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Atlas Copco has acquired Appleton Compressor Service & Supply, Inc. (Appleton). The company sells mainly directly to end users.

Pentair plc announced that it has completed the acquisition of Aquion for $160million in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.

Recently, in Southeast Asia, the demand for flood control has increased and early recovery from flood damage has become a major issue. Drainage pump trucks equipped with Ebara pumps have also been delivered to Laos and Vietnam in Southeast Asia.

Brown Brothers Engineers/Kelair Pumps,part of the AxFlow Group, is strengthening its service offering with the acquisition of GT Water Technologies (GT Water) a family-owned company specialising in services around water storage tanks to the building and fire safety markets in the Melbourne area.

On 1st April 2019, Knoll Maschinenbau is selling the progressing cavity pump business area (MX series) to Pumpenfabrik Wangen.

Pentair announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pelican Water Systems for $120 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. Pelican Water Systems provides residential whole home water treatment systems.

Atlas Copco has acquired German Industrie Pumpen Vertriebs GmbH (IPV). The company is a distributor of industrial pumps for the Varisco brand.

Pentair plc today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aquion for $160 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. Aquion offers a diverse line of water conditioners, water filters, drinking-water purifiers, ozone and ultraviolet disinfection systems, reverse osmosis systems and acid neutralizers for the residential and commercial water treatment industry.

The Verder Group, a Dutch family-owned business specializing in the manufacture and distribution of pumps and laboratory equipment, acquires the South-Korean pump manufacturer JEC Ltd.

Flowrox Oy, a manufacturer of industrial valves and pumps, has acquired NovaTek AB, Swedish filtration technology company. This acquisition complements Flowrox s product offering, including filter maintenance and spare parts services, and a growing variety of automation and accompanying services.