PumpMan Holdings, a Soundcore Capital Partners portfolio company, completed the acquisition of the assets of Brooklyn-based Federal Pump, which manufactures pump systems and provides service and repair in New York City.

TricorBraun Inc. acquired Package All Corp., a 33-year-old healthcare packaging distributor based in Bayport, New York, which becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary and operates seven locations.

Axel Johnson International acquired TMT. Malinen Oy, a Finnish manufacturer and distributor of aluminium, steel, and plastics components for the body builder industry. The company has sales of EUR 13 million and about 50 employees.

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, has acquired ECM S.p.A., an Italian signalling and control systems provider based in Pistoia. The transaction closed on January 2, 2018. ECM will join Progress Rail's signal division.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) completed the acquisition of CR Bard, Inc., integrating Bard's 16,000 employees with BD's 65,000 employees, creating a combined company with approximately $16 billion in revenue.

Southern HVAC Corp. acquired three HVAC service providers in Florida: FAST of Florida (Clearwater), Patrick's Heating & Air Conditioning (Ocala), and Duron Smith A/C & Heat (Melbourne).

HeidelbergCement subsidiary Italcementi completed the acquisition of Cementir Italia, including its subsidiaries Cementir Sacci and Betontir, for an enterprise value of €315 million. The deal includes 5 integrated cement plants and 2 cement grinding units with a total capacity of 5.5 million tonnes per year, all in Italy.

Mitsubishi Electric has integrated Climaveneta Powermaster Ltd into its operations, making Climaveneta a branded product family within the Mitsubishi Electric portfolio. The move follows the purchase of DeLclima, parent company of Climaveneta, and aims to access the UK chiller market.

Kingsbridge Holdings, an equipment finance company based in Lake Forest, Illinois, acquired Western States Equipment, a general rental company in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a fleet of aerial work platforms and telehandlers. This is Kingsbridge's first move into the operational side of the equipment rental industry.

Apar Industries Limited entered into a joint venture agreement with PPS Motors Private Limited and others, incorporating Ampoil Apar Lubricants Private Limited to market lubricants under the AMPOIL brand. Apar holds a 40% share. The agreement was announced on January 2, 2018.

PolyOne Corporation acquired IQAP Masterbatch Group S.L., a Spanish provider of specialty colorants and additives, with facilities in Spain and the Czech Republic. The acquisition was announced on January 2, 2018.

Bertram Capital announced its investment in Mardix (Holdings) Limited, which will join its portfolio company Anord Control Systems to form the Anord-Mardix Group, a global provider of critical power solutions. The announcement was made on January 2, 2018.

Rossignol Group, a winter sports company majority-owned by Altor, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Dale of Norway, a knitwear manufacturer. The deal was announced on January 2, 2018.

Allegion plc acquired Technical Glass Products (TGP), a North American manufacturer of advanced fire-rated entrance and wall systems for institutional and non-residential buildings. TGP generated approximately $80 million in net sales for the trailing 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2017.

Agrium Inc. and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. completed their merger of equals, forming Nutrien Ltd., a global provider of crop inputs and services with nearly 20,000 employees and operations in 14 countries.

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) agreed to acquire certain U.S. rebar steel mill and fabrication assets from Gerdau S.A. for $600 million, including four steel mills and 33 fabrication facilities, with annual mill rolling capacity of 2.5 million tons.

Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Development Co. acquired the remaining 49% equity interest in Hunan Yuchai Machinery Industry Co. from joint venture partner Hunan Chengwei Automobile Spare Parts Company for RMB 6,694,500 (approximately $1.03 million), making HYMIC a wholly owned subsidiary.

eInfochips, a global product engineering services firm, signed an agreement to be acquired by Arrow Electronics, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary. The transaction is expected to close in January 2018.

Groupe Atlantic, a French heating equipment manufacturer, acquired Belgian company ACV, which has 300 employees and €80 million in revenue, including a US subsidiary.

ElvalHalcor and Koramic Investment Group have signed a joint-venture agreement whereby ElvalHalcor acquires a 50% stake in NedZink BV through a capital increase. NedZink produces rolled titanium zinc in Budel-Dorplein, Netherlands.

Fitesa Group acquired 51% of Thailand's CNC Group in 2018 and set up a joint venture in Tokyo, focusing on the hygiene market.

Dover Corp's Maag acquired German company Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen, a manufacturer of high-performance continuous melt filters and injection molding machines.

FilterEasy acquired CleanerFilters.com, a subsidiary of Renew Co. All CleanerFilters.com customer orders will be fulfilled by FilterEasy.

Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group and Yichang Urban Construction Investment Holding Group acquired Yichang Xingxing Bluesky Technology from Hubei Chuxing Chemical for CNY 87.6 million in January 2018. Hubei Xingfa acquired 49% for CNY 43 million and Yichang Urban Construction acquired 51% for CNY 44.7 million.

