** Avon Rubber buys Italian manufacturer of milkingcomponents InterPuls for an enterprise value of 29.75 mln euros
** Avon -- a design & engineering group specialising in twocore markets, Protection & Defence & Dairy -- sees acquisitionsignificantly earnings enhancing in 2016 financial year
** Stock up 3.9%, easily top riser on FTSE Small Cap index, in volume 1.5x the 90-day daily avg after >1 hour
** Analysts broadly positive on acquisition; Investecdescribes it as a sensible fit, says deal will be 5-7% accretiveto FY2016E EPS
** WHIreland lifts TP to 950p (vs 900p), sees considerablelong-term benefits of the combination (RM: tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)