Energy Recovery has received contract awards totaling over $7 million to supply PX Pressure Exchanger devices and pumps for several seawater reverse osmosis desalination projects in Spain. Orders are expected to be fulfilled in 2025, and one project is a retrofit using the PX Q300.

RBC Bearings has agreed to acquire VACCO Industries, a South El Monte, California maker of valves, manifolds and regulators for space and naval defense, from ESCO Technologies for $310 million in cash. VACCO generated about $118 million revenue in the 12 months to March 2025, and closing is expected this summer.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems is expanding its Gerabronn plant in Germany, having completed the shell of three new halls, expanding assembly and storage capacity, and modernizing solenoid valve production.

Houston-based One X has acquired United Energy Partners, adding Bestway service-less valve inventory and operations across the Permian Basin and Rockies.

NMDC LTS and Jiangsu Huaying Valves signed an MoU to explore a joint venture and a facility in the UAE to assemble, fabricate and distribute valves for the energy sector, announced at Make it in the Emirates.

FloWorks International, a Houston-based valve and pipe fittings provider, broke ground on a 245,000-square-foot industrial warehouse and operations facility in Pearland, Texas.

Foundry Alliance GmbH took over the operations of specialty machinery maker Herold & Co. GmbH, including its pump and foundry divisions in Gefrees, effective 1 May 2025, with 40 of about 60 employees retained. Concentro Management AG advised on the investor process.

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.

KSB Group's SISTO Armaturen S.A. received an order for about 2000 valves from a global pharmaceutical company for a new large-scale active pharmaceutical ingredient plant in Germany, with completion expected in 2025.

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.

Pneumofore received an order from Kioo Glass for six additional UV16 rotary vane vacuum pumps, bringing total vacuum capacity at Kioo's Dar es Salaam facility to over 10,000 m3/h.

KSB Limited, the Indian subsidiary of KSB SE, received an export order from its German parent for eight Critical Safety Class 2 pumps. The pumps are for Units 5 and 6 of a newly built nuclear power plant in Europe. The order value was not disclosed.

Grundfos announced a multi-million-dollar expansion of its Brookshire, Texas facility with a new state-of-the-art production plant. The investment will increase capacity for North American customers. The amount was not specified.

Georg Fischer (GF) signed an agreement to acquire VAG-Group, a Mannheim-based maker of water utility valves owned by Aurelius. VAG has about 1,000 employees and annual sales of roughly EUR 200 million. The deal value was not disclosed in this announcement.

Lutz-Jesco GmbH, a metering technology supplier, has acquired the FXM range of peristaltic pumps from Valmet, including technologies, designs and IP. The announcement is dated May 6, 2025.

Continental Pump Company and Integrity Pump & Motor combined to form pump manufacturer Kinetiflo Group, with a network of US locations serving mining, food and beverage, and wastewater customers.

Uddevalla Kraft AB awarded a valve purchase and service framework contract worth 45,000,000 SEK to Askalon AB, Ventilteknik i Motala, Bilfinger Engineering & Maintenance Nordics, BVT Sweden and Industor. The first phase covers valve purchase, replacement, planned and emergency service, and inspection.

Meson Valves India Limited has won an order to supply high-performance critical valves, to be completed in 8 to 12 months, with an estimated value of Rs 12.5 crore.

Pump makers Continental Pump Company and Integrity Pump & Motor have partnered to form Kinetiflo Group, a new pump manufacturer serving mining, food and beverage, and wastewater customers across the United States.

Wolong Pump & Valve broke ground on a project in Maolin town, Jing County, Anhui, to produce 10,000 tonnes a year of corrosion-resistant pump and valve castings. The investment totals CNY 210 million on 54 mu of land and is expected to create about 80 jobs.

Valves West Africa, a subsidiary of MT Group, plans to build an industrial valves manufacturing facility in Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, targeting 15,000 valves annually. The plant will serve Nigeria's oil and gas and petrochemical sectors.

Oliver Valves has completed a batch of 2-inch Class 1500 Inconel 625 full bore double block and bleed valves for a Saudi Aramco pipeline project. The valves will be integrated into pigging equipment made by GD Engineering.

Dalian Roy Pump won the contract for the oxygen scavenger dosing system on the EPC package of the Maoming refining transformation and upgrade ethylene unit project in China.

Mexican industrial valve maker Walworth opened a new production plant in Dubai to serve Middle East markets, expected to generate 80 to 100 direct jobs in its initial phase.

Westinghouse and Celeros Flow Technology signed a memorandum of understanding under which Celeros may design and fabricate valves and pumps for AP1000 and AP300 nuclear projects in Canada and globally.