Koobra Invest BV acquired HAAN Industrial Group BV, a technical service provider specializing in steel structures, piping, and material handling systems. HAAN, based in Meerssen, South Limburg, will operate autonomously alongside ProfCore Group under Koobra Invest.

Aquaporin announced its expansion by acquiring 100% of the share capital of Golgi ApS, a company capable of large-scale production of water treatment membranes.

German building paints manufacturer DAW SE acquired Spanish family-owned company Ibersa and its Portuguese subsidiary Universa, effective 1 January 2018. Ibersa had 170 employees and a turnover of EUR 19 million in 2016.

Düchting Pumpen Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG acquired Habermann Mineral Systems (HMS) on January 1, 2018. HMS is a specialist in suction dredgers and solids pumps for the sand and gravel industry, also based in Witten.

Microdyn-Nadir, the water treatment business unit of Mann+Hummel, announced the acquisition of Oltremare, a European manufacturer of spiral-wound membrane elements based in Fano, Italy. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of January 2018.

U.S. Concrete Inc. acquired the assets of On Time Ready Mix Inc., a ready-mixed concrete producer serving Queens, New York. The deal closed in early January 2018.

GEA finalized the acquisition of VIPOLL d.o.o., a Slovenian manufacturer of filling technologies for soft drinks, beer and fresh dairy products. GEA will expand the production facility in 2018.

Wipak Group has acquired 4 Comexi S1 DT slitters from Comexi, reinforcing their strategic alliance. Three will be installed in Walsrode, Germany, and one in Poland.

TEFCOLD Group has signed an agreement to acquire Interlevin Refrigeration Ltd., a UK-based commercial cooling company, effective February 1, 2018, for an undisclosed sum.

ABB agreed to acquire British flow-control specialist Rotork in a recommended cash takeover with an enterprise value of about $5.5 billion. The deal values Rotork's share capital at approximately £4.1 billion and requires shareholder, court, and regulatory approval.

In 2018, Advent International acquired a 77% stake in Indian rigid plastic packaging maker Manjushree Technopack from Kedaara Capital and the promoters. The deal value was not disclosed.

Oklahoma-based Kelvion bought Rocore Group, whose Knoxville plant had shut in 2015, in 2018. Kelvion reopened the plant as an HVAC factory.

Japan's Rengo acquired a 25% stake in United Packaging Malaysia Pte Ltd, a corrugated box maker in Shah Alam near Kuala Lumpur, in early 2018.

Italian Annovi Reverberi group acquired 95% of US agricultural and off-highway pump maker Ace Pump, with the remaining 5% held by its former president and new CEO Andy Randle. The deal was reported in 2018.

KSB acquired US pump service and sales company Dubric Industries, based in Comstock Park, Michigan, expanding its service network in the US Midwest. The deal was reported in 2018.

Smith Group agreed to sell the bearings business of mechanical seal maker John Crane to Austrian company Miba AG for US$35 million. The divestment was reported in 2018.

Simmons Pump LLC of Lubbock, Texas acquired Simflo Pumps Inc. of Willcox, Arizona, and Simmons Pump of Garden City, Kansas, combining them under the new SIMFLO brand. The article gives only the year 2018 as the date.

Canadian compressor services company Ironline Compression acquired Calgary-based Protech Compression Services in January 2018, with backing from private equity partner Staple Street Capital. Protech provides engine and compressor overhaul services in Alberta.

Dearing Compressor & Pump Co. completed its first acquisition by merging with Pittsburgh-based Kruman Equipment, the oldest Gardner Denver industrial air compressor distributor. The deal is expected to roughly double Dearing's industrial air compressor business.

BE Beteiligungen, with an investor group led by ARCUS Capital AG, acquired machine and tool builder Spitznas and its affiliate Transtools. Spitznas is based in Velbert, Germany, and Transtools in Lublin, Poland. No deal value was given.

Armstrong Fluid Technology completed the acquisition of the Circulator Pump business unit of Halm Motors + Systems GmbH in Germany. The article gives no deal value or date beyond the article date.

Placon completed the acquisition of privately held rigid plastic container maker Plastic Packaging Corp. The target has a 100,000 sq ft plant in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and 141 employees.

Circor acquired Colfax Fluid Handling, a pump business, as reported on 2018-01-01. The article gives no deal value or location.

Interpump Group signed a binding agreement to acquire the international subsidiaries and the manufacturing unit of Finland-based GS-Hydro, a piping systems maker, for EUR 9 million, with closings expected by end of February 2018.

Essentra has acquired Micro Plastics, a US-based manufacturer of nylon fasteners and other plastic components, to expand its manufacturing capacity in the US and Mexico.

Saurer Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. completed the acquisition of the remaining 5% stake in Zhuolang Intelligent Machinery Co., Ltd. from Shanghai Yongyun Huachuang Equity Investment Partnership Enterprise (LP) for approximately CNY 720 million. The deal was signed on November 29, 2017 and completed on December 29, 2017.