Sensata Technologies has completed the sale of its valves business to Japan's Pacific Industrial for a total enterprise value of about USD 175 million. The business makes engineered valves for automotive, aerospace, HVAC/R and heavy-duty vehicle customers.

Bucher Hydraulics acquired an 80% majority stake in Wuxi Deli Fluid Technology, a Chinese maker of hydraulic pumps and compact power units, to form a joint venture in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, subject to Chinese approval. Wuxi Deli generated about US$40.45 million in revenue in 2017.

Atlas Copco has agreed to acquire the cryogenic business of Brooks Automation, including cryopump operations in Chelmsford, MA and Monterrey, Mexico, for a total value of USD 675 million. Completion is expected in Q1 2019, subject to regulatory approvals.

Plaintree Systems Inc. signed an agreement to purchase all share capital of Spotton Corporation, a maker of custom hydraulic and pneumatic valves and cylinders in Arnprior, Ontario. The consideration is nominal, and Spotton owes Plaintree CAD 1.7 million.

Chinese household appliance pump maker Idear-Hanyu Electrical plans to buy 100% of Thai component maker Seil Controls from three South Korean shareholders for cash, according to a statement on August 15, 2018. Due diligence is to be completed within 45 days, with 80% of the price paid upon completion.

Pfingsten Partners acquired Quality Valve, Inc., a Mobile, Alabama distributor of OEM replacement parts for safety and relief valves, alongside founder Raymond McCaffrey III, who retained equity. The deal closed on July 27, 2018; no value was disclosed.

ONCAP announced it has acquired Precision Global, a Greenville, South Carolina manufacturer of dispensing solutions with 18 facilities. ONCAP IV invested approximately $111 million, terms otherwise undisclosed.

Emerson has completed its purchase of Aventics, a Germany-based pneumatics and fluid control technology maker with about 2,100 employees and five manufacturing locations, expanding its automation presence in Europe.

Mechanical seal specialist John Crane completed its purchase of Seebach GmbH, a German provider of mechanical seals.

Pool pump and filter maker Hayward Industries bought ConnectedYard Inc., a California company behind the pHin Smart Water Care monitoring solution for pool and hot tub water chemistry.

KSB Group bought Dubric Industries Inc., a pump servicing and sales company in Comstock Park, Michigan, renaming it KSB Dubric Inc. The deal extends KSB's service network in the US Midwest.

Busch Vacuum Pumps and Systems announced that Swiss engineering company NSB Gas Processing is now part of the Busch group and has been renamed Busch NSB AG. The deal adds liquid ring vacuum pumps and compressor systems for oil and gas and chemical customers.

Dearing Compressor & Pump Co. completed its acquisition of Pittsburgh-based Kruman Equipment Co., which had been founded in 1936; the Krumans sold the business when they retired.

Boyne Capital, a Florida private equity firm, partnered with management to acquire A.S.A.P. Industries Manufacturing, a Houma, Louisiana maker of high-pressure flow control products for the oil and gas industry. Terms were not disclosed.

Franklin Electric acquired Industrias Rotor Pump S.A., a Buenos Aires importer and maker of water pumping equipment that had about $21 million in sales in fiscal 2017. Results will be reported in the Water Systems segment from Q3 2018.

United Rentals agreed to acquire BakerCorp, a provider of tank, pump, filtration and trench shoring rentals, for approximately $715 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018.

Italian valve maker Fratelli Pettinaroli has acquired the remaining stake in Michigan-based Jomar Group, finalized in summer 2018 after a 50% stake was bought in 2001. Jomar will continue under its president and management team.

PumpMan Holdings has completed the acquisition of Healdsburg, California-based Groundwater Pump & Well, which provides irrigation, fire protection and water solutions. Groundwater will be integrated into PumpMan's Bartley Pump in Santa Rosa.

IDEX Corporation announced the acquisition of the intellectual property assets of Phantom Controls, a St. Louis fire-pump control company, which will operate within IDEX Fire & Safety. The deal was announced on June 28, 2018.

Israeli valve maker Hamlet announced the acquisition of South Korean company S&S Valve for up to $6 million, entering flow-control valve management for gas, oil and petrochemical applications. S&S Valve had 2017 sales of about $30 million.

Italian pump maker Annovi Reverberi Group announced on June 15, 2018 that it acquired a 95% stake in Ace Pump Corp., a Memphis, Tennessee manufacturer of agricultural and off-highway pumps. CEO Andy Randle keeps the remaining 5%.

SAMSON Aktiengesellschaft acquired Israeli start-up Visual Process Ltd, adding the predictive monitoring tool SAM GUARD to its SAM DIGITAL portfolio; the transaction value is confidential.

RWC has acquired John Guest Holdings Ltd, a UK maker of plastic push-to-connect fittings and pipe with three UK manufacturing facilities. The deal was announced on 4 June 2018 and no value was stated.

BORSIG has taken over the product business of artec Armaturen und Industrieservice GmbH, adding ball valves and steam coolers to its valves business. The deal takes immediate effect.

Bucher Hydraulics agreed to acquire an 80% stake in Wuxi Deli Fluid Technology, a Chinese hydraulic pump and compact power unit maker, forming a joint venture in Wuxi, Jiangsu. The deal is subject to Chinese government approval.

