Acquisition of Hydroflo will benefit both companies going forward.

John Hazen White Jr. of Taco (left) and Brian Daschner of Hydroflo
announce Taco’s acquisition. Photo courtesy of Taco
Taco Inc. has purchased
Hydroflo Pumps - a privately owned and operated company based
in Fairview, Tenn. Announcement of the purchase was made by
John Hazen
White Jr., owner of Taco, and
Brian Daschner, CEO
of Hydroflo (both pictured here).
Hydroflo is a
manufacturer of vertical and submersible turbine driven pumps for use in a
range of industries. Its pumps, which come with an investment cast steel
impellers and ductile iron discharge heads for greater strength and resistance
to corrosion, are used in HVAC , municipal water systems, agricultural
irrigation and mining operations.
In addition
to its Fairview facility, the company maintains assembly and distribution
facilities in Culver, Ind.; Marion, Ark.; Grand Island, Neb.; Brownfield, Texas
and Fresno, Calif. To serve its Latin American customers, Hydroflo also
maintains a sales and distribution facility in Panama Pacifico.
According to
the agreement, Brian Daschner will continue to stay on as CEO. Under the terms
of the sale, Hydroflo becomes a wholly owned division of Taco Inc.
“We have been
doing business with Hydroflo for a couple of years now, providing products to
meet each others’ needs, and we saw a mutual opportunity through this
acquisition to grow both Hydroflo and Taco,” said Hazen White Jr. “It opens up
whole new markets for Taco and allows us to invest in Hydroflo to boost its
pump technology and increase its business in all the markets it serves.”
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