes, Omal, Bernard Controls and Peter Paul, which make valves and actuators. The deal was announced on 31 January 2020.

Trelleborg's Industrial Solutions business area has acquired engineering group Signum Technology and its subsidiaries Gall Thomson, KLAW LNG, KLAW Products and Vee Bee Filtration. Signum makes safety-critical flow control products such as marine breakaway couplings and LNG transfer safety solutions.

Hayward Tyler was awarded a contract to supply and manufacture eight valves for MASWEP in West Cumbria, valued at GBP 941,186. The contract was published on 7 January 2020 with a start date of 8 January 2020.

US energy services investor SCF Partners, via subsidiary Buchan 2, is acquiring Peterhead-based Score Group, a valve and gas turbine component supplier, for £120.5 million.

Inflexion has agreed to acquire Aspen Pumps, a specialist condensate pump manufacturer, from 3i Group in a deal announced in December 2019. Aspen has over 200 employees and exports to more than 100 countries.

3i agreed to sell its investment in Aspen Pumps, a global condensate removal pump maker, to Inflexion Private Equity for proceeds of about GBP 208 million. The announcement was made on December 18, 2019.

UKRI's Science and Technology Facilities Council awarded Edwards Ltd. a £25,986 single-tender supply contract for a dry scroll pump for STFC RAL, with the contract running from 11 December 2019 to 14 January 2020.

Following a formal tender, Scottish Water awarded Rotork UK a framework agreement making it sole supplier of new valve actuators for Scottish Water and its partners during the AMP 6 cycle. The agreement complements an existing servicing framework.

Macclesfield-based Franchise Brands acquired WPL Group Holdings and its subsidiaries Willow Pumps and Willow Drainage for £12.5m, with an initial consideration of £5m. The business supplies, installs and services water pumps.

Torishima Service Solutions Europe (TSSE), the European arm of Torishima Pump Manufacturing, has leased a 2,550 sq m unit at Clyde Gateway East Business Park in Glasgow as its new European headquarters, bringing 50 engineering jobs. The move was announced on 26 September 2019 on a 15-year lease.

Trelleborg's Industrial Solutions unit acquired Signum Technology, a Wiltshire engineering group making flow control and LNG transfer systems, with annual sales of about SEK 410 million. The deal was consolidated from July 10, 2019.

T-T Flow, the valve division of T-T, supplied metal seat gate valves and pressure-reducing control valves for Severn Trent Water's Birmingham Resilience Project, a £300 million alternative water supply pipeline and pumping station scheme.

Plexus Holdings formed a majority-owned joint venture, Plexus Pressure Control, with BEL Valves, a subsidiary of British Engines Group, to supply xmas trees and wellhead annulus outlet valves. The unit will operate from Plexus's Dyce facility in Aberdeen.

MegaGroup Trade Holding B.V. acquired Anchor Pumps, a large UK pump specialist, which will help it grow in the UK and abroad. The announcement is listed on MegaGroup's news page dated 25 April 2019.

First Reserve agreed to buy Weir Flow Control, a maker of engineered valves and pumps, from The Weir Group PLC in a £275 million deal. Closing is expected in the second quarter of 2019, subject to antitrust approvals.

A partnership of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Weir Engineering Services was awarded a contract by Nuclear New Build to design, manufacture and test 34 pumps of five models for Hinkley Point C in Somerset, UK.

Danfoss announced it acquired a majority stake in Artemis Intelligent Power, an Edinburgh-based R&D firm specializing in hydraulic systems, gaining its Digital Displacement technology and establishing Edinburgh as a centre of excellence.

Centre for Process Innovation in the UK awarded Valve and Fitting Solutions a framework contract worth EUR 500,000 for valves, fittings, maintenance and spare parts, as one of multiple suppliers.

Danfoss began work on a new 1500 square metre plant beside Artemis Intelligent Power's base in Loanhead near Edinburgh, to make digital hydraulic pumps and motors for off-highway vehicles. The project will create more than 30 jobs initially, with up to 200 more later.

Danfoss acquired the majority of Artemis Intelligent Power, an Edinburgh hydraulic R&D firm, to gain its Digital Displacement technology. Artemis will become a joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, with Danfoss as majority shareholder.

According to sources, Weir has launched the sale of its flow control pumps and valves business, which could be valued at more than 300 million pounds ($389 million), with first-round bids due November 9 and Goldman Sachs handling the sale.

Hayward Tyler, a unit of Avingtrans, has secured a contract for submarine pumps in the UK. The article gives no contract value or further details.

Bedford Pumps Ltd won the third and final order to supply 15 water pumps for Severn Trent Water's Birmingham Resilience scheme, worth £1.2 million across three schemes, announced in August 2018.

