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.

Amiblu has acquired RPC Pipe Systems, its long-term Flowtite licensee in Australia and New Zealand, expanding its operations into the Asia-Pacific region. No value was disclosed.

Va Tech WABAG has secured an order valued at about $317 million from the Saudi Water Authority for the EPCC of a 300 million litres per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Yanbu, expected to be completed within 30 months.

Houston-based DXP Enterprises has acquired Hartwell Environmental Corporation, a manufacturer's representative of pumps, controls and process equipment for the water and wastewater industry, adding three locations in Texas and Oklahoma. Hartwell had sales of $18.4 million over the 12 months to July 31, 2024.

ESPA Group, based in Banyoles, Spain, bought pump and pressure-set distributor Baico Pumps SL to expand its international reach and product range. Baico had annual sales of about EUR 4 million and exports to 18 countries.

Japan's Tsurumi Manufacturing acquired the entire share capital of Zenit International SpA, holding company of wastewater treatment equipment maker Zenit Group, based in San Cesario sul Panaro. The agreement was signed on 15 July 2024.

Impel Company, backed by Pike Street Capital, acquired Don Pedro Pump, a family-run fluid management and pump provider in Turlock, California. The deal was announced on 27 June 2024.

Veolia, through its subsidiary SIDEM, will engineer and supply key technology for the Hassyan seawater desalination plant in Dubai, commissioned by DEWA and ACWA Power. The reverse osmosis plant will have a capacity of 818,000 cubic meters per day and is due to start operating in 2026. The announcement is dated May 14, 2024.

Ebara Corp received an order from the Southern Nevada Water Authority to supply eight large double suction centrifugal water pumps for pumping stations in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Vessco Water, based in Minneapolis, acquired G.A. Fleet Associates, a New York distributor of pump and process treatment equipment for municipal water and HVAC equipment for commercial markets, based in Rye Brook, New York.

DXP Enterprises acquired Hennesy Mechanical Sales, a distributor of industrial pumps serving municipal water and wastewater markets in Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas. The deal is listed in World Pumps' Q1 2024 M&A review.

Sulzer has opened new pump production lines in Easley, South Carolina, making submersible sewage and grinder pumps with US materials and labour. The CHF 10 million investment supports Build America Buy America compliance.

De.mem Ltd signed a binding agreement to acquire the Border Pumpworks business, based in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, in Q2 2024.

Belgian company Teblick invested €4.3 million in a new 4,000 m² plant in El Far d'Empordà (Girona), relocating from Vilamalla in January 2024, with 15 workers and a planned gradual expansion.

DXP Enterprises, Inc. completed the acquisition of Kappe Associates, Inc., a Frederick, Maryland distributor and manufacturers' representative of pumps, controls and process equipment for the water and wastewater industry. DXP funded the deal with balance sheet cash; the price was not disclosed.

Group Five Pipe Saudi Co. announced the award of the Southern Ring Water Transmission System contract in Riyadh with Saline Water Conversion Corporation, valued at more than 200 million SAR, to manufacture and supply pipes.

Group Five Pipe Saudi Co. was awarded a contract worth about SAR 200 million by the Saline Water Conversion Corporation to supply pipes for the Southern Ring Water Transmission System in Riyadh.

Grundfos acquired Metasphere, a UK provider of telemetry and analytics for water networks, from XPV Water Partners. Metasphere offers the ART Sewer solution for preventing sewer overflows.

ATS Corporation acquired Avidity Science, LLC, a designer and manufacturer of automated water purification solutions for biomedical and life science applications, on September 22, 2023.

Ford Meter Box announced plans to expand and modernize its existing foundry operations in Wabash, Indiana, including a new 300,000-square-foot foundry in the same city to increase production capacity.

New York City Environmental Protection awarded Fleet Pump & Service Group a sole-source supply contract worth $2,516,950 for Flygt pumps, control systems and parts for citywide wastewater facilities.

AxFlow Norway Group acquired VA-Prosjekt Midt-Norge AS, a Trondheim supplier of pump stations and elevated reservoirs with 2021 revenue of NOK 77 million. The company continues as a separate subsidiary in the same premises.

Bessemer-backed Tencarva Machinery Company acquired Fischer Process Industries, a distributor of pumps, valves and process equipment headquartered in Loveland, Ohio. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Sypris Technologies, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, received an order to supply 72-inch insulated joints for the expansion of the Atoka Water Pipeline for the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust. Shipments run from 2023 to 2024 and terms were not disclosed.

A public tender in Winnipeg, Manitoba seeks supply and delivery of two 154 L/s pumps, gate valves and check valves for Riverbend lift station upgrades, with on-site training and warranty support.

Graycliff Partners provided subordinated debt financing for Rox Capital's acquisition of Neil Technical Services and its merger with Scruggs Company in Texas, creating a regional pump, motor and valve service provider in Houston.

