{"id":74219,"date":"2025-12-18T12:15:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calpeda.com\/2025\/12\/18\/official-announcement\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:05:46","slug":"official-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calpeda.com\/au\/2025\/12\/18\/official-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Official announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wateralia strengthens its presence in Australia with the acquisition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquatecenviro.com\/\">Aquatec<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wateralia, a global player in the design, engineering and manufacture of pumps for the integrated water cycle,\u00a0<strong>operating through the Calpeda and Caprari Groups<\/strong>, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of\u00a0<strong>Aquatec<\/strong>, an Australian company and a leader in the design and delivery of solutions for water management and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in\u00a0<strong>Shepparton (Victoria, Australia)<\/strong>, Aquatec designs and delivers solutions for the management of clean and wastewater. Its offering includes pumping stations, treatment technologies, water reuse and supply solutions, as well as odour control systems.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to its ability to provide\u00a0<strong>complete, tailor-made solutions<\/strong>, Aquatec has experienced rapid growth in Australia and New Zealand, supporting its customers throughout the entire project lifecycle, from design and engineering to manufacturing, installation and commissioning. Today, Aquatec is recognised as a\u00a0<strong>trusted partner<\/strong>\u00a0by its customers, based on strong engineering and design capabilities, high quality standards and a customer-focused approach.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition of Aquatec strengthens Wateralia\u2019s presence in the Australian water market and enables the Group to\u00a0<strong>integrate and further expand its engineering and system integration capabilities<\/strong>, introducing a business model that can be replicated in other system- and solution-oriented markets.<\/p>\n<p>Following completion of the transaction, the\u00a0<strong>Wateralia Group<\/strong>\u00a0reaches revenues of approximately\u00a0<strong>\u20ac400 million<\/strong>, generated in more than\u00a0<strong>140 countries<\/strong>, with over\u00a0<strong>1,200 employees<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>6 manufacturing plants<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>26 international subsidiaries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calpeda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Aquatec-PR_English_vF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> for the press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wateralia strengthens its presence in Australia with the acquisition of Aquatec Wateralia, a global player in the design, engineering and manufacture of pumps for the integrated water cycle,\u00a0operating through the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":74194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1374],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-74219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-au"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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