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IN BRIEF/DIVIDENDS/NEWS
Pump Industry Analyst
August 2006
IN BRIEF
DIVIDENDS
• About 30 pump specialists from German power plant operators and plant engineering contractors met with KSB AG experts on 4 May for a symposium in Frankenthal to discuss the latest pump engineering developments. Key topics included boiler feed and circulating pumps, as well as cooling water pumps for fossil-fuelled power stations. The cold and warm start capabilities of various pump types were also discussed. KSB presented its latest scrubber pump generation with newly developed ceramic lining. The cooling water pump presentation gave attendees a chance to see the largest pumps ever built by KSB. Weighing about 130 metric tons each, these pump units are intended for cooling water supply in the Yuhuan power station in China. One of the pumps is currently in the final assembly stage. • Flowserve Corp has set up an award with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), memorialising longtime Flowserve employee and pump technology expert Dr Sankaraiyer Gopalakrishnan who died last year. The biennial Sankaraiyer GopalakrishnanFlowserve Pump Technology Award will recognise a mechanical engineer for achievement in mechanical pump technology with a financial prize. Gopalakrishnan, who last served as vice president of technology at Flowserve Pumps, was elected ASME Fellow in 1995 and received the ASME Fluid Machinery Design Award in 2001. His technological innovations while at Flowserve included an advanced primary coolant for nuclear reactors, a longlife nuclear seal and a highefficiency expander for cryogenic services.
• Crane Co has raised its regular quarterly dividend by 20% to US$0.15 per share. The dividend is payable on 8 September 2006 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 31 August 2006. The indicated annual dividend will now be US$0.60 per share. • Directors of Pentair Inc have declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.14 per share payable on 11 August 2006, to shareholders of record at the close of business on 28 July 2006. • ITT Corp’s third quarter dividend of US$0.11 per share will be paid on 1 October 2006. • Shakti Pumps India Ltd’s board of directors has recommended a dividend of Rs1 per equity share. • At the company’s 86th annual general meeting held on 21 July 2006, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd declared a Rs2 dividend on equity shares for the financial year ended 31 March 2006. • The board of directors of The Gorman-Rupp Co has declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.14 per share on the company’s common stock, payable on 8 September 2006, to shareholders of record on 15 August 2006. This payment marks the 226th consecutive dividend paid by GormanRupp. • Centrilift’s parent company Baker Hughes Inc has declared the regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.13 per share of common stock payable on 18 August 2006, to holders of record on 7 August 2006. • Weir Group plc will pay a dividend of £0.0375 on 10 November 2006 to shareholders on the register on 13 October 2006.
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USFILTER INTEGRATED INTO SIEMENS WATER TECHNOLOGIES USFilter is now officially known in the marketplace as Siemens Water Technologies. The integration of USFilter into the Water Technologies division of the Siemens’ Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) group completes a transition period that started just over two years ago when Siemens acquired USFilter from Veolia Environnement. Water Technologies - the new I&S division - is headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, and supplies water treatment and purification systems for drinking water, wastewater and process water with a broad portfolio of products and services. The company has a strong position and growth record in North America, and is moving aggressively into Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America. “The name change marks a new and exciting era for our company,” said Dr Roger Radke, president and CEO of Siemens Water Technologies. “Not only are we fully integrated, but we have successfully re-organised our business segments around customer needs and have successfully launched our water treatment business worldwide through the Siemens global network of sales and regional offices.” The identities of the former USFilter product families and names have been retained. These include established names such as Envirex, Memcor, Zimpro, Wallace & Tiernan, OSEC, Orbal and JPress. “These valued product names have high marketplace recognition, and many go back nearly 100 years,” added Radke.
Radke said that the integration of USFilter into Siemens had gone very well, with his company targeting double digit growth year over year. He said that international sales have increased by 20% since USFilter became part of Siemens, and that the company continues to grow through acquisition and development of new technologies and service groups. Recent acquisitions, for example, include Monosep, Sernagiotto and the odour control and disinfection lines of Altivia. Recent product introductions from the business include the Cannibal sludge reduction process, municipal water services, as well as a new line of integrated membrane bio-reactors.
FLOWSERVE OPENS NEW QRC IN CALIFORNIA Flowserve Corp has opened a new Flowserve Quick Response Center (QRC) in Orland, California. The QRC is a fully equipped sales and service centre that provides localised customer service, maintenance and repair as well as spare parts inventory. “Flowserve is opening QRCs in strategic areas around the world to provide rapid response and operating cost reduction for our customers,” explained Chuck Walter, Flowserve operations manager in Orland. “This new facility supports our global strategy of moving closer to our customers.” The new 16 000 sq ft facility has a staff of technicians, machinists, welders and fabricators, and specialises in vertical pumps used primarily for agricultural, municipal and general industry applications. The staff will assist in pump and system recommendations, on-site troubleshooting and failure analysis.
