Egypt's ENPPI chose Ampo Poyam Valves to design and manufacture gate and globe valves with Inconel overlays for Saudi Aramco's Khuff Gas Piping Project in Al Khobar, with all valves to be delivered in 2019.

Hayward Tyler and Shinhoo Pumps signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate globally in the energy and chemical markets, combining Hayward Tyler's European and US footprint with Shinhoo's Chinese presence in canned motor pumps.

Ross Precision Manufacturing, an affiliate of Ross Valve Manufacturing, acquired LAI International's Green Island operations in Albany County, New York, investing $2.5 million and creating 50 new jobs.

Flomatic Corporation completed a $3.3 million expansion of its Glens Falls, Warren County plant, adding nearly 20,000 sq ft and an epoxy coating operation that nearly triples output. The company has committed to 15 new jobs.

Flowserve has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Trillium Flow Technologies' Valves Division for $490 million in cash, with closing expected mid-2026.

Ohio Transmission Corporation has acquired Furey Filter & Pump and its subsidiary PSI Engineering, two pump and filtration companies with 65 employees in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Private equity firm Allegro Funds has agreed terms to take a stake in Questas Group, an Australian provider of hydraulic, irrigation, pump and engine solutions.

Chart Industries and Flowserve have finalized a $19 billion merger of equals, combining Chart's cryogenic technologies with Flowserve's pumps, valves and seals, with about $300 million in projected annual cost synergies.

AMPO POYAM Valves supplied around 1300 cryogenic butterfly, ball, globe, gate and check valves for the fifth tank at Fluxys LNG's Zeebrugge LNG plant in Belgium, and AMPO technicians will spend a year on site supporting service and commissioning.

Meson AB signed an agreement to acquire LK Valves, a marine flow control producer, including its production facility in Changzhou, China; the companies will merge under the Meson name.

SIGMA Corporation merged its Fire Protection business with four business units of Unique Industrial Group to form the SIGMA Piping Products joint venture. The venture will serve national pipe, valve and fittings distributors and OEM markets from Denver, Colorado.

Ekki Pumps is setting up a fourth Coimbatore plant, an assembly, testing and painting facility run as a 50:50 joint venture with Germany's Homa Pumps. It will make parts for Homa's production lines and waste water pumps, with production expected within six months. Investment was not disclosed.

Sun Hydraulics (Helios Group) opened its Kunshan plant in the German Industrial Park in Zhangpu Town, China, its first and only factory in Greater China. The project has a total investment of $10 million and registered capital of $8 million.

T-T Flow supplied 140 precision machined stainless steel valves, including gate, swing check and air valves and dismantling joints, for the government berth infrastructure at Duqm Port in Oman. The article reports the infrastructure phase at £110M but does not state the value of the valve order.

T-T Flow, the valve division of T-T, supplied metal seat gate valves and pressure-reducing control valves for Severn Trent Water's Birmingham Resilience Project, a £300 million alternative water supply pipeline and pumping station scheme.

Andronaco Industries acquired Diamond Companies, comprising Diamond Fiberglass, a fluid management vessel and tank maker, and Diamond Services, an industrial services business. The business will be rebranded Diamond Fiberglass Systems and Services.

ANDRITZ received a turnkey order from MG TEC Industry to supply two complete tissue production lines for its mill in Dej, Romania. Start-up is scheduled for 2020 and 2022.

Plexus Holdings formed a majority-owned joint venture, Plexus Pressure Control, with BEL Valves, a subsidiary of British Engines Group, to supply xmas trees and wellhead annulus outlet valves. The unit will operate from Plexus's Dyce facility in Aberdeen.

AMPO POYAM Valves will supply more than 2,000 cryogenic and metal-seated valves for Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG train 6, built under an EPC deal with Bechtel.

Baker Hughes won a contract to supply nearly 1,000 Masoneilan control valves and Consolidated safety relief valves for the greenfield Duqm Refinery in Oman, a 230,000 barrel-per-day project.

Indian firm Ekki Pumps and Germany's Homa Pumpenfabrik are investing in a new joint venture plant in Coimbatore, India.

QuantumFlo, a Wilo brand, bought and renovated an existing building at 2664 Jewett Lane in Sanford, Florida, to serve as its new headquarters and production facility with more than double its previous space. A grand opening celebration is planned for June 28.

Anvil International and Smith-Cooper International closed their previously announced merger, with the combined company majority owned by Tailwind Capital. No financial terms were disclosed.

DK-Lok signed a single supply contract to supply tube fittings and valve products to US customer Nudraulix, worth KRW 5.95 billion, for July 2019 to April 2020. The contract was disclosed on 29 May 2019.

Keppel Shipyard awarded PG Flow Solutions a contract to supply four large axial seawater pumps, each rated 5,500 cubic metres per hour, for the Gimi FLNG conversion, with delivery in 4Q19. The contract value was not disclosed.

AMPO POYAM VALVES won a contract from Cheniere Energy and Bechtel to design and manufacture more than 2,000 highly engineered cryogenic and non-cryogenic valves for the sixth liquefaction train at Sabine Pass, Louisiana.

