LifePort and Enflite announced that former employees Jason Darley, Kevin Kieper, and Frank Graham, along with a private investor, have acquired the company. Darley becomes CEO and president, Kieper returns as VP and GM at Enflite, and Graham as VP of sales and business development.

Westin Automotive has added Superwinch, a manufacturer of electric and hydraulic winches and accessories, to its family of automotive products.

Caterpillar and Weiler Forestry entered a definitive agreement for Weiler to acquire Cat's purpose-built forestry product line and operations in LaGrange, Ga., Auburn, Ala., and Smithfield, N.C. The deal is expected to close in Q3 2019.

Ovivo Inc. acquired Westech Industrial Inc., doing business as Varec Biogas, a leader in biogas safety and handling equipment. The acquisition was announced on April 15, 2019.

EQT VIII fund agreed to acquire Dellner Couplers, a global leader in couplers, gangways, and crash management systems for passenger rail. Dellner is headquartered in Sweden, employs about 950 people, and had sales of SEK 1.9 billion in 2018.

KAMIC Group AB has acquired all shares in Robotteknik Automation Vetlanda AB, a specialist in industrial automation with robot systems, from its founder and CEO Jussi Lehikoinen.

MOL Group has signed a sales-purchase agreement to acquire Aurora, a recycled plastic compounder with production plants in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to extend its petrochemical portfolio with higher value-added products.

Merck has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Versum Materials, Inc. for $53 per share in cash, creating a leading electronic materials player for the semiconductor and display industries.

Koenig & Bauer Coding GmbH acquired All-Print Holding AB, which owns Svenska Allen AB and All-Print i Linköping AB, to expand its marking, coding and print-and-apply business in Scandinavia.

Havyard Group ASA has signed a Head of Terms to sell its 75% ownership in MMC First Process AS to a consortium of First Process Holding AS and Credo Partners, and will buy back MMC First Process's 77% stake in MMC Green Technology AS.

Alpex Protection acquired NT Majocchi in 2022, merging to form a European group specialized in high-performance technical textiles.

Revenio Group Corporation signed an agreement to acquire Italian ophthalmic device company CenterVue SpA at an enterprise value of EUR 59 million, plus up to EUR 1 million additional. The acquisition strengthens Revenio's position in eye diagnostics.

ProMach, a packaging machinery company, acquired Quest Industrial, a robotic integration solutions provider based in Wisconsin. The acquisition expands ProMach's robotics capabilities for food, beverage, and other industries.

Zeiss, a leader in inspection scanning technologies, acquired GOM, a provider of blue light scanning systems. The acquisition enhances Zeiss's optical digitization offerings, particularly for automotive sheet metal inspection.

U.S. buyout firm Lone Star has emerged as the frontrunner to buy the German building materials business of Saint-Gobain, known as Raab Karcher, in a deal valued at up to €400 million. Lone Star is using its Nordic building materials supplier Stark as an acquisition vehicle.

CPL Aromas signed an agreement to purchase the fragrance business of Aromatic Flavours and Fragrances (AFF), including the export fragrance business managed by the UK division. The acquisition will transfer AFF fragrance customers to CPL Aromas.

GMM Pfaudler Ltd has acquired the Industrial Mixing Solutions Division of Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd, Pune, to enhance its industrial mixing business vertical.

The Harke Group acquired Chemlink Specialities Ltd and Addi-Tec Ltd, both formerly part of the Chemlink Group in Manchester, UK. The acquisition provides Harke with a strong UK base and expands its product portfolio.

AstenJohnson and Heimbach announced advanced negotiations to merge their Paper Machine Clothing and Advanced Fabric businesses. The merger is expected to close in the second half of 2019, subject to regulatory approval.

SAMOA Industrial, headquartered in Gijón, Spain, acquired Italian manufacturer Larius Srl, which makes transfer pumps, paint spray equipment and extrusion systems. The deal was announced on 12 April 2019.

French plumbing manufacturer SFA Group, parent of Saniflo, acquired Zehnder Pumpen GmbH, a German pump maker based in Grünhain-Beierfeld, Saxony. The acquisition is effective from 1 January 2019 and Zehnder will remain a separate legal entity.

Ima completed the acquisition of 61.45% of Tecmar, a maker of automatic packaging machines for coffee and food, for about EUR 1.7 million.

Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Inc. will acquire all outstanding equity of Pon Material Handling NA, Inc., which operates as Equipment Depot, a U.S. material handling equipment dealer. The share transfer is anticipated by July 1, 2019.

Mitsubishi Logisnext, a forklift manufacturer and subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, announced the acquisition of PON Material Handling NA (PMH) in Texas, effective July 1, 2019. The acquisition value is estimated at around 20 billion yen.

