AxFlow AB, a company within the Axel Johnson group, has aquired Esspump AB, a supplier and developer of pumps and pumping systems. Esspump's customers operate within the chemical, mining, water and waste water, pulp and paper, energy and food and pharmaceutical industries. Through this acquisition, AxFlow extends its product portfolio and Swedish market coverage, and becomes one of the largest distributors of displacement pumps in Sweden.

AxFlow was advised by Mannheimer Swartling. The firm's team was led by Martin Ericsson, mainly assisted by Viktor Leisnert and Rebecca Esplund (M&A).