Danish AVK Holdings has acquired the majority share of Chesterfield, England-based polyethylene electrofusion fittings maker Fusion Group Limited for an undisclosed sum.

Weir Flow Control won an order from SMOP, the EPC contractor, for 132 pressure relief valves and 130 control and choke valves for Maersk Oil's Culzean gas field in the UK North Sea. The valves will be made at Weir plants in Elland, UK and Vendin-le-Vieil, France. The announcement was made on 20 March 2017.

Neway Valve (Suzhou) signed a supply contract with AREVA for nuclear valves for the HPC nuclear power project in Britain, co-invested by EDF and CNPE. The order covers over 2,000 nuclear valves for the nuclear island of two units with 3.2 GW total capacity.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, part of Spirax-Sarco, acquired Aflex Hose Limited and its US subsidiary for £61.4 million. Aflex, based in Halifax, England, makes PTFE-lined flexible hose for the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries.

Fort Vale Engineering is adding a new casting foundry and a sports and recreation centre at its Calder Vale Park site in Burnley, jointly valued at £5.7 million. The projects mark the company's 50 years of service in 2017.

Parker Hannifin completed the acquisition of President Engineering Group Limited, based in Sheffield, UK, to strengthen its position in the LNG market.