DeZurik, Inc. (Sartell, Minn.; www.dezurik.com), a global leader in municipal and industrial valves, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Hilton Valve, Inc., a producer of fabricated large-diameter and custom knife-gate valves, effective July 9, 2012. The combining of Hilton products and operations with those of DeZurik creates one of the broadest knife-gate and engineered valve companies in the industry. DeZurik will acquire all Hilton products and production capability while Hilton operations will remain in their Redmond, Wash. facility, which includes engineering and manufacturing to produce valves up to 144-in. in diameter. The Hilton name will be retained as a brand of DeZurik, Inc. Consolidated sales activity will be coordinated between DeZurik and Hilton with continuing product technical and project engineering support provided by Hilton.