The Gorman-Rupp Company Acquires Fill-Rite and Sotera (Tuthill Division)
June 1, 2022
The Gorman-Rupp Company (NYSE: GRC) completed the acquisition of Fill-Rite and Sotera, a division of Tuthill Corporation, for $525 million (approximately $445 million net of expected tax benefits). The purchase adds Fill-Rite's pumps, meters and fluid-handling product lines and manufacturing facilities in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Lenexa, Kansas to Gorman-Rupp's portfolio, funded with cash and new debt facilities.
- Buyers
- The Gorman-Rupp Company
- Targets
- Fill-Rite and Sotera (division of Tuthill Corporation)
- Sellers
- Tuthill Corporation
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Indiana, United States
- Transaction Type
- Divestiture
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