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Hach Company is pleased to announce the acquisition of Marsh-McBirney and welcomes Marsh-McBirney to the Hach family of products. By combining both companies’ strengths with a shared commitment to accuracy, reliability and service, the new partnership will help further provide support of their leading edge products for the benefit of customers worldwide.

Today Tecumseh announced that it had signed an agreement to sell its subsidiary, Little Giant Pump Company, to Franklin Electric Co., Inc. Little Giant Pump Company represents approximately 90% of the Company’s Pump business segment.

Eaton announced it has signed an agreement with Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation to purchase its Synflex business unit. The transaction, expected to close by the end of March, is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Terms were not disclosed.

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has signed an agreement to acquire the Fruit Preparation activity from Tetra Pak.

Flotek Industries, Inc. announced the signing of letter of intent to purchase the assets of Total Well Solutions, LLC (“TWS”) for approximately $3.2 million in cash. The deal is anticipated to close during the first quarter pending final due diligence.

Parker Hannifin Corporation announced it has acquired the assets of Denquip Systems (Proprietary) Limited and Denquip Hydraulics (Proprietary) Limited, both located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

ITT Industries has completed the sale of its automotive brake & fuel tubing and components business to Cooper-Standard Automotive, a privately-held company, for approximately $205 million.

PXPUMPS has been working aggressively to establish a solid US base of operations to penetrate the substantial US market for submersible waste water pumps.

Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that it has acquired Nova Technology Corporation (“Nova”) of Broussard, Louisiana for approximately $70 million in cash and assumed debt. Nova is a leading supplier of permanent monitoring, chemical injection systems,…

ITT Industries announced that it has sold the company’s Germany-based Richter Chemie-Technik GmbH (Richter) to The Riverside Company, a private equity investor. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Richter is a leading manufacturer of pumps and valves for selected segments in the chemical, fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries.