STOCKHOLM—Piab Group has acquired COVAL, a major global manufacturer of vacuum automation components and systems. 

The job of the vacuum pump is to generate a relative vacuum within a capacity. For vacuum handling, this capacity generally consists of: the internal volume of the suction cups to be evacuated and the volume of the network (air lines).

Among Forrest Gump’s greatest life lessons was the insight that you could never be certain what you would find inside a box of chocolates. Although Gump never actually clarified what that uncertainty is, it’s generally assumed he was referring to the various types of fillings hidden in chocolate candies.