Emerson inaugurated a new facility on its Polish site in Lodz, producing Asco valves. The facility space grew from over 7,000 sq m to an additional 6,500 sq m, and employment is expected to double from 400 employees.

Hayward Tyler invested £20 million to expand its Luton-based factory into a 'Centre of Excellence', including a 30,000 sq ft extension that more than doubled production capacity. Street Crane supplied and installed six new overhead cranes for the facility.

Metso signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement for its Neles and Jamesbury valves with Process Control Equipment to cover the UK, Benelux and Spain.

Valco Group France announced an agreement to acquire D2FC and its entities D2FC Energy Valves, D2FC Services and D-KTC Fluid Control, makers of hydropower butterfly and ball valves.

Exotic Automation & Supply, a Michigan fluid power distributor, acquired Sidener Engineering, a Noblesville, Indiana fluid power and safety products distributor; Amherst Partners advised the buyer.

Rotork received an order for 70 LP linear pneumatic actuators and over 200 GP and CP pneumatic actuators for a new grassroots refinery under construction in the Middle East, with capacity up to 400,000 barrels a day, plus desalination and wastewater plants.

Tulsar Canada, a manufacturer of water and wastewater control systems and a division of Zoeller Corporation, moved into a new facility in Brant County, Ontario, and plans to quadruple production and workforce there.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering agreed to buy Pittsburgh-based thermal technology company Chromalox from Irving Place Capital for $415 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis, financed by new bank debt. Chromalox has five manufacturing facilities across North America, France and China.

Hydro Middle East, with local partner Global Pavilion LLC, signed a 10-year contract with Petroleum Development Oman to provide aftermarket pump maintenance, rebuilds, spare parts and engineering support.

Hardide Coatings Limited, a group company of Hardide plc, has signed a new seven-year supply agreement with Graco Inc. to coat various pump components. The agreement is expected to be worth over US$4 million.

Velan received contracts worth $55 million to supply safety-related valves for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, UK. Delivery is scheduled for 2019-2021.

Blackhall Valves designed and manufactured the 108-inch high-pressure gate valves, weighing over 100 tons, for the $2B Integrated Pipeline Project in Texas, ordered by TRWD.

Weir Flow Control France was awarded a contract by Yamgaz to engineer and supply critical service safety valves for the Yamal LNG Project in Russia.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded Promet Valves Australia a contract to supply butterfly valves, valued at about AUD 14,080 and running for six months from May 2017.

Dover Corporation completed its acquisition of Maag Group, a Zurich-based maker of gear pumps and filtration systems, for approximately $285 million, with Maag joining Dover's Pump Solutions Group.

PMI Aerospace, based in Rockford, Illinois, acquired Reno, Nevada-based Precision Valve, a maker of hydraulic servo valve components for commercial and military aircraft flight control systems.

Aspen Pumps Group, a global leader in condensate removal pumps, has completed the acquisition of Salina SAS, a French distributor of air-conditioning and refrigeration ancillaries, for an undisclosed sum.

Sulzer received orders from Técnicas Reunidas for 12 feedwater pumps and from Valmet for 11 AHLSTAR centrifugal pumps for the Kilpilahti combined heat and power plant in Porvoo, Finland.

Chinese NEEQ-listed Youji (优机股份) announced it will acquire a 21.86% stake in Australian valve and engineering company AVE for RMB 958,900 (about 95.89万 yuan), raising its holding to 72.86%.

KSB signed as a supplier for the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Somerset, England, with orders worth about USD 32.75 million. It will deliver four primary cooling pumps by 2020, and its subsidiaries will supply valves for 2019 to 2021 delivery.

Pentair plc announced completion of the sale of its Valves & Controls business to Emerson Electric for USD 3.15 billion, subject to customary working capital adjustments. Baer & Karrer acted as Swiss legal counsel to Pentair.

The US Federal Trade Commission approved Emerson Electric's acquisition of Pentair's Switzerland-based valves and controls business, valued at $3.15 billion, on condition that Emerson divest the Westlock Controls switchbox business to Crane Company.

Badger Meter signed an agreement to acquire D-Flow Technology AB of Luleå, Sweden, for approximately $23 million. The acquisition was effective May 1, 2017.

Comet, part of Emak, signed a binding contract to acquire 83.1% of Lavorwash from Zenith, with an initial valuation of about EUR 54.8 million. Closing is expected in early July 2017.

The US FTC gave conditional approval for Emerson's proposed $3.15 billion acquisition of Pentair plc under a proposed consent order requiring Emerson to divest Westlock Controls Corporation to Crane Co. The divestiture addresses combined switchbox market share of about 60%.