Arlington Industries has agreed to acquire the Wahler thermostat business from BorgWarner. The acquisition will establish two new divisions: Arlington Thermal Management and Arlington Engineered Systems.

Vestas announced the acquisition of a 25.1 percent minority stake in SOWITEC, a German renewable energy developer, with an option to acquire the entire company within three years.

Dunstall Holdings has acquired Amvar Handling Solutions Limited and Amvar Storage & Workplace Solutions Limited, both based in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, UK. The companies supply and maintain materials handling equipment and are a TCM forklift dealer.

Subsea services group Acteon has agreed to acquire offshore marine geotechnical and geophysical survey company Benthic. Benthic, headquartered in Houston, Texas, adds deepwater surveying capabilities with its PROD technology.

AIMS Companies, a national industrial services company, acquired Landshark, a hydro-excavation company based in Pearland, Texas, to expand its operations in the Texas market.

Compart Systems, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alpha Precision Turning & Engineering, a precision machining company with three plants in Kulim, Malaysia. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2019.

Wieland Group will acquire all outstanding shares of Global Brass and Copper Holdings in an all-cash transaction valued at $44 per share, representing a 27% premium. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2019.

Webasto Group bought the shares of its joint venture partner Donghee, making Webasto Donghee a wholly owned subsidiary. The acquisition is the largest in Webasto's history.

Wieland-Werke AG acquired Global Brass and Copper Holdings, Inc. in an all-cash merger valued at approximately US$999 million.

Sandvik has completed the acquisition of OSK, a Chinese supplier of solid carbide round tools. OSK will become part of the Seco division in Sandvik Machining Solutions. The purchase price was not disclosed.

LG Chem has acquired key technologies, including R&D facilities and materials/equipment, for producing soluble organic light emitting diodes (OLED) from DuPont, in a deal valued at US$175 million.

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) has completed the purchase of 83 million newly issued shares in Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd (IRSL), representing approximately 31.79% equity, for US$43 million. IRSL operates a fibre manufacturing facility in Nagpur, India.

Qorvo has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Active-Semi International, a private fabless supplier of programmable analog power solutions, to expand its Infrastructure and Defense Products group.

French corrugated packaging manufacturer Cartonneries de Gondardennes (CGW) signed an agreement to take over competitor Lacaux Frères, an integrated producer of corrugated board and packaging. The transaction is expected to complete in April 2019.

Dragon Products, LLC completed the acquisition of specific assets of Vantage Trailers, Inc., including assets, trademarks, patents, and design rights for aluminum bulk aggregate, dump, and pneumatic trailers. Terms were not disclosed.

Graco Supply Company entered into an agreement to acquire E.V. Roberts, creating the largest aerospace-focused specialty chemicals distributor in North America. The transaction unites 140 years of combined aerospace materials expertise.

Guangxi LiuGong Machinery has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Construction Plant & Machinery Sales (southeast) Limited (CPMS), its exclusive dealership for England, Wales and Scotland, establishing LiuGong's first international retail operation.

Chemetall, the surface treatment business unit of BASF's Coatings division, has closed the acquisition of the automotive paint detackification business of Polymer Ventures, Inc., including all shares of Galaxy Chemical Corporation.

Stanadyne LLC acquired Pure Power Technologies Inc., a leader in diesel fuel injectors and turbochargers headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. The acquisition combines complementary product lines in fuel and air management systems.

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm, announced the acquisition of Ohio Transmission Corporation, an industrial automation equipment distributor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, alongside management. The deal was announced on April 9, 2019 and no value was disclosed.

Eastman Kodak closed the sale of its flexographic packaging division to Montagu Private Equity, which now operates as standalone company Miraclon. Kodak receives about $320 million in proceeds; the deal was first announced in November 2018.

Atlas Copco acquired PSI Compressors of Brockville Incorporated, a compressor distributor in south-eastern Ontario, to expand direct sales and service in eastern Ontario. The price was not disclosed and the company joins the Compressor Technique division.

BTE Group is acquiring Steenhuis Beton, a specialist in precast concrete stairs and landings based in Uithuizermeeden, Groningen. Agreement was reached on April 8, 2019, and all 47 employees will remain employed.

Edycem, the concrete subsidiary of Groupe Herige, acquired Béton du Poher, which operates three concrete plants in Quimper, Rédéné and Carhaix, France.

Harris Corporation announced in April 2019 it would sell its night vision operations to Elbit Systems in a deal valued at $350 million.

L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation are merging in a deal approved by shareholders, expected to close later in 2019. The combined company will be L3 Harris Technologies.