Franklin Electric has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Challenge Pumps Holdings, a Perth-based maker of underground mine dewatering solutions, for $181 million. The article header gives the date as 29 October 2026, which is later than the article's listing date.

Dover signed a definitive agreement to acquire Leistung Engineering of Ahmedabad, India, a maker of cryogenic valves for LNG and industrial gas, which will join OPW Fluid Transfer Solutions. Closing is expected in Q4; terms were not disclosed.

Ringmetall SE is acquiring a 75.1% majority stake in Tesseraux SA, a Cape Town bag-in-box producer into which Vinbag operations are contributed, with a call option on the remaining 24.9%. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Warburg Pincus agreed to acquire Sundyne, a Colorado-based maker of centrifugal pumps and compressors, from Accudyne Industries, owned by BC Partners and The Carlyle Group. The article is dated January 7, 2020; the deal value was not stated.

AxFlow Norway acquired Tromek Service AS, a provider of installation, maintenance and repair services for water and wastewater infrastructure in the Trondheim region.

ITL Group has agreed to acquire Rudholm Group, a packaging, labels and trims business, and Bamatex, a Sweden-based producer of heat transfers, woven labels and embroidery. Rudholm's founder and CEO will reinvest in the combined group.

Xylem has agreed to acquire the Cornell Pump and Roper Pump businesses from Indicor for $1.46 billion, adding slurry, solids-handling and self-priming pumps. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Cullman-based Rusken Packaging has acquired Triad Packaging, an independent corrugated converter in Athens, Alabama, expanding its network to over 18 facilities in nine states. The deal was reported on 11 August 2026.

Amberjack Capital Partners completed its acquisition of PMV Automation, a valve positioner and automation products maker, from Flowserve, with industry veterans Joseph Jobe and Micah Floyd leading the company post-closing.

Pregis acquired MP Global Packaging, a division of MP Global Products, to scale its paper-based cold chain business. MP operates two plants in New Albany, Indiana, and Norfolk, Nebraska, employing around 110 people.

Lansing-based Air Lift Co., a manufacturer of automotive aftermarket air suspension products, acquired San Bernardino-based Universal Air Suspension, a maker of patented air bags, air management systems, tanks, valves and compressors.

Valmet has acquired Severn Group, a UK-based industrial valve company specializing in severe service flow control, with manufacturing in the USA, UK and India.

Silgan Holdings and American Industrial Partners agreed to acquire Netherlands-based metal packaging supplier Trivium Packaging via a new Silgan MCC group, at an enterprise value of about $3.4 billion. The deal is expected to close in mid-2027, subject to regulatory approvals.

Dobbs Equity Partners acquired two Malvese Equipment locations in New York from Al & Otto Cooley.

Private equity investor Nordic Capital agreed to acquire Flowa Technology AB, a provider of engineered water infrastructure products.

The Wilo Group acquired a majority stake in PreFab TGA, a German company specializing in industrial prefabrication of technical building equipment modules.

Sweden-based industrial distributor Ahlsell signed an agreement to acquire all shares in Proseal, a specialist industrial sales and maintenance company focused on flow technology.

Omnia Mechanical Group acquired W&S Motor & Pump, expanding its pump, motor, maintenance and distribution capabilities across the New York region.

Universal Plant Services acquired Mechanical Solutions Inc to expand its engineering and technical service capabilities for rotating and reciprocating equipment.

AxFlow Oceania acquired a majority stake in Queensland-based Dowdens Group, its largest regional investment to date in the Australian fluid handling market.

Citco Water announced the acquisition of Pump & Process Equipment Inc and Legacy Environmental to strengthen its capabilities in the Southeastern United States. The deal date is taken from the review article.

French packaging distributor Antalis acquired Speidel Verpackungen, a German maker of custom corrugated and wood and foam packaging with 60 employees and revenue of nearly EUR 17 million. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Danfoss has finalized its US$3.3 billion acquisition of Eaton's hydraulics business after all regulatory approvals and closing conditions were met. The deal makes Danfoss Power Solutions a global leader in mobile and industrial hydraulics.

The European Commission approved a packaging joint venture in which Indorama Netherlands and Epsilon Bidco (Blackstone affiliate) gain joint control of EPL, with Indovida to be absorbed by EPL. The clearance was granted under the simplified merger procedure and covers plastic packaging and PET products.

Ingersoll Rand acquired Lone Star Blower, Inc. (Lone Star Turbo), a US manufacturer of centrifugal, geared and multistage blowers and compressors, adding about $50 million in annual revenue and joining its Industrial Technologies and Services segment.

Kirloskar Pneumatic completed the purchase of 99.49% of Kirloskar South East Asia Co., a Bangkok-based compressor trader, for ₹4.95 crore in cash on August 3, 2026.

