TOKYO — EBARA CORPORATION (EBARA) executed a stock purchase agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Çiğli Su Teknolojileri A.Ş., the parent company of Vansan Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., a Turkish pump manufacturer, and Vansan Makina Montaj ve Pazarlama A.Ş. (Vansan), with current shareholders.

DUBUQUE, Iowa - A.Y. McDonald has acquired Val-Matic Valve & Mfg. Corporation, of Elmhurst, Illinois on December 31, 2020. Val-Matic Valve was founded in 1966 by Andrew Nuter and is a manufacturer of fourteen valve product lines for the water and wastewater, industrial, commercial building construction, and plumbing industries with an additional manufacturing facility in Addison, Illinois.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Longtime Warren Controls sales representative Noel Henderson passed away on Dec. 22, 2020. Here is his obituary, provided by Warren Controls.

Those in industry throughout the Ohio Valley lost a dear friend and colleague on December 22, 2020. Four days after his 73rd birthday, Noel Henderson left us. Leaving behind his wife, Debbie, children Colin and Danielle, and grandson, Alex.

AMHERST, N.Y. – Griffco Valve, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of pump accessories distributed worldwide for chemical-feed systems, announces the appointment of Wayne Wawrzyniec as the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer. He will be responsible for all areas of company operations including manufacturing, finance, quality, and administration.

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. -- Herc Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HRI), a North American equipment rental supplier operating as Herc Rentals Inc., announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Houston-based Champion Rentals, Inc. (Champion). Terms were not disclosed.Champion is a full-service general equipment rental company comprising approximately 100 employees and four locations serving contractors and industrial, manufacturing and government customers in the Houston metropolitan area.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- SPX FLOW, Inc.