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Spirax Sarco has acquired the assets and business of AFTCO, LLC from AMJ Equipment Corporation.

The production and sales of High Pressure Pumps, both as individual pumps and as systems, will be consolidated under the legal entity of “RMI Pressure Systems Limited” and the brand of “Armstrong RMI Pressure Systems”. The legal entity continues to be wholly owned by the Armstrong group.

SKF has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% of the Norwegian company RC DEI Norge AS from the AGR Group.

Franklin Electric, the world’s largest manufacturer of submersible electric motors and a global supplier of water pumping systems and fuel pumping systems announced that it has completed its acquisition of Little Giant Pump Company in a stock purchase transaction.

SKF has acquired 51% of the shares of the North American seals company Macrotech Polyseal Inc. As part of the agreement SKF will acquire the remaining 49% within three years. Macrotech is a leader in fluid power seals based on…

Pentair announced that it has acquired the assets of Krystil Klear, a privately held company, to complement existing businesses in its Water Group.

Controlotron and Siemens have signed an agreement whereby Siemens is to acquire the business activities of Controlotron, Hauppauge, New York, USA. Controlotron, a leading manufacturer of …

Eaton completed its purchase of Synflex. Eaton announced plans on March 10 to purchase the business from Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. has acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Soil Recovery A/S (“Soil Recovery”) from Kommunekemi A/S. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Parker Hannifin, the today announced it has acquired 70 percent of the shares of Japan-based Kuroda Pneumatics Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kuroda Pneumatics employs 150 people and had 2005 sales of approximately $50 million.