The new QRC is twice the size of the old facility, which was located in Chico, California, just a few miles from the new office. The facility provides more space for continued growth and increased efficiency in manufacturing, servicing and repairing pumps up to 20 inches in diameter.
HI LAUNCHES PUMPS SYSTEMS MATTER WEBSITE The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has launched a new website,www.PumpSystemsMatt er.org, devoted to the Pump Systems Matter national educational initiative. Pump Systems Matter aims to lower energy needs in North America while improving the bottom-line profitability of businesses by providing pump users with strategic, broadbased energy management and performance optimisation solutions. The www.PumpSystems Matter.org website provides users with the educational resources needed to get started with optimising pumping systems. Users can also download Pump System Improvement Modeling, a free educational software tool to help evaluate the overall design of complex pumping systems. Additionally, visitors can download case studies, white papers and energy-savings tip sheets to improve bottom line savings and corporate profitability. Guidelines, standards and training resources are also available. The HI believes that the optimisation of pumping
Pump Industry Analyst
systems represents a significant opportunity for US companies and municipalities to save money and energy. According to the US Department of Energy, pumping systems account for nearly 25% of industrial electrical energy demand and range up to 50% of the energy usage in certain industrial plant operations. Industrial, municipal and many other sectors of the North American economy are energy intensive. Case studies have shown that better system design and more effective pump application can usually save 20% or more in energy costs and represent a large, frequently overlooked savings opportunity. Membership of Pump Systems Matter is open to utilities, market transformation organisations, government agencies, pump users, contractors, consultants, engineering companies, trade and professional associations as well as North American pump manufacturers and suppliers of motors and drives, seals, couplings, bearings, housings, instrumentation and control systems and pump specific software. Interested organisations are invited to contact Pump Systems Matter’s marketing manager Joananne Bachmann at +1 973 267 9700 x 22 or via [email protected].
WOOD GROUP ESP OPENS NEW CANADIAN FACILITY Wood Group ESP (Canada) Ltd has opened a new 30 000 sq ft facility in Leduc,
Alberta, Canada to increase the business’s manufacturing capabilities and service provided to WGESP’s customers in Canada. The new facility is centrally located in the Western Canadian sedimentary basin, and will function as a manufacturing and service centre for electric submersible pumps. WGESP will support the wide range of markets in the sedimentary basin, including but not limited to conventional and heavy oil, coal bed methane, oil sands and natural gas. “We are excited to open this new facility and become a stronger presence in the Canadian oil and gas market,” said Ron Wing, WGESP’s Canadian region manager. “Our facility’s central location in Alberta and strong staff will help to increase our capabilities and market share in Canada.”
BLACKMER EUROPE CELEBRATES CENTENARY Blackmer Europe has received the Century Recognition Award of Excellence from parent company Dover Corp to celebrate the company’s 100th anniversary. Mouvex, established in 1906, was acquired by Dover in 1997 and consolidated under Blackmer to serve as its European base of operation. The company, now known as Blackmer Europe, manufactures eccentric disc pump technology used in a range of applications worldwide. Continued on page 16
IN BRIEF • Westport Innovations Inc, a gaseous-fuelled engine and power technologies specialist, and Cryostar SAS, a manufacturer of cryogenic pumps, have completed a licence and supply agreement for the manufacture and supply of cryogenic liquid natural gas (LNG) fuel pumps, based on Westport’s cryogenic technology. Westport will license its LNG pump technology on an exclusive basis to Cryostar for use in the heavy-duty automotive market, and has agreed to source any HPDI LNG fuel pumps it requires for the heavy duty automotive market from Cryostar. Cryostar will also have the right to manufacture and sell pumps incorporating Westport’s LNG pump technology, to other customers. • Allweiler AG is organising a pump convention at its Radolfzell, Germany facility on 12 October 2006. The theme is the economical use of pumps and reducing the total cost of ownership. The opening talk will be given by Prof Dr Ing D-H Hellmann from Kaiserslautern Technical University, followed by specialist talks on reducing total costs taking account of construction methods, material and pump system selection, service and maintenance concepts. The convention is for business visitors only and prior registration is required. For further details, please visit www.allweiler.de/convention2006.
