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30 Jan 2025

Europe Digital Water Market Outlook: Key Drivers, Competitive Shifts, and Forecasts, 2024–2033 
Europe is the largest digital water market in the world, poised for significant growth in the digital water sector. Bluefield projects that the market will double from US$13.7 billion in 2024 to an impressive US$27.2 billion by 2033. This growth, underpinned by an 8.0% CAGR, highlights the increasing reliance on digital solutions to manage water. infrastructure more efficiently.

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Indicor Adds Aquam, Orbis to Expanding Water Portfolio 

Indicor’s acquisition of Orbis and Aquam further signals a strategic tilt toward the water & wastewater sector, with the company now holding four water-related companies...
19 Dec. 2024
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Water M&A

Indicor Wades Further into Digital Water with Ovarro Acquisition 

On 5 September 2024, private equity firm FFL Partners announced the sale of its stake in U.K.-based digital water solutions provider Ovarro Group Limited to...
24 Sep. 2024
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Water M&A

Industrial Water: Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q3 2021 

“Water positivity” takes hold within corporate water sustainability. Since Microsoft announced its goal to become water positive by 2030, companies across various industries including PepsiCo,...
8 Oct. 2021
Quarterly ReviewAnalysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Industrial Water

Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Trends and Deal Flow, Q3 2021 

The first half of 2021 saw the highest six-month deal flow recorded by Bluefield to date with 239 deals. The private water and digital water...
30 Sep. 2021
Quarterly ReviewAnalysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Water M&A

The “Amazon Effect” on Packaging, Water Management 

The growing prevalence of online purchasing and door-to-door deliveries, even in the absence of COVID, has been accelerating on the heels of the “Amazon Effect”—disruption...
9 Jul. 2021
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Industrial Water

Industrial Water: Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q2 2021 

In Q1 2021, the COVID-19 recovery is palpable across many verticals, particularly in regions of the world with high vaccination rates.
16 Jun. 2021
Quarterly ReviewAnalysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events.
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Aegion, Big Water Deals on the Menu for Outsiders 

St. Louis, Missouri-based Aegion Corporation announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity firm New Mountain Capital. The...
3 Mar. 2021
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY U.S. & Canada Municipal Water

Kurita Takes Bigger Step in U.S. Water Strategy 

On 8 February 2019, Japan-based Kurita Water Industries announced an agreement to acquire Minnesota-based U.S. Water Services from its parent company, Allete Inc., for US$270...
25 Feb. 2019
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
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BASF, Solenis Find Common Ground in Water 

On 2 May 2018, BASF and Solenis signed an agreement to combine BASF’s paper wet-end and water chemicals business with that of Solenis. Ownership of...
13 May. 2018
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.

Suez Outflanks Market with GE Water Deal 

On 8 March 2017, Paris based Suez and Canadian investment fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced the acquisition of GE’s water...
11 Mar. 2017
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.