UPDATE 1-Pump maker Pentair to buy Erico Global in $1.8 bln deal
August 17, 2015 at 07:44 AM EDT
Aug 17 (Reuters) - Pump and valve maker Pentair Plc agreed to buy fastening products maker Erico Global Co for $1.8 billion in cash, including debt, weeks after activist investor Nelson Peltz asked the company to bulk up through deals.