Framo, part of Alfa Laval, has acquired LiftUP, a Norwegian maker of pumps and cleaning equipment for removing dead fish and sludge from open cages. The deal strengthens Framo's sustainable aquaculture focus.

Nantong Longyuan Power Station Valve won a bid from the Northwest Electric Power Design Institute to design and manufacture F91 integral forging shut-off valves for the heating transformation of the Ningdong thermal power unit. The contract was won in October 2021.

PE Energy and Avanceon secured a contract to deliver electrohydraulic wellhead control panels for the offshore facilities of the Kalaekule oilfield on OML 72 in Nigeria. The work will be executed at PE Energy's Port Harcourt Centre of Excellence.

Panattoni started the final construction stage of a Danfoss Poland production plant in Grodzisk Mazowiecki with 45 production lines for refrigeration valves, scheduled for completion at the end of November 2021.

Haskel plans a second manufacturing facility in Rouen, northern France, set to become operational in 2022 and scale up to double manufacturing capacity as part of a global expansion.

Haskel Hydrogen Systems received a multimillion-dollar investment from parent Ingersoll Rand to treble the capacity of its Sunderland site and fund international expansion. The amount was not disclosed.

Hitachi Astemo will invest 56 million dollars over two years to improve industrial safety at its Lerma plants in Mexico, creating 480 new jobs, the state governor announced.

KSB MIL Controls Limited was awarded a contract worth ₹20.13 lakh to supply pressure control valves with electro-hydraulic actuators for IndianOil's NRPL Panipat pipeline in Haryana, India.

SUPCON won PetroChina's annual pneumatic control valve procurement project for 2021 to 2023 on September 22, 2021, after supplying over 200 valves for a Guangdong petrochemical project.

A German trade register entry lists Akshar Patel and Andreas Schüpfer as managing directors of pump maker HALBERG Maschinenbau in Itzehoe, with Flowserve SIHI Holding as controlling shareholder. The entry also records a merger with APV and a change of headquarters.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has become a strategic shareholder in the Bern-based startup ReseaTech, which makes microdroplet flow sensors, to support joint small-volume dosing solutions and fund production scale-up.

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.

Family shareholders of Belven Group, a valve specialist based in Malines, agreed to transfer a majority stake in the group to its management team, while remaining as minority shareholders.

Shenzhen Atco Automation Equipment won a CNY 684,301 procurement award from CNOOC Development's Shenzhen regional center for pneumatic shutoff valves and safety valves. The award was published on 15 September 2021.

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.

Whitehouse Industries Limited sold Flotronic Pumps Limited, a diaphragm pump maker, to US corporation Unibloc, backed by May River Capital; Lodders advised the seller.

Rheinmetall received an order from an international automaker for CWA400 electric coolant pumps for luxury hybrid vehicles, worth a figure in the two-digit million-euro range. Pierburg Pump Technology will produce the pumps at Hartha, Saxony, with delivery complete by 2024.

Unibloc Pump of Kennesaw, Georgia announced the acquisition of Flotronic Pumps Ltd, a UK maker of air-operated double diaphragm pumps. Terms were not disclosed, and Flotronic will keep its name under Unibloc ownership.

Severn delivered two compressor anti-surge control valves for an FPSO project in the UK Central North Sea for an unnamed operator, three days ahead of the 16-week schedule.

Avantor Inc agreed to buy peristaltic pump manufacturer Masterflex from privately held Antylia Scientific in a $2.9 billion all-cash deal, announced on 7 September 2021.

valveIT, through its Sharjah office Fluid Tech FZE, was approved as a valve manufacturer for Etihad Water & Electricity Authority (FEWA) in the UAE, reported on September 2, 2021.

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.

FAF Valve Company commissioned a new Japanese automatic molding line that started operating in the third quarter of 2021. The line is expected to triple casting capacity for 2022 and improve surface quality.

Dresser Al-Rushaid Valve and Instrument Company (DARVICO) is expanding its Jubail facility by about 20,000 sq ft to install a boiler plant for testing valves on steam application, due for completion by December 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.

Enserve Moçambique renewed its valve maintenance and refurbishment contract with Sasol at the Temane processing facility in Mozambique, in force from 30 June 2021. The renewal was announced in August 2021.

ANDRITZ received an order from First Hydro Company to supply six spherical valves for the Dinorwig pumped storage plant in North Wales, with the first two to be installed in mid-2023 and the other four in mid-2025.

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.

Haite Power Co. is building a hydraulic pump and valve production plant in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, with a planned capacity of 400,000 hydraulic pumps and 800,000 hydraulic valves per year. The project is listed with an investment of about 2.091 billion CNY and is in main construction stage.

Moscow Region Development Corporation (KRMO) and AVK Armatura signed an investment agreement for a shut-off valve manufacturing complex in the Yesipovo industrial park, with investment above 1 billion rubles and at least 80 jobs.

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.

AUMA has been awarded a five-year framework agreement to replace valve actuators with its SAEx 25.1 models at pumping stations along the Austrian part of the Transalpine Pipeline.

Neles signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the valve and pump businesses of Flowrox, with about EUR 30 million of 2020 sales, for EUR 40.9 million in cash plus up to EUR 3 million earn-out. Closing is estimated for November 2021.

Yangquan Valve Co. began trial production at phase one of its 20,000-tonne large-diameter gas valve project in the Yangquan High-tech Zone, Shanxi, after equipment installation was completed. Phase one cost 160 million yuan and has already received an order from a Hebei company.

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.

IMC Swarnaa Ventures, a joint venture of IMC and Swarnaa Group, announced it acquired 100% of Trillium Flow Technologies India, a valve manufacturer marketing under the BDK Valves brand, to diversify its portfolio.

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.

Waterschap Scheldestromen has opened an EU tender for a two-year framework agreement for supply and maintenance of pumps, mixers, screw conveyors, compressors and related equipment, extendable by two years. The estimated value is not published.

AMPO POYAM VALVES is manufacturing more than 20,000 ball, gate, globe and check valves for the Arctic LNG 2 onshore LNG plant on the Gydan Peninsula, Russia. The EPC contractor is GYGAZ SNC, a joint venture of Technip and Saipem.

Atlas Copco has acquired CPC Pumps International, a Burlington, Ontario maker of custom-engineered centrifugal pumps with 110 employees, to join its Gas and Process division. The purchase price was not disclosed.

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.

Ampo plans to spend about EUR 3 million on upgrades to its valve plant in Idiazabal, Spain, including new high-pressure test benches. The company also says it invests roughly EUR 0.5 to 1 million a year at the site.

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.

AMPO POYAM Valves and Aksai Industrial Park have agreed to set up a joint subsidiary, AMPO Caspian LLP, to design and manufacture highly engineered valves for the energy industry in Aksai, Kazakhstan.

Anderson Process, a Midwest process equipment supplier, has acquired Premier Pump Inc., a distributor and service provider in Ohio, which becomes its Brooklyn Heights branch effective August 2, 2021.