Leser India Private Limited plans to double its safety valve production capacity by upgrading machinery at its plant in MIDC Paithan, Maharashtra, from the current 32,000 valves per year. The estimated value is Rs 60 crore.

Westinghouse and Celeros Flow Technology signed a memorandum of understanding under which Celeros FT will design and manufacture core valves and pump equipment for Westinghouse's AP1000 and AP300 nuclear projects.

Deyi (Guangdong) Valve won a tender for control valve procurement for the resin workshop upgrade at Chongqing Sanxia Paint, with a winning amount of CNY 5,357,688.

Oway Group delivered a further batch of large-diameter full-welded ball valves for a Central Asia natural gas pipeline project, with order value above CNY 10 million.

Danfoss Power Solutions has begun construction of its manufacturing facility on 44 acres in Talegaon, Pune, its seventh unit in India, estimated at Rs 1,000 crore, to make pumps, motors, cylinders and valves.

JA Moody has entered a strategic partnership with Metrex Valve Corp., a California manufacturer of valves for the US Navy and marine customers, adding Metrex seawater condenser regulating valves to its Navy portfolio.

Franklin Electric has bought Australia-based PumpEng Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of submersible pumps targeted at the mining sector.

Sulzer has acquired Davies and Mills, a Bahrain-based electromechanical services provider, opening a facility offering repair of rotating equipment in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

DESMI has announced the acquisition of Nordan Marine A/S, a Danish provider of pumps and service solutions for cargo and fuel handling systems on gas and alternative-fuel vessels.

DXP Enterprises has acquired Arroyo Process Equipment, a Florida-headquartered distributor of pumps, process equipment and related service and repairs.

PSG, an operating company of Dover Corporation, has acquired Cryogenic Machinery Corp (Cryo-Mach), a US maker of cryogenic centrifugal pumps and mechanical seals.

Svanehøj has acquired European Pump Services (EPS) BV, a Netherlands-based firm specialising in integration and service of pump solutions for industrial, offshore and maritime sectors.

Lixin Valve Group's digital smart factory in Yongjia, Zhejiang, with total investment of 318 million yuan and about 70,000 square metres, has started production, with its administrative offices to open in September.

Tenglong Pump and Valve has a new plant in Jingxian County, Xuancheng, Anhui, that is about to be put into use to expand production capacity.

Pump manufacturer Strobl Pumpen broke ground on April 14, 2025 for new company buildings in Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, including a three-storey office building and a roughly 1,500 sqm hall. The planned investment totals about EUR 8 million, with the move expected to be completed by mid-2027.

Strobl Pumpen broke ground on April 14, 2025 for a new site in Hilpoltstein, Germany, with about EUR 8 million invested in an office building and a 1,500 sq m hall. The move is due to finish by mid-2027 and provides space for up to 80 employees.

ATEC GmbH, based in Klein-Winternheim near Mainz, has formed a joint venture with U.S. valve maker Gemco Valve, combining ATEC's custom ball valves with Gemco's segmented ball valves for powders and solids. The announcement was published on 2025-04-11.

JH Valve Industry held a kick-off meeting on April 10, 2025 for its third plant planning project, a intelligent high-end valve factory developed with Guangdong Seiko Intelligent System and Funing Telecom.

Greenpumps S.r.l. was awarded a contract worth €282,000 by ENEA for supplying high-pressure circuit pumps for the WL and STEAM plants (W-HYDRA platform), with an estimated end date of 11 December 2025.

Westinghouse and Celeros Flow Technology signed a memorandum of understanding under which Celeros FT may design and fabricate valves and pumps for AP1000 and AP300 nuclear projects in Canada and globally. The MoU was announced on April 9, 2025.

Dalian Roy Pump won the contract for the high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit of Inner Mongolia Rongxin Chemical's 800,000 t/y olefins project in China, as announced on 2025-04-08.

Greensboro-based Tencarva Machinery, backed by Bessemer Investors, acquired Atlantic Valve & Equipment, a Richmond, Virginia valve representative for municipal and industrial water markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Chicago private equity firm May River Capital acquired the Global Pump Solutions business of CECO Environmental, including the Dean, Fybroc and Sethco pump brands. They will operate under a new portfolio company, Tusk Industrial, with sites in Telford, Pennsylvania and Indianapolis, Indiana.

NETZSCH Technologies India has started construction of a new manufacturing facility in Goa, with the foundation stone laid on April 2, 2025, to expand its production capacity in South Asia.

Pump Service River Oy acquired the entire share capital of Suomen Jätevesipalvelut Oy effective 1 April 2025, expanding its national pump and wastewater service network in Finland.