Maersk Oil and Gas A/S published a contract award for three 50% firewater pump packages for the Tyra Future Project in the Danish North Sea. The supplier is not named in the excerpt.

Amarinth delivered an order of API 610 VS4 vertical pumps to Metito for installation in a wastewater treatment plant at the ADCO Al Dabb'iya Facilities Development Phase III project in Abu Dhabi. The pumps were manufactured in super duplex stainless steel.

Metso supplied 400 Neles emergency shutdown valves, sized 6 to 40 inches, for an ethylene cracker at Orpic's Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex in Sohar, Oman. The delivery was reported on November 10, 2017.

Sonatrach and Baker Hughes, a GE Company, created a joint venture, 51% Sonatrach and 49% Baker Hughes, to produce oil and gas equipment in Algeria. The 20,000 m2 industrial complex in Oran carries a joint investment of $45 million and is expected to be operational in December 2019.

Grundfos India opened a new manufacturing facility in Dantali, Central Gujarat, to supply stainless steel products, boosters and box products to western and northern India and export stainless steel components to Grundfos plants in Europe, the Americas and China. The launch was announced on November 9, 2017.

Sonatrach (51%) and Baker Hughes, a GE company (49%), formed a new company to build a 20,000 sqm manufacturing facility in Arzew Industrial Zone, Algeria, for wellheads, Christmas trees, BOPs and valves, with an initial investment of USD 45 million and 200 local jobs, expected operational in December 2019.

Medo USA merged with its parent company Nitto Kohki to unify its corporate structure in the U.S., with no change to its structure, location, contacts, pump models, part numbers or pricing.

Anchor Fluid Power, a supplier of flange and inline valve components, acquired Maxbar Inc., the largest US distributor of Walther-Präzision quick connect couplings, based in Houston, Texas. Maxbar will continue operating at its existing Houston facility.

Metso received four major valve orders for oil and gas projects from top-ten Chinese petrochemical customers, for greenfield investments scheduled for 2017 and 2018. The orders include about 2,500 Neles valves, and the total value and customer names were not disclosed.

KACE Valve was awarded a contract by Linde AG to supply automated severe service metal seated ball valves for Braskem America's polypropylene plant under construction in La Porte, Texas.

Gebr. Kemper GmbH + Co. KG invested around €20 million in a new valve plant with integrated logistics center at its Olpe site. SSI Schäfer supplied the intralogistics including a 21-meter-high automated container warehouse with 35,500 storage locations.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded Frontline Australasia a contract to supply ball valves, valued at about AUD 12,097, on 2 November 2017.

Badger Meter agreed to acquire the assets of Carolina Meter & Supply, a utility supplier, effective November 1, 2017. The sum was undisclosed. Carolina Meter will do business as National Meter & Automation.

MCI (Motor Controls Inc) purchased the Flowtronex and Water Equipment Technologies (WET) product brands from Xylem Inc., as reported on 1 November 2017.

Motor Controls, Inc. acquired the Flowtronex and Water Equipment Technologies brands from Xylem Inc. for $6 million on October 31, 2017.

China Machinery Industry Federation appraised Xi'an Pump & Valve's JYGA-120 PN 12MPa DN1400 large-diameter insulated joint at a meeting on October 31, 2017, confirming it as the first low-temperature (-45 C) insulated joint of its kind in China.

Sferaco, a subsidiary of Thermador Groupe, has opened negotiations to buy 100% of Groupe Valfit, a Bussy Saint-Georges company that sells connectors, meters and valves to wholesalers, with a deal targeted by end of January 2018. Valfit reported 2016 turnover of EUR 5.9 million. No price was disclosed.

Malvern, Pennsylvania-based JA Moody's parent company has completed its acquisition of Pima Valve, a Chandler, Arizona maker of bronze marine valves. The deal adds design and manufacturing to JA Moody's distribution business.

Wartsila is relocating its valve manufacturing operations to a new 5,570 square metre engineering and production facility in the Humber Enterprise Park in Brough, England. The move is expected to be completed before the end of 2017.

Samson's Surgut unit will supply large-diameter pipeline valves for the ZapSibNeftekhim petrochemical complex being built by SIBUR in Tobolsk, Russia. Total contracts with Russian suppliers for the project exceed 220 billion rubles.

Anderson Process, a Midwest process equipment supplier, acquired American Controls Inc., a pump distributor and service provider in Michigan and Northern Ohio, announced October 23, 2017.

Shanxi Huaxiang Group and US-based JDH jointly invested 400 million yuan in a Sino-American JV project in two phases, capable of producing 20,000 tonnes a year of high-end pump, valve and pipe fittings with 160 million yuan in sales and 800 new jobs.

