Ovivo Acquires FilterBoxx Water & Environmental

Ecolab Acquires Ovivo Electronics' Ultrapure Water Business

December 16, 2025

Environmental Services

Ecolab has closed its previously announced acquisition of Ovivo’s electronics ultrapure water business, providing technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. The deal creates an end-to-end platform for circular water management for microelectronics and AI-related customers, while the acquired business will remain headquartered near Basel, Switzerland and use the Ovivo brand.

Ovivo Inc. Acquires E2metrix Inc.

February 15, 2024

Environmental Services

Ovivo Inc., a Montreal-based global water and wastewater treatment equipment and systems provider, has acquired Sherbrooke-based E2metrix Inc., a developer of electrochemical technologies for PFAS destruction. Ovivo had previously made a strategic investment in E2metrix in 2022 and will integrate E2metrix's electrochemical oxidation technology to accelerate commercialization and offer an onsite PFAS destruction solution across municipal and industrial water applications.

Ovivo Inc. Acquires Wastech Systems (Wastech Controls & Engineering)

July 6, 2022

Industrial Services

Ovivo Inc. has acquired Wastech Controls & Engineering (now Wastech Systems LLC), a Chatsworth, California-based process system integrator that designs and manufactures turnkey industrial wastewater treatment systems. The deal brings Wastech’s engineering, manufacturing and automation capabilities into Ovivo’s global water and wastewater platform to bolster its North American systems offering and create cross-selling opportunities in end markets such as biopharma, food & beverage and microelectronics.

Evoqua Water Technologies Acquires Frontier Water Systems

April 4, 2022

Environmental Services

Evoqua Water Technologies purchased the remaining equity of San Diego-based Frontier Water Systems, completing its acquisition after an initial majority investment in 2019. Frontier, a supplier of modular bioreactor engineered equipment for removal of selenium, nitrate and metals from industrial wastewater, will expand Evoqua’s advanced wastewater treatment capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

Ovivo Acquires ALAR (Alar Engineering Corporation)

November 20, 2020

Industrial Services

Ovivo Inc., a global water and wastewater treatment equipment and systems provider, has acquired the businesses of Alar Engineering Corporation, Alar Chemical Sales Inc. and Alar Leasing Inc. (together "ALAR"). The acquisition adds ALAR's dewatering equipment, chemical products and Central U.S. presence in Mokena, Illinois, to Ovivo's industrial water capabilities and supports Ovivo's expansion in North American industrial wastewater markets.

Blue Box Acquires Filtration Services Group (FSG)

February 4, 2020

Industrial Services

Blue Box, a Dallas-based building optimization company, has acquired Filtration Services Group (FSG), a filtration process and onsite maintenance provider with offices in Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Missouri. The acquisition expands Blue Box's capabilities by combining its BioEnzyme HVAC optimization technology with FSG's filtration products and maintenance programs to deliver broader air-quality and carbon-reduction solutions for industrial and commercial customers.