Uniwater Acquires Danish Company Kudsk

WEG announced the signing of agreements to acquire Volt Electric Motors (“Volt”), a Turkish manufacturer of industrial and commercial electric motors, a subsidiary of the Saya Group. The acquisition value is US$ 88 million (Enterprise Value – EV), to be paid after the transaction is completed, subject to common price adjustments for this type of operation.

FFL Partners (“FFL”), a private equity firm focused on growth investments, today announced that it has agreed to sell its investment in Ovarro, specialist in critical infrastructure technologies, to Indicor, LLC (“Indicor”), a diversified industrial company specializing in mission-critical technologies across various niche markets.

ARI-Armaturen Albert Richter GmbH & Co. KG (ARI), a leading European valve-industry company, has announced the acquisition of Warren Controls, Inc., a control valve company based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Emcovele S.A., a compressor distributor in Ecuador, has become part of Atlas Copco Group. The company, located in Quito and Guayaquil, has 49 employees, and offers sales and service of compressed air technology.

De.mem, the international provider of decentralized water treatment systems and membrane technology, is coming up with the next acquisition. Following the recent transaction in which De.mem acquired the pump manufacturer Border Pumpworks, the Australian-headquartered company has now secured another acquisition candidate in the highly fragmented Australian market: Auswater Systems.

Vanessa Lopez, Research Analyst, at Interact Analysis examines Siemen’s acquisition announcement in detail. Siemens has been making big waves in its divestitures and acquisitions over the last few years. Most recently, it divested several business units worth nearly €3 billion into the newly formed Innomotics, which is currently up for sale.