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The boards of British Water and the Water Industry Forum have confirmed that the proposed merger of their two organisations is to go ahead and will now prepare detailed plans and agree the timetable leading to merger later this year.

AxFlow Holding AB announced the acquisition of System Cleaners – a Danish provider of complete open plant cleaning systems and products for the global food and beverage industry.

Endress+Hauser is wrapping up the integration of SensAction AG, a specialist in the field of concentration measurement for liquids based in Coburg, Germany. Now operating as Endress+Hauser Flow Germany AG, the company’s products and technologies broaden Endress+Hauser’s offering for measuring and analyzing quality parameters.

With effect from 1 July, Schwanner GmbH will become a full member of the BUTTING Group – and 80 employees will join the BUTTING family. Our shared vision is to combine our strengths in the field of pipe production and plant construction with the special expertise in vacuum-insulated pipes.

Seepex, specialist for Progressive Cavity Pumps, pump systems and Digital Solutions joins Ingersoll Rand in order to accelerate its growth and continue its more than 45-year success story.

AxFlow Italy announces completion of an acquisition of RPT S.r.l. – experts in the complete overhaul and technical revision of centrifugal and volumetric pumps as well as industrial mixers.

GEA signed an agreement to sell its refrigeration contracting operations in Spain and Italy to Clauger, the French family-owned company that specializes in industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning systems. The transaction is in line with GEA’s portfolio optimization strategy to divest selected business operations with comparatively low margins.

Anderson Process, one of the Midwest’s leading suppliers of process equipment and services, has acquired Premier Pump Inc., a long-standing pump distributor and service provider out of Cleveland, Ohio.

The Verder Group, a Dutch family-owned business specializing in the manufacture and distribution of pumps and laboratory equipment, has announced its acquisition of the Jabsco rotary lobe pump product line from Xylem.

Sulzer Ltd announces the intention to spin-off its Applicator Systems (APS) division through a 1:1 share split, granting Sulzer shareholders one APS share in addition to each Sulzer share held.