Quality Valve is relocating its corporate headquarters and distribution warehouse to a new Mobile site at 1541 East I-65 Service Road South, a million-dollar investment giving 70 percent more space.

GIW Minerals, formerly Georgia Iron Works, is opening a 70,000-square-foot, $44 million expansion at its Grovetown, Georgia campus that is expected to add more than 100 jobs and triple production capacity. The grand opening is scheduled for April 6, 2022.

White Knight Fluid Handling, a Graco subsidiary, acquired Irvine, California-based International Polymer Solutions (iPolymer), a maker of high-purity plastic fluid handling valves and fittings for semiconductor and other industries.

DXP Enterprises completed its acquisition of Drydon Equipment, a distributor of pumps, valves and controls based in Elgin, Illinois, serving the water and wastewater industry. Terms were not disclosed.

MRC Global Norway was awarded contracts by Aker Solutions to supply valves, instrumentation, piping, tubing and fittings for the 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore project off New York. Full operation is expected in 2025.

Honeywell International of Phoenix, Arizona won a federal contract worth $2,444,826 from the Defense Logistics Agency for pumps and compressors, as reported on February 8, 2022.

Proconex is combining the former Emerson valve repair facility in Burlington, New Jersey with its Atlantic Valve Services center in Swedesboro, New Jersey, expanding its valve repair and service capabilities.

F.W. Webb Company acquired Stritt & Priebe Inc., a specialist in industrial valve supply, service and repair based in Buffalo, New York, announced January 24, 2022.

Aerzen USA announced on January 19, 2022 the acquisition of Vooner FloGard Corporation, a vacuum pump manufacturer headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina with manufacturing in Greeneville, Tennessee. The newly formed company will be known as Vooner FloGard LLC.

Aerzen USA, a subsidiary of Aerzener Maschinenfabrik GmbH, announced the acquisition of Vooner FloGard Corporation, a vacuum pump maker headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina with manufacturing in Greeneville.

Duplomatic Oleodinamica, controlled by AXA Private Equity, acquired the hydraulic components division of Continental Machines Inc. through its US subsidiary Continental Hydraulics. The division had a reported 2010 turnover of USD 18.4 million. The deal value was not disclosed.

Triangle Pump Components expanded manufacturing and shipping/receiving areas at its Cleburne, Texas valve plant, with construction starting September 2021 and completed by year end. The expansion added new machines and doubled inventory capacity.

Unibloc Pump, a Kennesaw, Georgia flow control manufacturer, has acquired Standard Pump, a Duluth, Georgia maker of sanitary and industrial process pumps, on January 5, 2022.

Richland-based Fluid Controls and Components Inc. received a 2020-21 Bechtel Global Supplier Award for providing 9,000 nuclear-certified valves and sourcing frit for the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant in Washington state.

Ohio Transmission Corporation, an industrial equipment distributor, acquired TP Pump, a pump line supplier serving New Mexico and northern Arizona from Albuquerque. The deal was announced on December 15, 2021, and terms were not disclosed.

Lone Star Funds agreed to buy industrial pump and valve maker SPX Flow Inc. for $3.8 billion including assumed debt, at $86.50 per share in cash. The deal was announced on December 13, 2021.

Trendsetter Engineering (TEI) won a framework agreement from BHP for subsea manifolds, HIPPS and subsea connection and jumper systems supporting the Shenzi North expansion in the Gulf of Mexico, with deliveries from Q4 2022 to Q1 2023.

SBP Holdings has acquired Watts Steam Store and subsidiaries, which operates three locations in Twin Falls and Idaho Falls, Idaho and Ogden, Utah. The business will join SBP's Dakota Fluid Power platform, announced December 1, 2021.

Pittsburgh-based West View Cunningham Co. bought certain assets of G&W Industrial Sales of Parkersburg, West Virginia, taking over sales of Wilden Pumps and Strahman Valves product lines. The deal strengthens its Parkersburg location's engineering and maintenance capabilities.

Buffalo Pumps, a division of Ampco-Pittsburgh subsidiary Air & Liquid Systems, was selected by Fincantieri Marinette Marine to supply centrifugal pumps for US Navy guided-missile frigates. The six-year contract has a ceiling value of USD 22.0 million, with shipments expected from late 2022.

Watson-Marlow has broken ground on a 150,000 sq ft manufacturing facility at Devens, Massachusetts, for peristaltic pumps, tubing and fluid path products. The site is expected to create over 150 positions.

Air Hydro Power Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky acquired the assets of Gatterdam Industrial Services, a provider of electrical motor, monitoring and fluidic pump repair and field services, effective November 15, 2021. The acquisition adds twenty employees.

Controls technology company SJE Inc. has purchased L. W. Allen LLC and its Altronex brand, which supply pumps and control systems for municipal water and wastewater in Madison, Wisconsin. The announcement is dated November 18, 2021, and no value was disclosed.

Blackmer, part of Dover's PSG, started a construction and renovation project at its Grand Rapids, Michigan headquarters adding 56,000 square feet of manufacturing, R&D and training space. The project is due for completion in June 2023 and will create more than 50 jobs.