Dongfeng Parts and Components Group and Fawer Automotive Parts agreed on 31 May 2018 in Wuhan to set up Dongfeng Fawer Pump Industry, a joint venture in Shiyan New Industrial Park, Hubei, to make pumps for commercial, passenger and electric vehicles. The venture targets RMB 260 million revenue by 2023.

Unibloc-Pump Inc. of Marietta, Georgia has acquired German manufacturer R&H GmbH, creating a combined European market leader in road tanker pumps. The deal was announced on May 30, 2018.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to acquire Hydro Prokav Pumps (India), a pump maker, as part of three acquisitions totaling about $35 million in cash. The deal adds progressive cavity pump market penetration.

Ingersoll Rand completed its all-cash acquisition of the assets of Tuthill Corporation's Pump Group for $85 million. The Pump Group joins Ingersoll Rand's Precision and Science Technologies segment.

Chart Industries and Flowserve have finalized their $19 billion merger of equals, combining Chart's cryogenic technologies with Flowserve's flow control systems. The deal closed in February 2026 and is expected to yield $300 million in annual cost synergies.

Sensata Technologies agreed to sell its valves business, which makes tire valves and mechanical valves, to Pacific Industrial Co. for a total enterprise value of about $173 million. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018.

Allied Valve, Inc. announced a merger with St. Louis-based Automation Service, a remanufacturer of Fisher control valves and Rosemount and Foxboro instrumentation. The merged companies are owned by a new entity, Ovation Holdings, effective May 11, 2018.

SunSource Holdings completed its acquisition of Ryan Herco Flow Solutions, a US distributor of flow solutions, from Greenbriar Equity Group. Terms were not disclosed.

Weir Group agreed to acquire US surface mining parts maker ESCO Corporation in a cash and share deal valued at US$1,285 million, announced on 19 April 2018. The transaction is expected to complete early in Q3 2018.

Matholding Group acquired a 51 percent stake in OCV Control Valves LLC, a Tulsa, Oklahoma valve maker, to expand its hydraulic control and process valve portfolio.

Germany's NORMA Group SE agreed to acquire Kimplas Piping Systems Ltd, a Nashik-based maker of fittings, valves and micro-irrigation equipment, for an undisclosed amount. The deal was agreed on April 6, 2018 and is expected to close by mid-2018.

Kitz Corp signed a contract to acquire a 100 percent stake in Korea-based valve maker Cephas Pipelines Corp, with the transaction expected to complete on April 17. The deal value was not disclosed.

Houston-based valve maker Chromatic Industries acquired certain assets and the principal business of Quality Oil Tools in Jennings, Louisiana, which will continue as part of new subsidiary Chromatic Oil Tools.

Mason Wells sold The Oilgear Company, a Traverse City, Michigan maker of hydraulic pumps, valves and systems, to Texas Hydraulics. The deal closed on March 27, 2018 and was announced on April 4, 2018. The price was not disclosed.

Metso has signed an agreement to acquire the valve automation division of India-based Rotex Manufacturers and Engineers. The division has two manufacturing facilities near Mumbai, about 275 employees, and sales of approx. INR 1,550 million; closing is expected in July 2018 and the price is undisclosed.

Valmet entered into a deal to acquire Severn Group, an industrial valve company, from UK private equity firm Bluewater for $480 million paid in cash. The deal covers Severn Glocon, ValvTechnologies and LB Bentley. Announced on 22 December 2025.

Flowserve signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Valves Division of Trillium Flow Technologies for $490 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2026. Announced on 8 February 2026.

Germany's Homa Pumpenfabrik and India's Ekki Group signed a 50:50 joint venture to make waste water pumps, with a plant planned in Coimbatore expected to be commissioned in about a year. Homa's Indian sales arm will merge into the venture.

Halliburton signed a definitive agreement to sell its Dresser Equipment Group, a maker of valves, instruments and industrial equipment, to an investor group led by First Reserve and Odyssey Investment Partners for $1.55 billion in cash and assumed liabilities. Halliburton will keep a five percent equity stake.

EagleTree Capital, on behalf of EagleTree Partners IV, acquired a majority stake in Rutherford, New Jersey-based Airtech Group, a maker of vacuum pumps, blowers, compressors and valves, from founder Tom Latsos and other management. Terms were not disclosed.

AxFlow Germany is acquiring Pumpen Karrer, a family-owned pump repair and maintenance firm in Germany's Allgau region, which will become its regional service base and take over the KSB service agreement.

EnerMech has acquired the UK trade and assets of the valves division of Denholm Oilfield Services, known as Denholm Valvecare, for an undisclosed sum. The UK valves business is expected to generate about £7 million revenue this year and about 25 staff transfer to EnerMech.

AxFlow Germany, part of Axel Johnson International's Fluid Handling Solutions group, acquired family-owned pump repair and maintenance company Pumpen Karrer, creating a regional base in the Allgau region west of Munich. The announcement was made on February 1, 2018.

Houston-based AIV LP, a global wholesale valve and actuator distributor, has acquired Pittsburgh-based Zenith Supply, a master distributor of Velan valves that holds about $25 million in inventory. Zenith will keep operating under its own name and facilities.

Tricel Group, headquartered in Kerry, Ireland, has acquired Action Pumps Ltd, extending its operations and market share within the UK water industry. The announcement is dated January 18, 2018.