Fives will supply new process and transfer Cryomec LABS and NLL centrifugal pumps to Turkish steelmaker Diler Demir Çelik for its air separation unit plant. The pumps will be manufactured at Fives' workshop in Allschwil, Switzerland.

Atlas Copco has acquired Dekker Vacuum Technologies, a Michigan City, Indiana maker of highly engineered vacuum pumps and systems. Prairie Capital Advisors was exclusive financial advisor to Dekker. Terms were not disclosed.

Cheniere and Bechtel awarded AMPO POYAM Valves a new contract for cryogenic valves up to 36 inches for the third marine berth at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana. The project will add 180 LNG cargoes annually.

Energy Recovery was awarded USD 23.5 million to supply PX Pressure Exchanger devices and equipment to desalination projects in the Middle East and North Africa, including the largest contract in its history for the Taweelah SWRO plant near Abu Dhabi. Shipments run from Q1 2020 through the first half of 2021.

Mueller Water Products is building one of the world's largest finished goods brass foundries in Decatur, Illinois, to add production capacity for the water infrastructure industry. The facility is expected to employ 250 workers.

Powell Valves agreed to sell its Cincinnati headquarters to the Port and will build a new facility on 4 acres north of the former Sara Lee/Kahn's site, after 174 years at its current location.

Frontline Australasia Pty Ltd was awarded a contract by the Australian Department of Defence to supply valve diaphragms, valued at about AUD 36,582, in Victoria on March 9, 2020.

Bessemer Investors LLC completed the acquisition of Leonard Valve Company, a Cranston, Rhode Island maker of water temperature control valves and monitoring devices. Financial terms were not disclosed. The announcement was made on 9 March 2020.

GF Piping Systems signed a strategic partnership with Oxford Flow Limited, a UK startup, granting an exclusive license for its pressure-regulating valve in the water utility segment. GF will acquire a 23% minority stake in two steps until 2021; financial terms were not disclosed.

Oliver Valves has bought three units totalling 17,387 sq ft on the Parkgate Industrial Estate in Knutsford to expand its instrumentation, sub-sea and pipeline valve range. Completion of the new buildings is scheduled for September 2020.

Industrial valves supplier Brimis Engineering is planning a new facility in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, with a new head office and improved repair capacity, to be completed by 2023. A valve manufacturing plant in Mpumalanga is also planned long term.

Sulzer has opened a purpose-built service centre in Riyadh offering maintenance, repair, reverse engineering and retrofit services for all pump types. The centre sits on the same site as the Sulzer Saudi Pump Company factory.

KSB Ltd India has received an order worth Rs 100 crore to supply slurry re-circulation pumps for flue gas desulphurisation units at 10 NTPC sites in India. Deliveries begin in March 2020.

Aker BP and pump supplier Framo signed a six-year maintenance contract, extendable by six years, for seawater lift pumps covering all five field centres Aker BP operates. Compensation is linked to facility uptime, building on a 2018 pilot with Cognite.

Nautic Partners completed its acquisition of Harrington Industrial Plastics, a distributor of corrosion-resistant fluid conveyance, control and measurement products, in partnership with its management. Harrington was founded in 1959.

Israeli kibbutz-based valve makers Dorot Command & Control and ARI Fluid Transmission completed a merger estimated at $100 million. MAT Holding will hold 51% of the merged company and Kfar Haruv 49%.

DS Controls of Veliky Novgorod is moving from servicing pipeline valves to producing them at a site in Leninogorsk, Tatarstan, with opening planned for March-April 2020. The plant plans up to 300 valves per month and 100 new jobs, with expected revenue of about $20 million a year.

Navantia Australia Pty Ltd was awarded a contract by the Department of Defence to supply valve ball and valve regulating components in New South Wales, valued at $34,572.55. The award date was 27 February 2020.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation agreed to acquire the stock of Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services for $62 million in cash to broaden its industrial valve portfolio. Dyna-Flo makes control, isolation and relief valves and actuators for chemical, petrochemical and oil and gas markets.

Curtiss-Wright agreed to acquire the stock of Canada's Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services Ltd for CAD$81 million (US$62 million) in cash. Dyna-Flo makes control, isolation and actuator valves for chemical, petrochemical and oil and gas markets.

Oerlikon Barmag broke ground in Remscheid Lennep, Germany, on February 25, 2020, for a roughly 4,000 m² extension to its Pump Construction division. The investment is in the high single-digit million-euro range, with completion planned by December 2020.

Schlumberger opened a manufacturing center in King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) in Dammam, producing liner hangers, packers and GROVE and ORBIT valves. The first phase covers 105,000 square meters and will create more than 200 jobs.

Rotork won an order for nearly 100 CK modular electric actuators to control penstocks at wastewater treatment plants for the Ergene Basin Deep Marine Discharge Project, linking Tekirdag and Istanbul to the Marmara Sea.

Ferguson plc signed a purchase agreement to acquire Columbia Pipe & Supply, a Chicago-based distributor of valves, PVF and industrial products with 16 locations in the Midwest, subject to regulatory approval.