Trendsetter Engineering signed a framework agreement with BHP to supply subsea manifolds, HIPPS systems and connection and jumper systems for the Shenzi North project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Equipment deliveries are scheduled for Q4 2022 to Q1 2023.

Kevin Hunt has stepped down as President of ValvTechnologies following the Severn Group acquisition. Chad Bowers, previously Director of Manufacturing, takes the role of President.

Severn Group, a UK family of specialist valve companies, has acquired Houston-based ValvTechnologies, a maker of metal-seated, zero-leakage severe-service valves. ValvTechnologies will keep operational independence within the group. The deal was announced on 6 November 2021.

WILO USA LLC, a subsidiary of WILO SE, acquired the operating business of QuantumFlo, Inc., a maker of pressure boosting and intelligent pump systems based in Sanford, Florida, in an asset deal that closed on September 30, 2021.

Quality Valve, a Mobile, Alabama valve and parts distributor, acquired Griffco Valve of Amherst, New York as of November 15, 2021. Griffco will keep its headquarters in Amherst and plans further investment in inventory and capacity.

Avantor completed its acquisition of the Masterflex bioprocessing business from Antylia Scientific, a portfolio company of GTCR and Golden Gate Capital. Masterflex is a manufacturer of peristaltic pumps and single-use fluid transfer technologies based in Illinois.

Liberty Pumps has broken ground on a $13.5 million, 107,000-square-foot Materials Center expansion in Bergen, Genesee County, New York, expected to support 30 additional jobs.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to acquire Air Dimensions Inc., a Deerfield Beach, Florida maker of vacuum diaphragm pumps, for $70.5 million in cash, with closing planned for October 29, 2021.

Watson-Marlow will begin construction in October 2021 on a 150,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Devens, Massachusetts, with first production due in late 2022. The site will make peristaltic pumps, tubing and fluid path solutions for life sciences and process customers.

Armstrong International completed its acquisition of Leslie Controls' control valve and steam water heater business during Q3 2021. The deal expands Armstrong's product range and global channel network.

Baker Hughes Masoneilan will supply 335 control valves for the Diamond Green Diesel renewable diesel plant being built at Valero's Port Arthur refinery in Texas. Completion is scheduled for second-half 2023.

Curtiss-Wright received contracts valued at approximately $100 million from Bechtel Plant Machinery to supply pumps for the US Navy's Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarines and Ford-class aircraft carriers. The work is performed at its Cheswick, Pennsylvania facility.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco Group, opened a 250,000-square-foot facility in Genesee County, New York to expand US production of dry vacuum pumps for semiconductor manufacturers, expected to employ up to 600 people.

FloWorks, backed by Clearlake Capital, acquired Genesis Systems, a Garland, Texas distributor of control valves, regulators and valve automation products; financial terms were not disclosed.

May River Capital announced that its portfolio company Hunt Valve, a supplier of naval flow control valves and electromechanical actuators, has been acquired by Fairbanks Morse Defense, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management.

Ingersoll Rand said on September 2, 2021 it will not take part in SPX Flow's exploration of strategic alternatives, including a sale or merger. SPX Flow earlier rejected Ingersoll's $3.59 billion buyout bid in July.

EGC Holding Company (EGC Enterprises) acquired Slade Inc., a Statesville, North Carolina manufacturer of graphite yarn and braided valve and pump packings, reported on September 2, 2021.

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE) has acquired Instrument Associates, Inc., a stocking distributor of instrumentation, valves and filtration products based in Alsip, Illinois with 22 employees.

Blackmer, a maker of rotary pumps, gas compressors and centrifugal pumps, plans a new manufacturing facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its parent company expects to invest more than $7 million and create 50 jobs, and the company received a $350,000 MEDC grant.

Liberty Pumps Inc. received Genesee County Economic Development Center approval for a $13.7 million expansion of its pump manufacturing facility in the town of Bergen, adding about 107,000 sq ft of warehousing and manufacturing space. The article says the expansion will create over 30 jobs; groundbreaking is scheduled for September 2021.

Liberty Oilfield Services selected Rolls-Royce mtu gas generator sets to power its digiFrac electric frac pumps, with 14 gensets to be supplied by the end of 2021 through distributor Stewart & Stevenson.

Arnett Engineered Solutions, a pump and valve manufacturer, will open a facility at 61 Innovation Drive in Bamberg County, South Carolina, creating 19 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational by September 2021.

Detroit Lakes-based controls company SJE Inc. bought L. W. Allen LLC, a Madison, Wisconsin supplier of wastewater pumps, pump stations and Altronex control systems. L. W. Allen has about 45 employees.

In August 2021 S.J. Electro Systems acquired L.W. Allen, a Madison, Wisconsin provider of pumps, motors and control systems for the water and wastewater industry.

Relevant Solutions, LLC closed its purchase of 505 Industrial Supply, LLC, a hydraulic hose, fitting and valve distributor based in Albuquerque, NM, on August 1, 2021. The deal adds the business to Relevant's network, which now employs 250 associates.

Pump manufacturer Blackmer is expanding in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a $7.3 million investment supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund.