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Sulzer has signed an agreement to acquire the privately owned turbomachinery service-provider Capime. The company is based in Argentina and serves customers across South America.

Gardner Denver announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Best Aire, a U.S. distributor of compressed air and gas products,serving the Ohio market through its headquarters in Millbury, Ohio, with additional distribution operations in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Indianapolis, Indiana.

Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has acquired privately held Marelli Pumps, a leader in the design and manufacture of heavy duty centrifugal pumps. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Cardo has acquired the Finnish company Kajaani Process Measurements Oy, which is one of Finland s leading manufacturers of sophisticated measuring instruments for the pulp and paper industry. The information is not deemed to be stock price sensitive information.

ABB has signed an agreement to acquire U.S. transformer company Kuhlman Electric Corporation for an undisclosed amount from global private equity firm The Carlyle Group to expand its power products portfolio in the Americas.

Pentair, Inc. and GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of the General Electric Company, today announced a joint venture to combine their respective global water softener and residential water filtration businesses.

Parker Hannifin Corporation today announced that it has acquired Titan Industries, a manufacturer of industrial rubber, custom made and composite hoses for fluid and material transfer as well as related products, services, and accessories.

Pentair and GE Water & Process Technologies announced that they are engaged in discussions to establish a joint venture to combine their respective global water softener and residential water filtration businesses.

Georg Fischer acquires the business activities of Alfa Plastics Inc. in Brampton (Toronto), Ontario.

Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that it has acquired two reservoir consulting firms — Gaffney, Cline & Associates and GeoMechanics International — strengthening the company’s capabilities in reservoir engineering, technical and managerial advisory services and reservoir geomechanics.