Trillium Flow Technologies is moving its WSP Self-Primer pump line and other operations from Salt Lake City, Utah to a Fresno, California facility that becomes its US pump headquarters. The move is expected to generate more than 50 additional jobs over five years.

Trillium Pumps merged its Salt Lake City, Utah facility into its Fresno, California plant, making Fresno its North American headquarters for pump manufacturing. The company expects to add more than 50 jobs, with the move to be completed by late 2021.

Wärtsilä has sold 100% of Wärtsilä Valves Ltd to an affiliate of Evergreen Capital L.P. of New York. The UK valve maker, based in Brough with about 65 employees, had 2019 revenues of about EUR 15 million.

GEA will invest around EUR 30 million to expand its Koszalin, Poland plant into a center of competence for pump production and comprehensive machining, as part of optimising its production network.

Valmet proposed to the Neles board on 29 September 2020 to start talks on a statutory merger of the two Finnish companies. Valmet had already built its Neles stake to 29.5%.

Bell Oil and Gas broke ground on a $10 million threading and valve assembly facility at the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos, Nigeria. The integrated plant will provide piping, tubular, valve assembly and fabrication services for the oil and gas industry.

EBARA Precision Machinery Europe invested about €1.6 million in a new overhaul centre for vacuum pumps in Dresden-Weixdorf, Germany, announced on 25 September 2020. The site is the second overhaul centre after Livingston, Scotland.

Interventek Subsea Engineering was awarded an initial eight-figure contract by Baker Hughes to supply multiple API-17G qualified in-riser landing strings for subsea well intervention systems. The supply agreement also covers training, inspection, testing and maintenance support.

Grundfos has broken ground on a new 45,000 square foot facility in Brookshire, Texas, to house its Americas Regional Center. The expansion is expected to bring about 90 positions to the area.

Effective October 1, 2020, LEWA Nikkiso Russia is consolidated into the Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries Group as Nikkiso Industrial Russia, under Vice President Russia Ayman Zeitoun, to serve Nikkiso's industrial division customers in Russia.

Thames Water awarded framework agreements worth an estimated £24.4 million for supply and maintenance of valves during AMP7, with AVK UK, Gel Engineering, Glenfield Invicta, Ham Baker, HVL Solutions, Industrial Valves, MGA Controls and Saint-Gobain among the awardees.

The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Eaton's planned $3.3 billion sale of its hydraulics business to Danfoss over concerns about competition in hydraulic components for mobile machinery.

Torgovy Dom ADL received a seven-year land lease of 1.3 hectares in the Kolomna district to build a plant for serial production of steel ball valves. The investment is about 1.1 billion rubles, with construction starting in 2021, full capacity planned for 2027, and 41 new jobs.

Neway Valve called off its planned EUR 11.3 million takeover of Germany's Econosto International Holding due to Covid-19 market changes, and will pay EUR 500,000 in compensation.

Wilo USA is building a 250,000 sq ft headquarters and manufacturing campus on Highway 60 in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, with opening planned for early 2022.

Phillips 66 awarded Charbonneau Industries a contract for additional mainline valves for its C2G Ethane Pipeline System, which links a storage complex at Clemens Caverns to a new petrochemical complex near Gregory, Texas. Flowserve will supply 15 16-inch 900-class slab gate valves with electric actuators.

Turkmenistan's president approved Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex entering a contract with China's Helensville Group Limited for pump equipment and spare parts, funded from the refinery's own resources. The announcement is dated 2020-09-11.

Westfield Fluid Controls, an affiliate of Westfield Hydraulics, will invest $5.1 million to relocate a manufacturing operation from San Fernando, California to a 30,000-square-foot facility in Lafayette, Louisiana, creating 67 direct jobs.

Caterpillar signed an agreement to acquire the Oil & Gas division of Scotland-based Weir Group for $405 million in cash, pending shareholder and regulatory approval. The division is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Grundfos is supplying submersible pumps, controllers and cloud-enabled Grundfos Remote Management systems to the Al Mouj developer for The Wave waterfront community in Oman. The project is valued at 3.5 billion US dollars overall.

SLPT Automotive announced the acquisition of BorgWarner's water pump business and operations in Ningbo, China, which will become a new division within the SLPT Automotive Group.

Oliver Valves Ltd and Oliver Twinsafe Valves Ltd won a contract to supply about 600 valves for the Marlim 2 (Anna Nery) FPSO in the Campos Basin, Brazil, for a client based in Bergen, Norway; production start-up is scheduled for 2023.

Dembla Valves Limited was awarded the tender for control valves, piping and materials for IndianOil's NRPL Panipat pipeline in Haryana, with a contract value of ₹31.2 lakh signed on 4 March 2021.

