AQS Liquid Transfer, part of AxFlow, was appointed master distributor for Xylem's Applied Water portfolio including Lowara-branded products across key Southern African markets, effective June 1, 2026.

WPIL Limited, the holding company of APE Pumps, has acquired a 100% shareholding of Eigenbau in South Africa. The date is not specified in the article, which was published March 10, 2025.

Atlas Copco acquired Integrated Pump Rental, a South African rental provider of dewatering solutions headquartered in Johannesburg with 18 employees.

South Africa's Competition Commission conditionally approved KSB's proposed acquisition of Davron, Davron KZN and Davron Services, fire protection pumpset makers. The commission found the deal unlikely to substantially lessen competition.

Eskom, South Africa's state utility, published an award for the supply and delivery of twelve safety class valves for 12004 hardened water connection points at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, with a contract value of R146 million.

Busch Vacuum Solutions Africa launched its new Busch Pfeiffer Vacuum head office in Johannesburg, equipped with a service centre, Class 10,000 clean room, flow-testing and training facilities.

Valve maker Invincible Valves has developed a new machine shop and rubber lining facility in a newly acquired factory in Knights, Germiston, to make valve components previously sourced from third parties.

South African valve maker Paltech was appointed official distributor for Swedish valve manufacturer Meson Group in South Africa and select African countries, expanding its maritime valve offering.

NETZSCH Southern Africa opened a 1,200 square metre positive displacement pump assembly centre in Durban in November 2023 to serve South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. The older Johannesburg plant will be repurposed as a sales and service centre.

South African valve and pump maker Paltech signed a distribution partnership with Schneider Electric, effective 1 May 2023, making it the sole OEM official distributor of Schneider automation instrumentation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Abrasive Flow Solutions, a subsidiary of Invicta Holdings' Engineering Solutions Group, celebrated its first year at its Benoni, Gauteng plant. Over the past year it added a rubber lining facility with autoclaves and a pinch valve sleeve manufacturing facility, and expanded hydraulic pressing capacity.

uNyazi Sales and Services, an official distributor, is offering the Clarkson slurry knife gate valve range to the South African mining and process market.

Werner Pumps has installed and commissioned new Haas CNC machine tools at its Springs headquarters in South Africa, a R3 million investment that cut production time on some components by 50% or more.

Industrial valves supplier Brimis Engineering is planning a new facility in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, with a new head office and improved repair capacity, to be completed by 2023. A valve manufacturing plant in Mpumalanga is also planned long term.

KSB Pumps and Valves South Africa is constructing a new building at its KSB SupremeServ facility in Jet Park, Johannesburg, to host sales and a new valve assembly line targeting 70% local content, expected fully operational in Q4 2019.

Aveng Limited agreed to sell its Aveng Dynamic Fluid Control valve and pump business, with operations in South Africa, Finland, USA, Brazil and Australia, to Copaflo for R165 million. The deal is expected to close by 31 October 2019.

Valve manufacturer Ainsworth Engineering and distributor United Valve Company were sold to new owner Siyabonga Meyiwa in a deal funded by the Industrial Development Corporation. The sale concluded in September 2018 and the companies were upgraded to Level 1 BBBEE status.

Through an IDC-funded initiative, valve makers Ainsworth Engineering and United Valve Company will be upgraded to Level 1 B-BBEE status under new ownership, with new machines to be bought over 12 months.

Specialist valve supplier Heaton Valves Africa was appointed distributing agent for US pipeline equipment maker TD Williamson in August 2017 after a process of about a year. It will supply TDW hot-tapping and pipe repair services in South Africa.

Pretoria-based Mechanical Rotating Solutions has been appointed a service and product supplier for KSB Pumps & Valves, gaining access to KSB's full pumps and valves range manufactured in Germany.