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Pumps contribute to Gévelot growth
NEWS/IN BRIEF cost-effective service solutions for our customers. Over the past three years our business has grown by almost 30%, and the recent expansion of our workshop capacity and workforce of highly skilled personnel will ensure that we continue to support an increasing demand for our services,” said Steve Miller, general manager of Sulzer Wood. For further information, visit www.sulzerpumps.com and www.woodgroup.com
Grundfos robots honoured
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he Danish Industrial Robot Association’s 2007 DIRA Award has gone to Grundfos A/S, the Danish production company. Grundfos A/S managing director Lars Aagaard, received the award. “During the latest four years Mr Aagaard has been manager of more than 4000 employees, and significant results has been obtained through optimization of interdisciplinary processes, competent employee involvement and implication of supplier competences. The productivity rise during these four years has been 30%, and the current productivity rise that Grundfos obtains is exemplary,” DIRA said. “Being the largest production company of the group we must ensure our own competitiveness and at the same time contribute substantially to the competitiveness of the whole group. The strategic aiming at robot technology has certainly strengthened Grundfos A/S, when we consider the important competitive parameters such as prices, productivity, quality, delivery times and performance and flexibility,” Aagaard added. For further information, visit www.grundfos.com
Flowserve buys UK sealing company
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lowserve Corp has acquired Middlesbrough, UK-based MF Sealing Systems.
September 2007
Flowserve says the move is designed to strengthen a long-standing alliance between the two companies for pump and seal sales and maintenance, and should further enhance Flowserve’s operations in the UK pump and mechanical seal markets. “Acquiring MF Sealing helps allow us to quickly and effectively meet our strategic customer and end-user objectives in the Teesside region of the UK,” said Tom Ferguson, president of Flowserve Pump Division. “With our newly acquired Teesside facility as our primary Flowserve establishment in this area, we will now be better positioned to locally serve the pump and mechanical seal needs of the global corporations with British operations in the petrochemical and industrial markets.” “The cornerstone of our ‘end-user strategy’ is to be able to provide the best pump and seal service available, geographically near our customers and end-users around the world. This MF acquisition provides us with a platform for further enhancing those end-user alliances in the UK.” MF founder Ian Watson intends to stay on board as service manager in the new operation, and will help guide the staff in Teesside during the transition. MF Sealing Systems recently invested in a new 22 400 sq ft workshop and office space. For further information, visit www.flowserve.com
Pumps contribute to Gévelot growth
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évelot SA, parent company of PCM, saw first half 2007 consolidated sales turnover increase 6.7%. The Pumps sector achieved growth in the industrial, food and petroleum markets, with sales increasing 16.6% to 35.7 million. At the end of June 2007, the group’s operating income was up, reflecting in part the continued progress in the Pumps sector. Group net profit for the first half of 2007 was 5.4 million, up from 2.9 million at the mid-point last year.
In Brief • Italy’s DAB Pumps SpA has acquired the electronic system controls company WaCS Systems srl. WaCS Systems will continue to operate as an independent company within the DAB group, headed up by WaCS founder Fabiano Puccioni. However WaCS’s specialist electronics R&D team and electronics device production will integrate within DAB Pumps. www.dabpumps.com • Kirloskar Brothers Ltd has bought India’s Gondwana Engineers Pvt Ltd (GEPL) for Rs76.4 million. Founded in 1982 by SD Shangarpawar, GEPL specialises in water, sewage and effluent treatment plants. http://web.kbl.co.in • Flowserve Corp has opened the Flow Control Engineering Center (FCEC), a new research and development facility located in Bangalore, India. The FCEC joins similar Flowserve facilities in India for pumps and seals in Chennai and Bangalore. The FCEC provides dedicated support for product and technology development projects from conceptualization through final drawings and pre-production prototypes. It provides engineering support for bill of materials (BOM) generation, customer assembly drawings and automated drafting. www.flowserve.com • EMEC has celebrated 25 years as a solenoid pump and controller manufacturer, with a gala event in Reiti, Italy for 350 people, including employees, their families and company representatives. Founded in 1982, EMEC’s portfolio now has more than 63 pumps, 42 controllers and 10 communication modem/router variations. www.emec.it • ITT Corp has closed the acquisition of International Motion Control (IMC), the Buffalo, New York-based manufacturer of motion control products (see Pump Industry Analyst, July 2007). www.itt.com
For further information, visit www.gevelot-sa.com
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Grundfos robots honoured
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he Danish Industrial Robot Association’s 2007 DIRA Award has gone to Grundfos A/S, the Danish production company. Grundfos A/S managing director Lars Aagaard, received the award. “During the latest four years Mr Aagaard has been manager of more than 4000 employees, and significant results has been obtained through optimization of interdisciplinary processes, competent employee involvement and implication of supplier competences. The productivity rise during these four years has been 30%, and the current productivity rise that Grundfos obtains is exemplary,” DIRA said. “Being the largest production company of the group we must ensure our own competitiveness and at the same time contribute substantially to the competitiveness of the whole group. The strategic aiming at robot technology has certainly strengthened Grundfos A/S, when we consider the important competitive parameters such as prices, productivity, quality, delivery times and performance and flexibility,” Aagaard added. For further information, visit www.grundfos.com
Flowserve buys UK sealing company
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lowserve Corp has acquired Middlesbrough, UK-based MF Sealing Systems.
