AxFlow, the fluid handling group of Axel Johnson International, acquired Advanced Pump Technologies Pty Ltd, a Perth-based pump distributor serving mining, industrial and irrigation markets in Western Australia, including exclusive Lowara distribution rights.
Nomo Group, a Power Transmission Solutions company within Axel Johnson International, is acquiring a majority stake in Finnish seals specialist Top-Osa of Tampere. The deal expands Nomo's sealing offering across the Nordics.
Axel Johnson International appointed Thomas Ekman as its new Board Chair, succeeding Mia Brunell Livfors, who was unavailable for re-election. Ekman is CEO of Axel Johnson AB.
AxFlow's subsidiary Brown Brothers Engineers has acquired SPX Flow Technology New Zealand Ltd., a sales and service organization for APV, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell and other fluid-handling brands, which will be renamed Brown Brothers Engineers Flow Technology Ltd.
AxFlow Germany, part of Axel Johnson International's Fluid Handling Solutions group, acquired family-owned pump repair and maintenance company Pumpen Karrer, creating a regional base in the Allgau region west of Munich. The announcement was made on February 1, 2018.
AxFlow Holding, the fluid handling business group of Axel Johnson International, acquired Bahr Pump in Estonia, Pumptechnique in Latvia and Flow Technologies in Lithuania, closing on December 20, 2017. The deal gives AxFlow its first Baltic market presence.
Axel Johnson International, through its AxFlow business group, acquired Process Partner AS, a Larvik-based Norwegian distributor of process instruments and positive displacement pumps. The deal strengthens AxFlow's fluid handling business in the Nordics.