ITT Corp. has
completed its acquisition of Blakers Pump Engineers (Blakers), a long-time
distributor of ITT’s Goulds Pumps brand in Australia. Goulds Pumps is a
leading brand of industrial pumps in the chemical, oil and gas, mining, power
and general industries.
The
acquisition will strengthen ITT’s presence and capabilities in Australia
especially in the oil and gas and mining industries. Terms of the agreement are
not being disclosed.
Headquartered
in Perth, Western Australia, Blakers supplies process and industrial quality
pumping equipment and provides technical and after sales services. It has
sales, repair and service facilities in Gladstone
and Brisbane, Queensland;
Sydney, New South Wales;
and Melbourne, Victoria.
In business
for more than 30 years, Blakers packages, tests, commissions and services
Goulds Pumps’ complete range of horizontal and vertical heavy-duty centrifugal
pumps for the oil and gas, mining, chemical, refining, water treatment, pulp
and paper, and general industries including ANSI and API 610 specifications in
the Australian market. The company also distributes ITT’s C’treat reverse
osmosis watermakers to provide fresh water supply to offshore platforms.
Blakers also distributes a broad portfolio of premium industrial products to
support the oil and gas industry. Blakers’ fiscal 2011 revenue was
approximately $27 million.