September 2007
Flowserve says the move is designed to strengthen a long-standing alliance between the two companies for pump and seal sales and maintenance, and should further enhance Flowserve’s operations in the UK pump and mechanical seal markets. “Acquiring MF Sealing helps allow us to quickly and effectively meet our strategic customer and end-user objectives in the Teesside region of the UK,” said Tom Ferguson, president of Flowserve Pump Division. “With our newly acquired Teesside facility as our primary Flowserve establishment in this area, we will now be better positioned to locally serve the pump and mechanical seal needs of the global corporations with British operations in the petrochemical and industrial markets.” “The cornerstone of our ‘end-user strategy’ is to be able to provide the best pump and seal service available, geographically near our customers and end-users around the world. This MF acquisition provides us with a platform for further enhancing those end-user alliances in the UK.” MF founder Ian Watson intends to stay on board as service manager in the new operation, and will help guide the staff in Teesside during the transition. MF Sealing Systems recently invested in a new 22 400 sq ft workshop and office space. For further information, visit www.flowserve.com
Pumps contribute to Gévelot growth
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évelot SA, parent company of PCM, saw first half 2007 consolidated sales turnover increase 6.7%. The Pumps sector achieved growth in the industrial, food and petroleum markets, with sales increasing 16.6% to 35.7 million. At the end of June 2007, the group’s operating income was up, reflecting in part the continued progress in the Pumps sector. Group net profit for the first half of 2007 was 5.4 million, up from 2.9 million at the mid-point last year.
In Brief • Italy’s DAB Pumps SpA has acquired the electronic system controls company WaCS Systems srl. WaCS Systems will continue to operate as an independent company within the DAB group, headed up by WaCS founder Fabiano Puccioni. However WaCS’s specialist electronics R&D team and electronics device production will integrate within DAB Pumps. www.dabpumps.com • Kirloskar Brothers Ltd has bought India’s Gondwana Engineers Pvt Ltd (GEPL) for Rs76.4 million. Founded in 1982 by SD Shangarpawar, GEPL specialises in water, sewage and effluent treatment plants. http://web.kbl.co.in • Flowserve Corp has opened the Flow Control Engineering Center (FCEC), a new research and development facility located in Bangalore, India. The FCEC joins similar Flowserve facilities in India for pumps and seals in Chennai and Bangalore. The FCEC provides dedicated support for product and technology development projects from conceptualization through final drawings and pre-production prototypes. It provides engineering support for bill of materials (BOM) generation, customer assembly drawings and automated drafting. www.flowserve.com • EMEC has celebrated 25 years as a solenoid pump and controller manufacturer, with a gala event in Reiti, Italy for 350 people, including employees, their families and company representatives. Founded in 1982, EMEC’s portfolio now has more than 63 pumps, 42 controllers and 10 communication modem/router variations. www.emec.it • ITT Corp has closed the acquisition of International Motion Control (IMC), the Buffalo, New York-based manufacturer of motion control products (see Pump Industry Analyst, July 2007). www.itt.com
For further information, visit www.gevelot-sa.com
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