Steel & O'Brien Manufacturing announced its acquisition of Top Line, maker of the TOP-FLO brand of actuated valves and pumps, to expand its pump and diaphragm valve offering for sanitary fluid handling.

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry awarded Kelair Pumps Australia Pty Ltd a contract worth A$40,634 for a ship-to-shore refuelling booster pump, with the award dated 2 September 2020.

Master distributor Industrial Valco announced the purchase of Beric Valves, a producer of cast and forged steel gate, globe, check and ball valves for the United States and its territories.

The Department of Defence awarded Bale Defence Industries a contract to supply water mixing valves, with an award date of 1 September 2020 and a listed value of about AUD 12,848.

AWP is investing 5.5 million in modernizing production at its Prenzlau site, with work running until 2026 and aimed at expanding capacity.

Calgary-based Compact Compression introduced its Multiphase Transfer Pump, a product derived from its HCG Compressor designed for satellite and header sites to reduce field infrastructure and operating costs.

Addtech Components, part of the Addtech Group, signed an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Fluidcontrol Oy, a Finnish developer of actuators and valve solutions with 20 employees and sales of about EUR 4 million. Closing is expected in early September 2020.

Serva Group announced the acquisition of ValTek Industries, a Permian-based maker of hydraulic fracturing pumps and pump parts with facilities in Odessa, Texas.

MPOWER Engineering completed an order of Gate Valves K02 for Mondi Group's Ružomberok site in Slovakia.

MPOWER Engineering supplied Gate Valves K12, K03 and Check Valves K05 and K08 via Finkova Oy for Savon Voima's Joensuu project in Finland.

MPOWER Engineering reported delivering Globe Valves K01 and Check Valves K05 and K08 to ČEZ for the Počerady power plant in the Czech Republic, as listed in its 2020 deal highlights.

Over 80 Rotork pneumatic actuators have been installed on well pads in Northern Alberta for an in situ steam-assisted gravity drainage oil sands project using a new zero-base design.

AUMA will supply actuators for the DolWin kappa converter platform, currently under construction, in addition to about 150 actuators already on the BorWin gamma platform in the North Sea. Both platforms are owned by TenneT.

Halliburton sold its Canadian progressing cavity pump business line, Europump, to PCM Artificial Lift Solutions, with Sequeira Partners as exclusive sell-side advisor. The deal, in Alberta, strengthens PCM's presence in Canada.

Graham Corporation secured $11 million in orders for three oil refining projects in Asia, including its first large order in India from a new customer. The orders cover ejector-liquid ring pump vacuum systems and a steam surface condenser.

Futurepump opened its new Chibhda factory on a two-acre campus near Rajkot, Gujarat, ahead of schedule. The facility has tripled production capacity to over 2,000 pumps per month.

Oliver Valvetek signed a GBP 3 million contract to supply nearly 400 chemical-injection subsea gate valves to a Chinese subsea end user for a project in the South China Sea off southern Hainan.

Yuanda Valve Group won a valve contract worth over CNY 100 million from Shenghong Refining & Chemical for its 16 million tonne integrated refining project in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, becoming a main supplier.

Shuangheng Valve Group won a valve supply contract worth about CNY 124.59 million from Shenghong Refining & Chemical for its 16 million tonne integrated refining project in Lianyungang, Jiangsu.

Great Lakes Pumps has begun shipping 52 Gusher pumps for the $2.2 billion upgrade of General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which is being retooled for all-electric trucks and SUVs. The pumps serve the e-coat and phosphate paint systems.

Italian elevator maker Omarlift unveiled its Smart Hydraulic Pump Unit with Electronic Valve at a launch event on August 5, 2020, at its Ankara factory in Turkey.

Trillium Flow Technologies has named East Coast Valve Services as an authorized assembler and distributor, including repair services. The announcement was made on August 5, 2020.

Mueller Water Products has acquired Pratt Industrial, a manufacturer based in Emporia, Kansas, with over 35,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and warehouse space. The deal was announced on August 5, 2020.

Ampo Poyam Valves is supplying the first 20 API6A class 10000 valves for ADNOC's Bab gas compression project in Abu Dhabi, to be integrated into gas production and injection systems. The article is dated 5 August 2020 and no value was given.

ATI Actuators is supplying equipment for Equistar Chemicals' planned expansion of its underground ethylene storage facility and terminal in Clemville, Texas. The announcement was made on August 4, 2020.

Curtiss-Wright signed an agreement with Ringo Valves, a subsidiary of Samson AG Group, to supply control valves for the US and international nuclear fleet.

Mogas was awarded a multi-million dollar order to manufacture several hundred severe service isolation valves for a heavy oils project at a Southeast Asian refinery using CLG licensed technology.