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SKF has signed an agreement with the British company Edwards Limited to acquire its subsidiary S2M, the world’s leading company in magnetic bearings. SKF had already earlier 12% of the share capital in S2M.

IIR Exhibitions Pte Ltd has acquired the business assets of HQ Link Pte Ltd, the leading Exhibition Organiser in Asia, with effect from 3rd July 2007.

Pluris Energy continues to make progress related to its international business development agenda in South America. The Company is pressing forward to close on the San Enrique Petrolera, SA (“San Enrique”) acquisition.

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced the acquisition of Mitos Technologies, Inc.

Franklin Electric, the world’s largest manufacturer of submersible electric motors and a leading supplier of water pumping and fueling pumping systems, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Pump Brands (Pty) Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa (“Pump Brands”) in a stock transaction.

SKF has acquired Baker Instruments Company, Ft Collins, Colorado in USA, a leading manufacturer of test and diagnostic instruments for electric motor assessment.

IDEX Corporation announced the acquisition of Quadro Engineering, a leading provider of particle control solutions for the pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical markets. Quadro’s core capabilities include fine milling, emulsification and special handling of liquid and solid…

On February 16, 2007, Sulzer announced its interest in the acquisition of selected pump lines of The Weir Group PLC, Glasgow, Scotland. Negotiations will not be continued, as no agreement was reached concerning intellectual property rights.

Colfax Corporation announced it has completed its acquisition of Lubrication Systems Company (LSC) in Houston, Texas from shareholders of LSC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Pentair announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Porous Media, a privately held Minnesota company with manufacturing operations in both Minnesota and Texas. The acquisition accelerates the Company’s water strategy by strengthening its filtration and separation technology portfolio and extending its reach into attractive new markets.