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NEWS/IN BRIEF
August 2006
Pump Industry Analyst
August 2006
IN BRIEF
DIVIDENDS
• About 30 pump specialists from German power plant operators and plant engineering contractors met with KSB AG experts on 4 May for a symposium in Frankenthal to discuss the latest pump engineering developments. Key topics included boiler feed and circulating pumps, as well as cooling water pumps for fossil-fuelled power stations. The cold and warm start capabilities of various pump types were also discussed. KSB presented its latest scrubber pump generation with newly developed ceramic lining. The cooling water pump presentation gave attendees a chance to see the largest pumps ever built by KSB. Weighing about 130 metric tons each, these pump units are intended for cooling water supply in the Yuhuan power station in China. One of the pumps is currently in the final assembly stage. • Flowserve Corp has set up an award with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), memorialising longtime Flowserve employee and pump technology expert Dr Sankaraiyer Gopalakrishnan who died last year. The biennial Sankaraiyer GopalakrishnanFlowserve Pump Technology Award will recognise a mechanical engineer for achievement in mechanical pump technology with a financial prize. Gopalakrishnan, who last served as vice president of technology at Flowserve Pumps, was elected ASME Fellow in 1995 and received the ASME Fluid Machinery Design Award in 2001. His technological innovations while at Flowserve included an advanced primary coolant for nuclear reactors, a longlife nuclear seal and a highefficiency expander for cryogenic services.
• Crane Co has raised its regular quarterly dividend by 20% to US$0.15 per share. The dividend is payable on 8 September 2006 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 31 August 2006. The indicated annual dividend will now be US$0.60 per share. • Directors of Pentair Inc have declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.14 per share payable on 11 August 2006, to shareholders of record at the close of business on 28 July 2006. • ITT Corp’s third quarter dividend of US$0.11 per share will be paid on 1 October 2006. • Shakti Pumps India Ltd’s board of directors has recommended a dividend of Rs1 per equity share. • At the company’s 86th annual general meeting held on 21 July 2006, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd declared a Rs2 dividend on equity shares for the financial year ended 31 March 2006. • The board of directors of The Gorman-Rupp Co has declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.14 per share on the company’s common stock, payable on 8 September 2006, to shareholders of record on 15 August 2006. This payment marks the 226th consecutive dividend paid by GormanRupp. • Centrilift’s parent company Baker Hughes Inc has declared the regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.13 per share of common stock payable on 18 August 2006, to holders of record on 7 August 2006. • Weir Group plc will pay a dividend of £0.0375 on 10 November 2006 to shareholders on the register on 13 October 2006.
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USFILTER INTEGRATED INTO SIEMENS WATER TECHNOLOGIES USFilter is now officially known in the marketplace as Siemens Water Technologies. The integration of USFilter into the Water Technologies division of the Siemens’ Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) group completes a transition period that started just over two years ago when Siemens acquired USFilter from Veolia Environnement. Water Technologies - the new I&S division - is headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, and supplies water treatment and purification systems for drinking water, wastewater and process water with a broad portfolio of products and services. The company has a strong position and growth record in North America, and is moving aggressively into Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America. “The name change marks a new and exciting era for our company,” said Dr Roger Radke, president and CEO of Siemens Water Technologies. “Not only are we fully integrated, but we have successfully re-organised our business segments around customer needs and have successfully launched our water treatment business worldwide through the Siemens global network of sales and regional offices.” The identities of the former USFilter product families and names have been retained. These include established names such as Envirex, Memcor, Zimpro, Wallace & Tiernan, OSEC, Orbal and JPress. “These valued product names have high marketplace recognition, and many go back nearly 100 years,” added Radke.
Radke said that the integration of USFilter into Siemens had gone very well, with his company targeting double digit growth year over year. He said that international sales have increased by 20% since USFilter became part of Siemens, and that the company continues to grow through acquisition and development of new technologies and service groups. Recent acquisitions, for example, include Monosep, Sernagiotto and the odour control and disinfection lines of Altivia. Recent product introductions from the business include the Cannibal sludge reduction process, municipal water services, as well as a new line of integrated membrane bio-reactors.
FLOWSERVE OPENS NEW QRC IN CALIFORNIA Flowserve Corp has opened a new Flowserve Quick Response Center (QRC) in Orland, California. The QRC is a fully equipped sales and service centre that provides localised customer service, maintenance and repair as well as spare parts inventory. “Flowserve is opening QRCs in strategic areas around the world to provide rapid response and operating cost reduction for our customers,” explained Chuck Walter, Flowserve operations manager in Orland. “This new facility supports our global strategy of moving closer to our customers.” The new 16 000 sq ft facility has a staff of technicians, machinists, welders and fabricators, and specialises in vertical pumps used primarily for agricultural, municipal and general industry applications. The staff will assist in pump and system recommendations, on-site troubleshooting and failure analysis.
