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Busch Group USA has expanded its presence by acquiring Total Maintenance Solutions (TMS) in Milan, Illinois. This strategic move strengthens Busch’s market position and accelerates growth, combining expertise to enhance vacuum solutions for customers in key sectors.

Sulzer announces the acquisition of Davies and Mills, an electromechanical services (EMS) provider based in Bahrain. With this acquisition, Sulzer expands its regional footprint in the Middle East to six service locations, welcoming 53 former Davies and Mills employees to the Sulzer family in Bahrain. The acquisition was concluded in January 2025, bringing exceptional expertise to Sulzer’s portfolio.

DESMI is proud to announce the acquisition of Nordan Marine.

Trelleborg has finalized the acquisition of CRC Distribution, a distributor of polymer seals and services for hydraulics, hydropower, oil and gas and fluid power applications located in Robertsdale, Alabama.

AxFlow has reached an agreement to divest INNVA A/S to Hawle Austria Group. This decision comes after five successful years of collaboration and growth with INNVA as part of AxFlow Norway.

Effective January 9, 2025, Svanehøj has acquired Netherlands-based European Pump Services (EPS) B.V., a company specializing in the integration and service of pump solutions for the industrial, offshore and maritime sectors. It is Svanehøj’s fourth acquisition in last four years, and the first since joining ITT Inc. in January 2024.

Hoyer has taken a strategic step forward with its acquisition of NowiTek, an automation solutions developer specialising in scalable SCADA platforms and PLC-programming. The move reinforces Hoyer’s commitment to bringing advanced, automated solutions that save energy, reduce costs, and contribute to decarbonisation for customers in the Marine, Industry, HVAC, and Energy industries.

Global water solutions company Xylem announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Idrica, a leader in water data management and analytics, to empower water utilities with intelligent solutions for their most critical challenges.

Pentair plc, specialized in helping the world sustainably move, improve and enjoy water, life’s most essential resource, announced that it has acquired Florida-based G&F Manufacturing, LLC for approximately $108 million in cash at closing, subject to certain adjustments. The acquisition is expected to be modestly accretive to Pentair earnings in 2025. G&F Manufacturing, LLC manufactures and services heat pumps for pools under the Gulfstream brand in the Southeast portion of the United States.

NORMA Group intends to focus even more strongly on its core business joining technology. The Management Board decided to initiate a divestment process for the global business activities of the strategic business unit Water Management.