Stork Technical Services was sold by to the buyer American engineering and construction company, paid 260.2 Million euro.

In 1868 Stork moved to Hengelo, and diversified its production, including steam engines for factories, ships and pumping stations, as well as machinery for the sugar industry.

By 2007 Stork had four divisions: The company agreed to a €1.5 billion takeover by a consortium led by the British buyout firm Candover on 28 November 2007.

[3] The consortium delisted Stork from the Amsterdam Stock Exchange on 19 February 2008, having obtained around 98% of the company's shares by mid-January.

In 2012 the last remaining divisions Fokker Technologies and Stork Technical Services became independent of each other.