Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to acquire a substantial portion of Goodwin plc's Mechanical Engineering Division, including Goodwin Steel Castings, Goodwin International, Noreva, Easat and the Pump Division, for up to about £1.1 billion in cash. Closing is expected in Q1 2027.

ABB has agreed a recommended all-cash offer of 503 pence per share for all of Rotork plc, implying an enterprise value of about $5.5 billion. The deal is expected to add about 3% to ABB's revenues and expand its automation offering.

Cashco, a portfolio company of May River Capital, has acquired 3B Controls, a UK manufacturer of pressure and vacuum relief valves and tank safety equipment, based in Widnes, England. The deal adds UK production and service capacity. No deal value was disclosed.

Momentum Group acquired Actuated Solutions Limited (ASL), a UK manufacturer of valve actuation systems. Valve World reports the deal values ASL at £15 million.

Swedish industrial group Dacke Industri has acquired Rotork Midland Ltd, renamed Midland Flow Ltd, and Italian business Rotork Instruments from Rotork Plc. Midland Flow makes solenoid valves, actuators and control systems, with about 44 employees and turnover of about £7.5 million.

Rubix has completed its acquisition of ERIKS UK & Ireland, an industrial distributor with a specialist flow technology offer including hoses, valves and sealing products.

Pioneer Pump and the wider Franklin Electric Group announced on Monday, February 9, 2026 that they had completed the acquisition of Geoquip Water Solutions and Hydrodif Products to expand their UK water market presence. The deal aligns product portfolios, operations and technical expertise.

Unibloc Hygienic Technologies has completed the acquisition of Metaltech Precision Engineers, a UK CNC machining specialist that already machines components for its hygienic pumps. The deal adds in-house machining capacity.

Pioneer Pump, a division of Franklin Electric, has acquired Ipswich water treatment firm Geoquip Water Solutions and fittings maker Hydrodif Products for an undisclosed sum. The deal was completed on December 17 and the 17 employees of the two firms joined the new owners.

Genuit Group, the parent of Polypipe, has acquired UK pump maker Salamander Pumps, previously part of Davidson Holdings, following a September 2025 acquisition.

Torishima Service Solutions Europe acquired KRG Specialist Engineering Services, a Coatbridge, Scotland precision sub-contract machining company, to add machining capabilities for its parent Torishima Pump Mfg.

Swedish water-industry group WTR Group completed the acquisition of Oxford-based SI Pumps, a pump and pumping systems distributor founded in 1986, strengthening its UK presence.

Swedish industrial group Teqnion AB acquired Merridale Ltd, a Wolverhampton-based maker of fuel management systems, fuel pumps and tank management equipment, in a deal finalised in early March 2025.

Dutypoint Ltd of Gloucester, UK, joined Stuart Turner, Mikrofill and AGM on 13 January 2025 to create a scale player in residential and commercial water pump and pressurisation.

Irish water pumping group EPS Group announced the acquisition of Robert Craig & Sons of Lisburn, a 140-year-old engineering firm specialising in niche industrial pumps and fuel pumping equipment.

Italian pump manufacturer Udor has acquired 85% of the capital of Hughes Pumps Limited, which makes high and very high pressure pumps and water jetting equipment at a West Sussex facility.

UK water management provider Dutypoint has acquired Flowtech Water Solutions, a designer and manufacturer of water booster sets. The deal strengthens Dutypoint's water solutions offering in the UK market.

EPS Group has acquired Flowmech, a Leicester-based manufacturer and distributor of water, wastewater and pumping products including booster sets and pressurisation units. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Atlas Copco Group has acquired Kinder-Janes Engineers Ltd, an industrial pump distributor headquartered in St. Albans, UK, which has 20 employees and 2023 revenues of about GBP 12.5 million. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Tapflo UK, a process pump provider in Hampshire, announced the acquisition of TS Pumps, a UK company that supplies, services and repairs industrial pumps and systems. The deal expands Tapflo UK's application coverage and servicing.

INDUS Holding AG closed its acquisition of COLSON X-Cel, a medium-sized maker of industrial valves based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on 5 June 2024. COLSON becomes wholly owned by the INDUS Group.

UDOR S.p.A. has become majority shareholder of British high-pressure pump maker Hughes Pumps Ltd. The deal adds Hughes products to UDOR's pump range covering 1 to 500 HP and 20 to 2800 bar.

Interpump Fluid Solutions UK acquired the entire share capital of Alltube Engineering Ltd for 2.3 million euro, as part of its 2024 UK expansion strategy.

Wilo UK acquired Arfon Rewinds Limited, trading as Arfon Engineering Services, to extend its pump installation, repair and maintenance capability in water management. The deal is listed in World Pumps' Q1 2024 M&A review.

