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National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced that it has acquired ASEP Group Holding B.V. (“ASEP”) and Anson Limited (“Anson”).

AxFlow UK Limited has acquired Yorkshire-based T.A.P.S. Ltd, one of the leading pump and mechanical seal service and repair operations in the North of England. The take-over, which was formalised in January, is a major development for AxFlow as it provides the Company with a substantial in-house pump maintenance engineering resource and operational base for its northern customers and prospects.

The European arm of Japanese pump manufacturer, Tsurumi has announced that it is to take control of French company CE2A, the long-standing Tsurumi pump dealership for the French market.

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.,the world’s largest manufacturer of submersible electric motors and a leading supplier of water pumping and fuel pumping systems, announced that it has completed the acquisition of seventy-five percent of the outstanding shares of Vertical S.p.A. (“Vertical”), for cash. Franklin Electric expects the transaction to be accretive to its earnings per share in 2009.

Franklin Electric, a global leader in the production and marketing of water pumping systems, proudly announces the purchase of CAL Pump. Franklin Electric is developing a growing position in the water transfer and water gardening markets with the recent acquisitions of the Little Giant Pump Company and Monarch Industries (Pump Division) and now CAL Pump.

Crane Co., a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products, announced that it has purchased all of the capital stock of Friedrich Krombach GmbH & Company KG Armaturenwerke and Krombach International GmbH, both of Kreuztal, Germany.

Just one year after the international pump corporation Grundfos added Peerless Pump Company to its group of companies, they have now acquired Yeomans Chicago Corporation (YCC) of Aurora, IL, which specializes in pumps for waste water.

Westley Group has completed the acquisition of the former Mather & Platt stainless steel foundry in Newton Heath, East Manchester, UK, from Weir Group plc for an undisclosed sum.

Sulzer has completed the acquisition of Capime, the privately owned turbo machinery service-provider based in Argentina, which was first announced in August.

Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has acquired Detroit Plasticos e Metais S/A (Detroit) of Sao Paulo, Brazil, a manufacturer of high performance fittings, valves, manifolds, and thermoplastic tubing.