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE) has acquired Salentine Pump & Equipment, a distributor of pumps, parts and repair solutions based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The company will keep operating under the Salentine name led by Mike Salentine.

Trillium Flow Technologies announced the sale of its French valves operations to nuclear energy company Framatome.

Greif announced it is acquiring Envaplast, a Spanish producer of polymer containers, as reported alongside its fiscal third-quarter 2026 results. Deal value was not given in the excerpt.

Pentair agreed to acquire Taco, which will join its Water Solutions segment and keep the Taco brand, with a significant presence in Cranston, Rhode Island. The deal is aimed at high-growth North American end-markets.

Gerresheimer agreed to sell Centor US Holding and its global Primary Packaging Plastics business, with 15 plants in nine countries plus Centor's US site, to Apax Funds at an enterprise value of about EUR 1.5 billion. Closings are expected by the end of FY2026 for Centor and in H1 FY2027 for the plastics business.

Pentair agreed to acquire Cranston, Rhode Island-based Taco Group Holdings, maker of pumps, valves, tanks and heat exchangers, in a deal valued at about $1.4 billion. Closing is expected in Q4 2026, and Pentair says Taco will operate as a stand-alone business.

Baker Hughes completed its acquisition of Chart Industries, greatly expanding its industrial portfolio and aftermarket service capabilities.

Dunapack Packaging Hellas, part of Austria's Prinzhorn Group, has agreed to take over El Pack's corrugated packaging operations at sites in Patras, Kapandriti and Thiva, Greece. The transaction is subject to merger clearance with closing expected in the second half of 2026.

Goglio, through its Brazilian subsidiary Mega Goglio, has acquired Cristal Embalagens, a flexible packaging company in Morro da Fumaça, Brazil. The deal expands Goglio's flexible packaging offering in the Brazilian market.

SPX Technologies completed the acquisition of Neptronic Inc. for a total cash consideration of CA$605 million.

The European Commission approved Saica Group's acquisition of Thimm Group's nine corrugated board plants in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, plus a preprint facility in Ilsenburg, Germany. The deal adds 1.2 billion square metres of corrugated capacity and about 2,500 employees.

IBT Industrial Solutions, Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, acquired Indesco, Inc., a Charlotte, North Carolina distributor of hydraulic, pneumatic and power transmission products; the deal closed June 26, 2026 and was announced July 23, 2026.

CANPACK S.A. has announced plans to merge with CP GLASS S.A. through universal succession under Polish law, taking over all its assets and obligations to simplify the group structure and cut administrative costs.

Exotic Automation & Supply, a US fluid power distributor with nineteen stores, announced a merger with Value Added Distributors, a Wisconsin-based Parker Hannifin distributor with 18 facilities across the Midwest and Southern US.

Morocco's Competition Council received notification of a joint control acquisition of Caiba SA, after its merger with Nosoplas SLU, by Portobello Capital Gestión, Cobega and Sonab. Third-party observations are due by July 27, 2026.

ACR, backed by Oridian Capital Partners, has acquired RediBagUSA, a New Hyde Park, New York supplier of reusable retail bags, paper products and packaging. No financial terms were disclosed, and RediBagUSA's CEO will remain involved.

Dunapack Packaging has completed its acquisition of Stora Enso's German corrugated packaging plants, Gaster Wellpappe, Wellpappe Sausenheim and PTI. The German Cartel Office approved the deal on 2 June 2026, after plans were announced in mid-April.

Burckhardt Compression completed its acquisition of Fornovo Gas, a maker of mid-sized reciprocating compressors with about 120 employees, in Milan, Italy on July 14, 2026. The deal was first announced on May 13, 2026.

Cooper Machinery Services, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, acquired substantially all assets of Wesco Valve & Manufacturing and the product lines of Safety Seal, Inc., adding engine valves and piston rings to its aftermarket portfolio.

Hitma of Uithoorn completed the takeover of compressor and compressed-air specialist Verboon Compressoren of Nootdorp, effective 1 July 2026. Operations continue at the Nootdorp site under the existing name.

Canpac acquired Ahmedabad-based folding carton and rigid box maker Krishna Creation, its fifth acquisition, to expand its premium packaging business in India.

ITT Inc's Svanehoj acquired H&K Services BV, a Netherlands-based specialist in repair and servicing of marine fuel and cargo gas pumps, strengthening its Benelux aftersales operations.

Smurfit Westrock completed its first acquisition as a combined company by buying Cartomanabi, a corrugated packaging producer in Montecristi, Ecuador, adding over 50,000 metric tons of annual capacity.

Ferguson Enterprises agreed to buy FloWorks (FWI Holdings), a flow-control equipment distributor, from Wynnchurch Capital for about $1.6 billion in cash, with closing expected in Q3 2026.