Coster Group will end operations at its Stevenage, UK plant by September 30, with activity transferred to Barlborough and some product lines moved to Zwolle, Netherlands. Staff were offered relocation to Barlborough.

Coster Group is expanding its Barlborough, UK valve production site by 4,000 square meters to a total of 8,500 square meters, adding an injection moulding department and an assembly department. Production from the Stevenage plant will move to Barlborough and Zwolle, with Stevenage ceasing operations by September 30.

The UK Environment Agency awarded Selwood a place on a new six-year framework to supply static, towable and electric submersible pumps. The initial three-year contract starts in June with a three-year extension option.

RWC has acquired John Guest Holdings Ltd, a UK maker of plastic push-to-connect fittings and pipe with three UK manufacturing facilities. The deal was announced on 4 June 2018 and no value was stated.

Bristol Water has awarded SUEZ a contract to implement the Aquadvanced Energy network optimiser across its entire water distribution network, controlling pumps, valves and treatment plants. The implementation is to be completed by September 2019.

AMPO POYAM VALVES secured a contract to supply cryogenic valves for the Power, Capture and Compression project of the Net Zero Teesside initiative in North-East England, developed by a BP and Equinor joint venture. Deliveries are scheduled from September 2026 to 2027. Announced on 22 September 2026.

Bedford Pumps will supply four high flow and two low flow suspended bowl pumps for the Prioress Mill River Water Extraction Pumping Station near Usk, Wales, under a contract with Skanska and Arcadis for Welsh Water.

Drallim Industries expects National Grid Gas to place an order for rotary selector valves and 200 new slam shut cabinets within weeks, with an expected contract value of over £1.2 million. The valves passed -40°C tests after ball valves in existing cabinets failed in the field.

EnerMech has acquired the UK trade and assets of the valves division of Denholm Oilfield Services, known as Denholm Valvecare, for an undisclosed sum. The UK valves business is expected to generate about £7 million revenue this year and about 25 staff transfer to EnerMech.

Tricel Group, headquartered in Kerry, Ireland, has acquired Action Pumps Ltd, extending its operations and market share within the UK water industry. The announcement is dated January 18, 2018.

Longacre Group announced the acquisition of Pyroban and Pyropress, makers of explosion protection equipment, from Caterpillar Inc. Brian Quarendon joins as CEO to carry out the carve-out and drive growth.

Wartsila is relocating its valve manufacturing operations to a new 5,570 square metre engineering and production facility in the Humber Enterprise Park in Brough, England. The move is expected to be completed before the end of 2017.

Wartsila Valves, formerly Shipham Valves, is relocating its entire manufacturing operations from Hawthorn Avenue to a 60,000 sq ft premises at Humber Enterprise Park in Hull to allow for expansion.

Aquatronic Group Management's Aquatech Pressmain and Renzland Powergates have moved into a new £1.4m factory, Renzland House, in Copford, Colchester, creating five new jobs. The group makes water pumps, pressurisation units and gates.

Private equity investor LDC backed the management buyout of Stuart Turner, a UK water pump and pressure solutions business, to fund buy-and-build growth in commercial pumps. Existing shareholders are exiting; the deal value was not disclosed.

Mono Pumps built a new manufacturing facility in Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester, with a reported project value of GBP 500,000. Fletchers Engineering installed the gas, water, steam and pipework services, and the project took three months.

Avingtrans Engineering Technology Group acquired Hayward Tyler, a maker of electric motors and pumps for energy and chemical industries, in an all-share transaction effective September 1, 2017. Hayward Tyler becomes a wholly-owned division of Avingtrans.

SPX Flow signed a contract with EDF Energy to supply 16 ASG and RRI nuclear pumps for the Hinkley Point C new build project in the UK. The pumps will be delivered via the ClydeUnion Pumps factory in Annecy, France.

ChargePoint Technology invested in a new 5-axis machine, automated washing plant and coordinate measuring machine at its Liverpool headquarters, as part of a wider £1 million investment to speed production of containment valves up to 350mm.

AIM-listed pumps and motors group Hayward Tyler agreed an all-share merger with fellow AIM engineer Avingtrans, valuing Hayward at 51.6p per share, subject to shareholder approval of a scheme of arrangement.

Velan won a £42.3 million contract from NNB Generation Co (HPC) to supply nuclear valves for the two EPR reactors at Hinkley Point C in Somerset, to be manufactured in Lyon and Mennecy, France.

KSB signed as a supplier for the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Somerset, England, with orders worth about USD 32.75 million. It will deliver four primary cooling pumps by 2020, and its subsidiaries will supply valves for 2019 to 2021 delivery.