With 2012 behind us, we've put together a list of 12 acquisitions that took place within the pump industry during the year – one for each month.
January 2012
Sulzer seals Hidrotecar purchase
February 2012
KSB acquires Danish pump maker Smedegaard
March 2012
April 2012
DXP Enterprises makes three pump acquisitions
May 2012
Best PumpWorks buys American Pump Technology
June 2012
PSV Holdings to sell pump business to WPIL
July 2012
HMS Group to buy German pump maker Apollo Goessnitz
August 2012
National Oilwell Varco to acquire Robbins & Myers
September 2012
Pentair to merge with Tyco’s Flow Control business
October 2012
Xylem expands in dewatering with Heartland Pump Rental acquisition
November 2012
ITT seals Bornemann Pumps purchase
December 2012
Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial business rebranded as Neodyne Industries
There'll be a complete listing and analysis of 2012’s pump-related merger and acquisition activity in the January and February 2013 issues of Pump Industry Analyst newsletter.