Clear Lake, Minnesota-based Doering Company acquired the assets of Eden Prairie-based Metro Hydraulics, a maker of hydraulic directional control and other valves for agriculture, construction and light industrial markets.

Spanish firm Ampo Poyam Valves won an order from Saudi Aramco and EPC contractor Tekfen Insaat for 250 sour service valves for the Haradh and Hawiyah Gas Increment Program.

Baker Hughes has been awarded about 1,200 control and safety relief valves for Bahrain Petroleum Company's modernization expansion project, through contracts with Samsung, TecnicasReunidas and Technip.

Rosatom said it has finished manufacturing six swing check valves and twelve wedge gate valves for the 1,000 MW Kudankulam units 3 and 4 in Tamil Nadu. Indian side carried out acceptance inspection.

AMPO POYAM Valves will supply 900 slurry severe-service valves to National Aluminium Company (NALCO) for a revamp of the High Rate Tailing Thickener unit. The valves will be made at AMPO India in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

AMPO POYAM Valves was awarded a contract by BP to supply additional highly engineered 20-inch, 600 lb gate valves for its Whiting refinery in Indiana. Delivery is scheduled for September 2020.

The Department of National Defence awarded Mobil Valve (Division of Source Atlantic Limited) a contract for valve assemblies and back-up rings, to be delivered to CFB Halifax and CFB Esquimalt. The amendment value is CAD 51,593.14.

DXP Enterprises completed its acquisition of Turbo Machinery Repair, a pump and industrial equipment repair and machining company in Richmond, California, funded with cash on hand. Financial terms were not disclosed. Signing occurred on January 31, 2020.

Oliver Valvetek is constructing three new factory and office buildings on Parkgate Industrial Estate in Knutsford, UK, raising its holdings there from eight to 11 units, with completion due September 2020.

Chromatic Industries acquired certain assets and the principal business of Quality Oil Tools in Jennings, Louisiana, in 2017, operating it as a subsidiary, Chromatic Oil Tools.

On January 12, 2018, Curtiss-Wright Flow Control acquired a license from Chromatic Industries to use its patented valve technology in the nuclear power generation market.

Fluke Australia Pty Ltd was awarded a contract by the Australian Department of Defence on 10 February 2020 to supply pressure transducers and reciprocating pumps, valued at AUD 22,716.76.

AMPO POYAM Valves received a new order from Tekfen Insaat, the EPC contractor for Saudi Aramco, to design and supply 250 sour service gate and check valves for the Haradh and Hawiyah Gas Increment Program in Saudi Arabia.

Indutrade AB signed on 6 February 2020 to acquire all shares of Jouka OY, a Ylöjärvi, Finland ball valve manufacturer with about EUR 6.5 million annual sales and 31 employees. The closing took place on 6 February.

Baker Hughes will supply severe service, control and safety relief valves for the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) modernization project, produced at its plants in India, France and Florida.

Baker Hughes has secured a contract to supply severe service, control and safety relief valves for the Bahrain Petroleum Company's Modernization expansion project. The article is dated 3 February 2020.

Franklin Electric acquired the product lines, assets and manufacturing process of CPS Pumps, LLC in Rossville, Tennessee for $6.3 million, with the Rossville employees joining Franklin Electric. The business will be integrated into its Global Water unit.

ARMATURY Group won a three-year framework contract to supply valves to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), concluded in February 2020. The company will deliver 1,600 valves in 2020 with a total value of more than 100 million Czech crowns.

Alperia SpA opened a tender for supply and installation of four DN 900 PN 64 rotary valves at its Glorenza (BZ) hydroelectric plant in Italy, with a value of EUR 2,038,778 and a bid deadline of 10 March 2020.

OEM International AB acquired Zoedale Ltd in the UK, a group with annual sales of GBP 3 million whose brands include ASCO, Valpes, Omal, Bernard Controls and Peter Paul, which make valves and actuators. The deal was announced on 31 January 2020.

Spanish valve maker Ampo Poyam Valves will design and supply 250 additional acid service gate and check valves for Saudi Aramco's Haradh and Hawiyah gas increment program via contractor Tekfen Insaat.

Danfoss Group will build a new 10,000 m² hall at its Grodzisk Mazowiecki plant, moving solenoid valve production from Kolding, Denmark. First lines start in early 2021 and about 330 jobs are expected.

Rheinmetall's Automotive arm won an eight-year order from an unnamed international automaker to supply electric water recirculation pumps, with lifetime value of EUR130 million, produced at its Pierburg Huayu joint venture plant in Shanghai.

AAR signed a multiyear agreement to be the exclusive global stocking and selling distributor of AeroControlex auxiliary power unit lube pumps and related piece-part components.

Danfoss will close its refrigeration and air conditioning valves factory in Kolding, Denmark, in 2022 with the loss of 335 jobs, moving production to Grodzisk, Poland.

Samson Ringo completed factory acceptance testing of 3595 angle control valves for antisurge service in the ethane cracking plant of a petrochemical complex. The valves were custom-sized to replace existing units and showed an opening time of 0.8 seconds.