Aker Solutions is developing low-cost wet Christmas trees at its Parana plant, designed to be up to 30% more competitive, with the project developed with Shell and Petrobras and expected to be ready in two years.

Aker Solutions celebrated delivery of the first subsea equipment for Equinor's North Sea operations under a contract for 124 subsea modules worth R$1.7 billion, of which R$100 million is executed at its Sao Jose dos Pinhais plant in Parana, Brazil.

W&O, a supplier of pipe, valves and fittings, was awarded a subcontract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group to supply the major valves for the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters being built in Panama City, Florida. The valves will be handled by W&O's Mobile, Alabama branch.

Baker Hughes, with local partner Fluid Control OOD, was awarded a Valve Lifecycle Management contract to provide valve diagnostics and service for about 150 valves in the residue hydrocracker unit of LUKOIL's Burgas Refinery in Bulgaria.

AxFlow GesmbH, part of the AxFlow Group, announced its acquisition of VIP Tehnika, a pump sales and service company in Maribor, Slovenia. The deal gives AxFlow a second base for growth in the Balkans and Austria.

Crane Co proposed to acquire Circor International for $45 per share in cash, a 47% premium to Circor's closing price. Circor's board rejected the April 30 proposal, and Crane made it public on May 21, 2019.

Velan SAS, a Velan subsidiary, secured a contract with ITER for the tokamak cooling water system in southern France. The article reports a combined value of US$63 million for this and the MODEC contract.

Velan ABV, a Velan subsidiary in Lucca, Italy, received a contract extension from MODEC to supply riser and topside actuated valves and compact manual ball valves for the FPSO MV31 Guanabara, deployed at the Mero field operated by Petrobras. Deliveries are due mid to late 2019; the article gives a combined value of US$63 million for two contracts.

The Entwistle Company was awarded a firm fixed-price delivery order worth $8.14 million by the Department of the Air Force for measuring and dispensing pump manufacturing, with performance in Danville, Virginia, dated May 16, 2019.

Udmurtia oil and gas equipment maker Technovek plans to expand its foundry section in Votkinsk with a 297 million ruble project, of which 146 million rubles may come as a concessional loan from the Fund for Industrial Development. The upgrade aims to raise monthly output of gate valves and fountain fittings and to boost exports by 202% by 2023.

AIV and Gulf Coast Modification opened a 320,000-square-foot warehouse, manufacturing and office headquarters at 22806 Northwest Lake Drive in Houston, consolidating three previous properties.

AMERICAN Innovation LLC, formed by AMERICAN Flow Control, plans a $9 million, 30,000-square-foot research and development center in Crawfordsville, Indiana, with construction slated to finish in spring 2020 and up to eight hires by end of 2020.

AMPO POYAM VALVES is supplying more than 800 gate, globe and check valves, some with electro-hydraulic actuators, for the Ras Tanura refinery owned by Saudi Aramco. EPC contractor Tecnicas Reunidas is also involved in the project.

AMERICAN Flow Control, the valve and hydrant division of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company, plans a 30,000-square-foot research and development center in Crawfordsville, Indiana, costing $9 to $12 million. The facility is expected to employ about eight R&D staff once completed.

Comisa S.p.A. has inaugurated a new 5,300 square metre production facility in Pisogne, Brescia, housing a semi-automatic warehouse and robotic assembly islands for press fittings and ball valves.

Dover Corporation acquired the assets of All-Flo Pump Company, a maker of air-operated double-diaphragm specialty pumps, for $40.0 million in May 2019.

Sichuan Flying Ball Group has broken ground on its valve manufacturing center in Zigong's Banchang industrial park, covering over 60 mu, with first-phase investment of 240 million yuan, aiming to become China's largest ball valve base.

Newway Valve and Wanhua Chemical signed a centralized valve procurement agreement for Wanhua's US MDI integrated project in Louisiana, with a total investment of $1.25 billion and design capacity of 400,000 tonnes per year, during a ceremony at Yantai.

The Flacks Group, a US private investment group, has bought submersible pump maker Pleuger Industries from Flowserve, returning the Hamburg, Germany company to independence. Pleuger employs more than 200 people and plans further locations in the USA and Russia.

Klaus Union, a pump manufacturer, has created a new pump test bed using end-to-end Siemens system technology. The test bed supports flow volumes up to 5,000 cubic meters per hour and pressures up to 100 bar.

SPX FLOW announced it is initiating the sale of its Power and Energy business, with about $500 million in annual revenue, as part of narrowing its strategy to process solutions.

ITT Inc has completed its acquisition of the Rheinhütte Pumpen Group, a German pump maker. The deal was previously reported in February 2019.

AxFlow AS has acquired all shares in Innva AS, a valve supplier based in Skui, Bærum, Norway, effective 29 April 2019. Innva will continue as an independent company with its own logo. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to merge its air compressor, pumps, and fluid and materials handling business with Gardner Denver, spinning off its industrial business. The climate solutions business will receive $1.9 billion in cash from the merger financing.