Simmons Pump and Simflo Pumps, two of the U.S.’s top providers of industrial, agriculture and municipal-use pumps have merged, effective Jan. 17. The company will be privately held and operate under the SIMFLO name and brand.

David Pickering, Jay Pickering, Don Pickering and Gene Alexander were named executive officers of the new SIMFLO company. All of the 120 employees of the two companies have been retained and company headquarters will be located in Lubbock, Texas, but will still have an office presence in Willcox, Arizona and Garden City, Kansas.