The new QRC is twice the size of the old facility, which was located in Chico, California, just a few miles from the new office. The facility provides more space for continued growth and increased efficiency in manufacturing, servicing and repairing pumps up to 20 inches in diameter.
HI LAUNCHES PUMPS SYSTEMS MATTER WEBSITE The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has launched a new website,www.PumpSystemsMatt er.org, devoted to the Pump Systems Matter national educational initiative. Pump Systems Matter aims to lower energy needs in North America while improving the bottom-line profitability of businesses by providing pump users with strategic, broadbased energy management and performance optimisation solutions. The www.PumpSystems Matter.org website provides users with the educational resources needed to get started with optimising pumping systems. Users can also download Pump System Improvement Modeling, a free educational software tool to help evaluate the overall design of complex pumping systems. Additionally, visitors can download case studies, white papers and energy-savings tip sheets to improve bottom line savings and corporate profitability. Guidelines, standards and training resources are also available. The HI believes that the optimisation of pumping
Pump Industry Analyst
systems represents a significant opportunity for US companies and municipalities to save money and energy. According to the US Department of Energy, pumping systems account for nearly 25% of industrial electrical energy demand and range up to 50% of the energy usage in certain industrial plant operations. Industrial, municipal and many other sectors of the North American economy are energy intensive. Case studies have shown that better system design and more effective pump application can usually save 20% or more in energy costs and represent a large, frequently overlooked savings opportunity. Membership of Pump Systems Matter is open to utilities, market transformation organisations, government agencies, pump users, contractors, consultants, engineering companies, trade and professional associations as well as North American pump manufacturers and suppliers of motors and drives, seals, couplings, bearings, housings, instrumentation and control systems and pump specific software. Interested organisations are invited to contact Pump Systems Matter’s marketing manager Joananne Bachmann at +1 973 267 9700 x 22 or via [email protected].
WOOD GROUP ESP OPENS NEW CANADIAN FACILITY Wood Group ESP (Canada) Ltd has opened a new 30 000 sq ft facility in Leduc,
Alberta, Canada to increase the business’s manufacturing capabilities and service provided to WGESP’s customers in Canada. The new facility is centrally located in the Western Canadian sedimentary basin, and will function as a manufacturing and service centre for electric submersible pumps. WGESP will support the wide range of markets in the sedimentary basin, including but not limited to conventional and heavy oil, coal bed methane, oil sands and natural gas. “We are excited to open this new facility and become a stronger presence in the Canadian oil and gas market,” said Ron Wing, WGESP’s Canadian region manager. “Our facility’s central location in Alberta and strong staff will help to increase our capabilities and market share in Canada.”
BLACKMER EUROPE CELEBRATES CENTENARY Blackmer Europe has received the Century Recognition Award of Excellence from parent company Dover Corp to celebrate the company’s 100th anniversary. Mouvex, established in 1906, was acquired by Dover in 1997 and consolidated under Blackmer to serve as its European base of operation. The company, now known as Blackmer Europe, manufactures eccentric disc pump technology used in a range of applications worldwide. Continued on page 16
IN BRIEF • Westport Innovations Inc, a gaseous-fuelled engine and power technologies specialist, and Cryostar SAS, a manufacturer of cryogenic pumps, have completed a licence and supply agreement for the manufacture and supply of cryogenic liquid natural gas (LNG) fuel pumps, based on Westport’s cryogenic technology. Westport will license its LNG pump technology on an exclusive basis to Cryostar for use in the heavy-duty automotive market, and has agreed to source any HPDI LNG fuel pumps it requires for the heavy duty automotive market from Cryostar. Cryostar will also have the right to manufacture and sell pumps incorporating Westport’s LNG pump technology, to other customers. • Allweiler AG is organising a pump convention at its Radolfzell, Germany facility on 12 October 2006. The theme is the economical use of pumps and reducing the total cost of ownership. The opening talk will be given by Prof Dr Ing D-H Hellmann from Kaiserslautern Technical University, followed by specialist talks on reducing total costs taking account of construction methods, material and pump system selection, service and maintenance concepts. The convention is for business visitors only and prior registration is required. For further details, please visit www.allweiler.de/convention2006.
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NEWS/IN BRIEF
August 2006