Trafikverket awarded Bravida Sverige AB a contract valued at 1,143,828,200 SEK for equipment including pumps, valves, sensors for wastewater systems, control and monitoring systems for eight pumping stations, a wastewater treatment plant, and a wastewater storage for the E4 Förbifart Stockholm project.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded Frontline Australasia Pty Ltd a contract worth AUD 37,422 for the supply of valve spares, with the award dated 19 October 2017 and expiry in February 2018.

Ham-Let's subsidiary in China signed an agreement with the Yangzhong District management to build a new $15 million factory with double the production capacity, to be completed by end of Q1 2019; the district compensates $9 million.

DVG Automation Spa was awarded a EUR 685,983 contract by Stogit SpA for the supply and assembly assistance of pneumatic actuators for the Fiume Trieste plant. The award was granted on 2017-10-17.

Botou-based Taibang Pump & Valve Manufacturing won a contract worth about CNY 1.5 million to supply 48 NYP high-viscosity pumps and other pumps for China FAW Group's oil depot fuel piping project.

LOT Vacuum signed a single supply contract worth KRW 4.64 billion with Samsung Electronics for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes, for sites in Pyeongtaek and Giheung-gu, Yongin, signed on October 13, 2017.

Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade, Moscow Oblast and Germany's WILO signed a special investment contract on 13 October 2017 to modernise pump production, with over RUB 750 million invested and output over RUB 29.5 billion.

Pelican Energy Partners sold downhole sand protection tool provider Multilift, based in Houston, Texas, to Forum Energy Technologies.

Halliburton bought electric submersible pump technology and services provider Summit ESP of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which has more than 500 employees.

Japan's Nidec Corp acquired a 100% ownership interest in LGB Elettropompe Srl, an Italian commercial pump and motor manufacturer, reported in World Pumps' Q3 2017 review.

ENPAR Technologies Inc. has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire 100% of Pumptronics, an integrated pump station manufacturer, for a transaction value of US$3 million, comprising US$1.2 million cash and 12 million common shares. The acquisition was announced on October 12, 2017.

Metso signed four new distribution agreements for its valve products in Brazil, with distributors including Loopserv and ERC, announced October 12, 2017.

Rotork received an order for 1,300 actuators for tunnel ventilation on Singapore's Thomson MRT line after a successful fire test, announced October 12, 2017.

HEROSE Group has invested in Mack Valves following the conclusion of discussions to create a future industry-focused organisation. The announcement was made on 10 October 2017; no value was disclosed.

Herose Group and Mack Valves concluded discussions to create a joint venture company combining their industrial and cryogenic gas valves businesses. The agreement was revealed on 10 October 2017.

Total Valve Systems added a new location in Perryton, Texas, extending its services and sales into the western U.S., announced October 5, 2017.

Rotork, a global actuator and flow control manufacturer, has secured a major order for 1,300 of its RC200 actuators. The article is dated October 2017 and gives no customer or site.

Chris Toncheff joined Weir Flow Control as vice president of sales and marketing, reporting to the divisional president, announced October 4, 2017.

Metso expanded coverage of its flow control business through a distribution agreement with Croatia-based Eco Consult, announced October 4, 2017.

SIPOS Aktorik's HiMod electric actuators were selected by the San Diego County Water Authority in California to control water flow to remote valves.

Circor International agreed to buy Colfax's fluid handling pump business, which includes the Allweiler site in Radolfzell, Germany, for $855 million, of which $542 million is cash and the rest Circor shares. Colfax will hold 16% of Circor after closing, expected in Q4 2017.

Japanese-owned Aisan Autopartes México officially started operations at a new plant in Villa de Pozos, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with a $72 million investment and 260 jobs. The plant makes throttle bodies, engine valves and fuel pumps for the automotive sector.

Pump maker Lewa has completed two new production halls, totalling about 3,000 square meters, at its Leonberg headquarters, investing over EUR 25 million, mainly for final assembly of large pumps and systems.

Wartsila Valves, formerly Shipham Valves, is relocating its entire manufacturing operations from Hawthorn Avenue to a 60,000 sq ft premises at Humber Enterprise Park in Hull to allow for expansion.

WIKA acquired SAMI Instruments, an Italian supplier of needle valves and manifolds for instrumentation, at the end of October 2017.

Chromatic Industries, LLC acquired certain assets and the principal business of Quality Oil Tools, LLC, a maker of oilfield pressure control equipment, in Jennings, Louisiana, and will operate it as a subsidiary.

A merger control filing dated 29 September 2017 concerns SSCP Thermal Bidco's acquisition of shares and control of Vernet SAS and Magnum Corporation, makers of pressure regulating and relief valves, thermostatic cartridges and automotive spare parts.

Aquatronic Group Management's Aquatech Pressmain and Renzland Powergates have moved into a new £1.4m factory, Renzland House, in Copford, Colchester, creating five new jobs. The group makes water pumps, pressurisation units and gates.