AxFlow Norway, part of Axel Johnson International, acquired VA-Prosjekt Midt-Norge, a turnkey provider of water and wastewater infrastructure solutions to municipalities in Norway. The deal was announced on 1 June 2023.

ECOfluid will supply a small USBF-technology wastewater treatment plant for a commercial establishment at Popkum, BC. The plant is designed to meet BC Ministry of Health Type 3 rules.

ECOfluid was awarded a contract by the Capital Regional District to supply MBR technology, membranes, permeate pumps and control components for the Magic Lake wastewater treatment plant on Pender Island, BC.

ECOfluid won a contract to design, engineer and supply process equipment for a new wastewater treatment plant at Ainsworth Hot Spring Resort in Ainsworth, BC. The plant replaces an aged package plant with a larger one.

Crane Engineering, a Wisconsin fluid technology distributor, acquired Professional Pump, Inc., a Belleville, Michigan distributor of pumps and fluid process equipment. The deal extends Crane's service footprint into Michigan and Northwest Ohio. Existing management will remain.

DXP Enterprises announced it completed the acquisitions of Riordan Materials Corporation and Florida Valve & Equipment/Environmental MD, both water-market suppliers, funded with cash. Riordan serves Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states and Florida Valve serves Florida municipal water markets. The definitive agreements were signed May 1, 2023.

Dallas-based Singer Industrial acquired Arizona-based Hotsy Industrial Systems, a maker of pressure washers, air compressors, wastewater treatment systems and detergents, with financial terms undisclosed. Hotsy will operate within Singer's Fluid Power Division from its Tucson location.

Howden was awarded a contract to supply four high-speed integrally geared blowers and a control system for the new Athlone Wastewater Treatment Works in Cape Town, South Africa. Installation of its aeration technology is scheduled for 2024.

HUBER SE inaugurated its new production hall P3 at its headquarters in Berching/Erasbach, Germany, on 19 April 2023. The expansion lays the foundation for further growth and secures jobs.

Aliaxis announced plans to build a €48 million greenfield manufacturing plant in Telangana, India, creating about 500 jobs, with production expected in 2024.

MECO, a Grundfos company, acquired San Diego-based Water Works Inc, which designs and installs ultrapure industrial water systems. The deal strengthens MECO's ultrapure water treatment portfolio.

Xylem entered a definitive agreement to acquire Evoqua Water Technologies in a US$7.5 billion all-stock transaction. The deal adds advanced water treatment and service capabilities.

Vestum agreed to sell a portfolio of 20 operating companies from its Water segment, formerly part of Lakers Group, to Equip Capital for SEK 326.5 million on a cash and debt-free basis, with closing expected in Q2 2023.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire National Pump & Energy, a pump, power and compressor rental and sales business in Australia and New Zealand, with closing expected in Q2 2023. The price was not disclosed.

PumpMan Holdings acquired the DAS Group, a Pittsburgh manufacturer's representative for municipal water and wastewater process equipment, and merged it into PumpMan Pittsburgh in Allison Park, Pennsylvania. The deal is PumpMan's twelfth acquisition.

Sulzer completed its acquisition of Cardo Flow Solutions, a Malmö-based pump supplier for the wastewater market, for a total cash consideration of SEK 5.9 billion (CHF 852 million), on July 29, 2011.

PumpTech, a portfolio company of Pike Street Capital, announced its acquisition of Dakota Pump Inc., a supplier of packaged pump stations and automated systems for water and wastewater markets, with three locations in South Dakota. The deal was announced on February 14, 2023.

Xylem agreed to acquire water treatment company Evoqua in an all-stock deal valued at an implied enterprise value of about $7.5 billion. The combined company expects $140 million in annual run-rate cost synergies within three years.

Atlas-SSI, a North American traveling water screen and bulk material handling manufacturer, has acquired Cooling Tower Valves and Screens LLC of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The announcement was made on January 6, 2023.

J. Sloan & Co. advised on the sale of Arlington, Texas-based water treatment equipment supplier Pumps and Controls to an undisclosed industry buyer. The transaction closed on September 30, 2022, and terms were undisclosed.

Axius Water acquired Napier-Reid, an Ontario-based supplier of custom-engineered water and wastewater treatment systems, in Q1 2023.

MECO, a Grundfos company, acquired San Diego-based Water Works Inc, which designs and installs ultrapure industrial water systems for life science and high-tech customers. The deal was reported in the first quarter of 2023.

Gradiant, a global water solutions provider, was awarded new contracts worth $20 million in India, according to the release headline. The article body provided does not give further details.

APO Pumps & Compressors, an Ohio compressed air and pump sales and service firm, acquired PAPSCO, an Ohio-based distributor of filtration and separation equipment for process fluids and water treatment. The deal was advised by Copper Run.