Industrial Flow Solutions, an industrial pumping solutions provider headquartered in New Haven, Conn., recently announced that it will acquire Clearwater Controls Ltd, a wastewater solutions provider based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Clearwater Controls offers a broad line of wastewater products, including deragging intelligent and process advanced monitoring technology. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but Clearwater Controls will retain its company name and brand.
Clearwater Controls is known worldwide for its line of intelligent deragging control systems, titled DERAGGER™+. The company also recently began bringing the Internet of Things (IoT) technology into its offers with cloud-based data analytics and management, designed for water networks.
Clearwater Controls’ products analyze and create baseline data on the performance of their pump networks to optimize operations, identify problems, perform predictive maintenance and avoid environmental impacts.
Industrial Flow Solutions hopes to incorporate Clearwater Controls’ DERAGGER PRO pump station controller across its brands — especially its OverWatch™ Direct In-Line Pumping System platform.
“As technology and smart data bring new changes to the water industry, this acquisition will establish Industrial Flow Solutions and Clearwater Controls as leaders in the new digital revolution,” said John Wilson, President of Industrial Flow Solutions. “This new partnership supports our combined missions to transform any industry that relies on high usage of water and the need for treatment.”
Wilson expects a dramatic increase in Clearwater Controls’ business as it develops a greater product range for the DERAGGER+ and expands its global customer base.
“This acquisition is of mutual benefit to both companies, making each uniquely more competitive,” Wilson said. “We will provide Clearwater Controls with resources and expertise to strengthen its business overall. Reciprocally, Clearwater Controls’ unique and agnostic control solutions open a huge opportunity for Industrial Flow Solutions to access a worldwide market,” Wilson added.
