MRC Global Inc. (NYSE: MRC) announced May 29 that MRC Global's Singapore subsidiary, MRC Transmark Pte. Ltd., has acquired MSD Engineering (Pte) Ltd.

Located in Singapore, MSD Engineering is a major distributor and regional service provider of valve and valve automation solutions to customers in Singapore, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan. MSD Engineering had 2013 sales of $26 million, and will now operate as MRC MSD Engineering.

"This acquisition complements our current MRC Transmark valve business in Southeast Asia and is consistent with our announced strategy to grow our valve and valve automation business and to expand geographically into Southeast Asia and in the other key energy regions around the world," Andrew Lane, MRC Global chairman, president and CEO, said in a May 29 press release. "The addition of MRC MSD Engineering broadens our geographic footprint and existing valve brands and product line offerings in Southeast Asia."

Headquartered in Houston, MRC Global is the largest global distributor of pipe, valves, and fittings and related products and services to the energy industry, based on sales, and supplies these products and services across each of the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.