Emerson Automation Solutions inaugurated a new production building in Ölbronn-Dürrn, Baden-Württemberg, its center of excellence for miniature valves for analytical and medical technology and industrial proportional valves. The building has a 720 square meter cleanroom and about 100 employees work there.

Rotork's fluid power valve actuators have been ordered for multiple applications at a new grassroots refinery under construction in the Middle East.

General Electric inaugurated a plant in the municipality of Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico, where it will manufacture wellheads and Christmas trees for the hydrocarbons industry for export to 22 countries. The plant cost 190 million pesos and will employ 150 technicians and specialists.

Metso will supply 400 Neles emergency shutdown valves for an ethylene cracker in the Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex in Sohar, Oman, for Orpic, with delivery expected in early 2018.

Rotork has received orders for fluid power valve actuators for a new grassroots refinery under construction in the Middle East with a capacity of up to 400,000 barrels a day.

Nikkiso Co agreed to acquire Cryogenic Industries, which makes cryogenic pumps and equipment for industrial gas, LNG and energy markets. The acquisition is expected to close in August 2017, subject to regulatory approvals.

Rotork received multiple orders for fluid power valve actuators for a new grassroots refinery under construction in the Middle East. The orders include 70 LP linear pneumatic actuators for gate valves and over 200 GP and CP pneumatic actuators for butterfly valves in desalination and wastewater treatment plants.

SPX Flow will supply 2-stage ClydeUnion BB3 pumps for the Sand Hills pipeline expansion in a contract worth more than US$2 million. The pumps will move natural gas liquids from the Permian and Eagle Ford basins to Mont Belvieu, Texas.

SPX Flow will supply 20 BB1 5000 hp pump packages for the new 400-mile Midland-Sealy crude oil and condensate pipeline in Texas, in an order valued at more than US$10 million. The pumps will be made in Burlington, Canada and Glasgow, UK.

Emerson opened a new Asco production building in Ölbronn-Dürrn near Pforzheim on April 20, 2017. It houses a 720 m2 ISO class 8 cleanroom and is the center of excellence for miniature valves.

Concentric AB was awarded a 4-year contract to supply oil and coolant pumps for a global OEM's new 55 kW compact diesel engine. Production is scheduled to start in Q3 2017.

Metso was selected as main valve supplier for Metsä Fibre's next-generation bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland, supplying about 3,000 valves plus comprehensive maintenance and spare parts agreements. Mill start-up is scheduled for late summer 2017.

MRC Global became the preferred provider of pipe, valve and fitting products and services to PBF Energy under a five-year agreement. It will also serve PBF's recently acquired Torrance and Chalmette refineries.

Northwest Pump & Equipment has acquired the assets of Clackamas, Oregon-based Performance Pump, which offered over 20 lines of industrial pumping equipment. Performance Pump product lines and staff will join Northwest Pump.

Northern Ireland Water awarded FM Environmental Ltd a GBP 28 million contract for the supply of various pumps under a framework agreement.

Ampo Poyam Valves has completed construction of a 1,400 m2 valve manufacturing plant in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, wholly owned by Ampo.

Danish AVK Holdings has acquired the majority share of Chesterfield, England-based polyethylene electrofusion fittings maker Fusion Group Limited for an undisclosed sum.

Anderson Process, a Wisconsin-based process equipment supplier, acquired Werner-Todd Pump Co, a pump distributor and service provider in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, in Q1 2017.

KSB sold its Houston, Texas-based subsidiary KSB AMRI Inc to Bray International Inc, effective January 31, 2017.

Italy's Interpump Group bought Inoxpa Group, a Spanish maker of process equipment and flow handling systems for the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, in Q1 2017.

Sulzer completed its acquisition of Ensival Moret (EM) from Moret Industries in Q1 2017. The business is being integrated into Sulzer's Pumps Equipment division.

NOW Inc.'s US subsidiary DistributionNOW has signed an exclusive international distribution agreement with Kimray Inc. for Kimray's oilfield equipment.

Dover Corporation established the Pump Solutions Group combining Wilden, Blackmer, Almatec, Mouvex and Griswold, generating over $300 million in annualized revenue, with John D. Allen appointed president.

AMPO POYAM Valves received an order for 57 cryogenic butterfly valves and 1,198 ball, gate, globe and check valves for the fifth LNG storage tank at Fluxys LNG's Zeebrugge plant in Belgium, supplied through EPC Felguera IHI.

KRG Capital Partners, a Denver-based buyout firm, has entered into a merger agreement to sell PAS International Holdings, a valve component provider.