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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.

Pentair plc announced that it completed the previously announced transaction to acquire the assets of Ken’s Beverage, Inc. (KBI), for approximately $80 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. For over 35 years, and operating with 30 branches and over 300 trained technicians, KBI has provided beverage equipment and services to commercial customers.

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. announced that it has acquired New Aqua, LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana in an all-cash transaction valued at $150 million, subject to customary adjustments.