Add-on Acquisition • Environmental

Xylem Acquires Pims Group

On February 5, 2013, Xylem acquired environmental company Pims Group from Inflexion for 57M USD

Acquisition Context
  • This is Xylem’s 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is Xylem’s 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Xylem’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date February 5, 2013
Target Pims Group
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) Xylem
Sellers(s) Inflexion
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 57M USD

Target Company

Pims Group

Farnborough,Hampshire, United Kingdom
Pims Group Ltd. provides maintenance services for water and wastewater systems. Design, install and commission sewage and storm water pumping stations. We refurbish existing pumping systems and we offer planned maintenance contracts or emergency call-out services for almost any pumping system.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Xylem

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Machinery
Employees23,000
Revenue 8.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Xylem is a global water technology company. Xylem designs, manufactures, and services highly engineered solutions ranging across a wide variety of critical applications primarily in the water sector, but also in electric and gas. Xylem was founded in 2011 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 8 of 16
Sector: Environmental 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition 8 of 15
Country: United Kingdom 1 of 1
Year: 2013 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-26 Heartland Pump Rental & Sales

Carterville, Illinois, United States

Heartland Pump Rental & Sales, Inc. is a provider of dewatering solutions. Heartland Pump is based in Carterville, Illinois and has branches in Evansville, Indiana, Horn Lake, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Buy $29M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-01 MultiTrode Pty

Eight Mile Plains, Australia

Multitrode is a total solution provider for the municipal water and wastewater pump station industry worldwide.We help municipal and private water and wastewater authorities realize significant savings on operating costs - reducing energy consumption, call-outs, failures, and overflows. Setting the standard in innovative technology, Multitrode supplies pump station controllers and supervisors; level-sensing devices; web-based monitoring services; SCADA software; panels; and engineering and integration services.

Buy $26M

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Inflexion

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 10.0B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Inflexion is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in UK-based founder and family-owned businesses. Broad areas of interest include consumer products/services, business services, healthcare, industrials, technology, and financial services. The Firm's target investment size is £10 to £500 million. Inflexion was formed in 1999 and is based in London.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 11 of 63
Sector: Environmental 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 5 of 31
Country: United Kingdom 11 of 62
Year: 2013 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 17 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-17 Harrington Brooks

Manchester, United Kingdom

Harrington Brooks is a debt solutions providers, with almost 50,000 Debt Management and IVA customers nationwide. Harrington Brooks was established in 1998 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-07 On the Beach Group

Manchester, United Kingdom

On the Beach Group is an online retailer of beach holidays. On the Beach Group was founded in 2003 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Buy £73M