INDUS Holding's HORNGROUP subsidiary Pneumatic Components agreed to buy 100% of COLSON X-Cel, a Rotherham, UK maker of industrial valves for measurement and control, which has about 40 employees.

INDUS Holding AG's portfolio company HORNGROUP, via Pneumatic Components Ltd, is buying 100% of COLSON X-Cel Ltd, a Rotherham-based maker of industrial measurement and control valves with about 40 employees and sales of around EUR 7 million.

Avingtrans subsidiary Hayward Tyler Fluid Handling acquired certain assets of Slack & Parr from administration, plus its US and Asian subsidiaries, for a total consideration of GBP 4.9 million.

Japanese pump maker Tsurumi became majority shareholder of British distributor Obart in Maidstone, Kent, which now trades as Tsurumi Pumps UK from 1 September 2023. The move gives Tsurumi six sales companies in Europe.

Avingtrans plc has acquired Derby-based pump manufacturer Slack & Parr for a total consideration of £2.6 million after it entered administration. The deal will save 100 skilled jobs across its facilities in Kegworth, the USA and Asia.

Avingtrans subsidiary Hayward Tyler completed the purchase of certain Slack & Parr assets from administration, plus its US and Asia subsidiaries, for up to £4.9m at Kegworth, Derbyshire.

On 3 July 2023 Danish pump maker Grundfos acquired UK-based telemetry and analytics firm Metasphere from private equity investor XPV Water Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed; Bluefield estimates US$60-70 million.

Flowplant Group, a provider of high-pressure jetting and pumping solutions in Salisbury, UK, was acquired in a management buyout completed on June 23, 2023, through the newly formed SSPM Holdings Limited led by Steve Smith.

Unibloc Hygienic Technologies, a provider of hygienic pumps, acquired UK-based CNC machining firm Metaltech Precision Engineers to vertically integrate its supply chain. Terms were not disclosed.

R&G Fluid Power Group has acquired Fluid Power Services Ltd (FPS), a UK fluid power services business with sites in Liverpool, Bolton and Warrington. The price was not disclosed.

Arcus Infrastructure Partners has acquired Workdry International, a UK provider of water pumps and industrial wastewater treatment equipment and services. Lincoln International advised on the deal.

The Lee Company has acquired TTP Ventus Limited, a Cambridge-area UK maker of micropumps and pump modules, from TTP Group. The business, renamed Lee Ventus, will remain in the UK as Lee's first international production unit.

Atlas Copco AB plans to acquire Geveke B.V. and LEWA GmbH, a maker of dosing and process pumps. The companies notified the Dutch competition authority ACM on 12 May 2022.

Epiris is acquiring Stuart Turner, a UK maker of brass pumps and water boosting systems based in Henley-on-Thames. Barings acted as sole lender of the secured credit facilities for the deal, announced February 2, 2022.

Industrial Flow Solutions has acquired Clearwater Controls Ltd, a UK provider of intelligent pump-monitoring and anti-ragging solutions. The deal was reported on December 1, 2021.

Whitehouse Industries Limited sold Flotronic Pumps Limited, a diaphragm pump maker, to US corporation Unibloc, backed by May River Capital; Lodders advised the seller.

Unibloc Pump of Kennesaw, Georgia announced the acquisition of Flotronic Pumps Ltd, a UK maker of air-operated double diaphragm pumps. Terms were not disclosed, and Flotronic will keep its name under Unibloc ownership.

Norwegian pump specialist Lakers AS has acquired Pump Supplies Ltd, the UK's largest electric submersible pump hire fleet operator and leading Flygt distributor, for an undisclosed sum, expanding Lakers into the UK market.

Apex Pumps of Bristol completed a management buyout on February 26, 2021, when founder Nick Sole sold the business and assets of Apex Fluid Engineering and Precision Alloys to a team led by Andrew Simpson and Sam Kemp.

EPS Group has acquired Ferrier Pumps Limited, a pump specialist with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen serving Scotland's utility, industrial and commercial markets. The article is dated February 2021 and gives no deal value.

Wärtsilä has sold 100% of Wärtsilä Valves Ltd to an affiliate of Evergreen Capital L.P. of New York. The UK valve maker, based in Brough with about 65 employees, had 2019 revenues of about EUR 15 million.

LDC sold its stake in Stuart Turner, a UK water-boosting and pressurisation equipment maker, to Epiris in December 2021.

With LDC support, Stuart Turner, a UK water pump and pressure solutions maker, acquired Mikrofill Systems in March 2021. The article describes the acquisition as part of a buy-and-build strategy.

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.

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.