{"id":17778,"date":"2018-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:36:26","slug":"harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Water Softeners har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Culligan International"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Livingstone has advised the shareholders of Harvey Water Softeners, the leading manufacturer and retailer of water softeners in the UK, on its sale to global water treatment solutions provider Culligan International. Established in 1978 by founder Harvey Bowden, the business is widely recognised as the premier supplier of water softeners and related products in the UK and Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Founder Harvey Bowden, who will remain Chairman of the Harvey Water Softeners and will also work within the wider Culligan group going forwards, commented: \u201cWe are thrilled to have concluded a deal with Culligan. Seeing the business that we have built over many years well positioned to move forward with a partner capable of helping it to achieve its huge potential is both incredibly exciting and rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>Livingstone exceeded our expectations. They worked tirelessly on our behalf, shared their expertise and proved to be great negotiators who assisted us in achieving a successful outcome. Selling your business is something you\u2019ll only do once so get it right, thoroughly recommended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Culligan\u2019s EMEA President, Laurence Bower, commented: \u201cWe are incredibly pleased to welcome Harvey\u2019s to the Culligan group. Livingstone were an excellent advisor to engage with through the process; they were highly effective in managing the transaction on behalf of the sellers to a successful conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvey Water Softeners \u00e4r ett anrikt premiumvarum\u00e4rke inom vattenavkalkningsmedel i Storbritannien och Belgien. <\/p>\n<p>Livingstone agerade r\u00e5dgivare till Harvey Water Softeners vid f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningen. Teamet ledde processen och bidrog med branschkunskap och f\u00f6rhandlingsexpertis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3522,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-17778","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[""],"date":"20181214","client_type":58,"type":[1063],"region":[409,410,1224],"services":[469],"sectors":[901,916,899,903],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":[53489],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Harvey Water Softeners har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Culligan International - Livingstone Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sv_SE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harvey Water Softeners har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Culligan International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Harvey Water Softeners \u00e4r ett anrikt premiumvarum\u00e4rke inom vattenavkalkningsmedel i Storbritannien och Belgien.  Livingstone agerade r\u00e5dgivare till Harvey Water Softeners vid f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningen. Teamet ledde processen och bidrog med branschkunskap och f\u00f6rhandlingsexpertis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Livingstone Partners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-25T14:36:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b37f3a9e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Ber\u00e4knad l\u00e4stid\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minut\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/transaction\\\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/transaction\\\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\\\/\",\"name\":\"Harvey Water Softeners har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Culligan International - Livingstone Partners\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/transaction\\\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/transaction\\\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b37f3a9e.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-14T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-25T14:36:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/transaction\\\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"sv-SE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/transaction\\\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sv-SE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/transaction\\\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b37f3a9e.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/b37f3a9e.jpg\",\"width\":1400,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Harvey Water Softeners has been acquired by Culligan International\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/transaction\\\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Homepage\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Transactions\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/transaction\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Harvey Water Softeners har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Culligan International\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/\",\"name\":\"Livingstone Partners\",\"description\":\"Deals Done Right.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"sv-SE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Livingstone Partners\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sv-SE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/logo_livingstone.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/logo_livingstone.svg\",\"caption\":\"Livingstone Partners\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/livingstonepartners.com\\\/sv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/livingstone\\\/\"],\"description\":\"Livingstone is an independent, global M&A and debt advisory firm with a proven track record of delivering exceptional outcomes for private and public businesses and private equity investors.\",\"email\":\"marketing@livingstonepartners.com\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Harvey Water Softeners har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Culligan International - Livingstone Partners","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/","og_locale":"sv_SE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Harvey Water Softeners har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Culligan International","og_description":"Harvey Water Softeners \u00e4r ett anrikt premiumvarum\u00e4rke inom vattenavkalkningsmedel i Storbritannien och Belgien.  Livingstone agerade r\u00e5dgivare till Harvey Water Softeners vid f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningen. Teamet ledde processen och bidrog med branschkunskap och f\u00f6rhandlingsexpertis.","og_url":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/","og_site_name":"Livingstone Partners","article_modified_time":"2026-06-25T14:36:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1400,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b37f3a9e.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Ber\u00e4knad l\u00e4stid":"1 minut"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/","url":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/","name":"Harvey Water Softeners har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Culligan International - Livingstone Partners","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b37f3a9e.jpg","datePublished":"2018-12-14T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-25T14:36:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"sv-SE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sv-SE","@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b37f3a9e.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b37f3a9e.jpg","width":1400,"height":800,"caption":"Harvey Water Softeners has been acquired by Culligan International"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/harvey-water-softeners-has-been-acquired-by-culligan-international\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Homepage","item":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Transactions","item":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/transaction\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Harvey Water Softeners har f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvats av Culligan International"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/","name":"Livingstone Partners","description":"Deals Done Right.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"sv-SE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/#organization","name":"Livingstone Partners","url":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sv-SE","@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo_livingstone.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo_livingstone.svg","caption":"Livingstone Partners"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/livingstone\/"],"description":"Livingstone is an independent, global M&A and debt advisory firm with a proven track record of delivering exceptional outcomes for private and public businesses and private equity investors.","email":"marketing@livingstonepartners.com"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/transaction\/17778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/transaction"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/transaction"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/transaction\/17778\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonial\/53489"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/transaction\/"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"sector","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector\/903"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"sector","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector\/899"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"sector","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector\/916"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"sector","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector\/901"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"service","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/469"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"region","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region\/1224"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"region","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region\/410"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"region","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region\/409"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"transaction-type","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/transaction-type\/1063"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"client-type","href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/client-type\/58"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"client-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/client-type?post=17778"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=17778"},{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=17778"},{"taxonomy":"service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service?post=17778"},{"taxonomy":"transaction-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/transaction-type?post=17778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}