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Sulzer in talks to acquire Ensival Moret
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Business news
WORLD PUMPS
January 2017
Sulzer in talks to acquire Ensival Moret
Hydraulic Institute unveils new logo
Sulzer has entered into exclusive discussions with Moret Industries to acquire pump manufacturer Ensival Moret in an €80 million deal.
The Hydraulic Institute (HI), which celebrates its centennial in 2017, has a new logo.
Ensival Moret offers a wide range of industrial pumps for applications including fertilizers, sugar, mining and chemicals. The business had sales of €115 million in 2015 and employs around 730 people. Ensival Moret’s main manufacturing facilities are in Saint Quentin, France, and Thimister, Belgium. The company also operates manufacturing facilities in Brazil and China, and has a
number of service centres around the world. Sulzer says that the proposed transaction allows it to close specific product gaps in its general industry pumps portfolio, such as axial flow pumps. The business will be integrated into Sulzer’s Pumps Equipment division. The proposed transaction will be submitted to the relevant workers’ councils and the deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2017. www.sulzer.com www.ensival-moret.com
The logo includes a hidden “H” that reflects the nature of pumps; always there, working behind the scenes; and arrows that represent a pump’s purpose – flow and movement. This movement reflects the HI’s evolution over the past 99 years
from when pump manufacturers first came together to discuss common issues and develop technical standards. Today's HI welcomes engineers and designers from pump and supplier organizations. The HI also works directly with endusers, owners and operators who share their experience and challenges. The new logo is part of a larger initiative to position HI for the next 100 years of service to the pump industry.
The Hydraulic Institute’s new logo.
www.pumps.org
Sundyne opens service centre in Abu Dhabi Sundyne has launched a new service and sales centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to support customers throughout the Middle East. The new facility is strategically located in Abu Dhabi to provide centralized access for the Middle East region, serving customers in Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Pakistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. There are currently thousands of Sundyne API 610 and API 685
Sundyne field service engineers at work.
pumps and API 617 compressors operating in these countries, serving a broad range of demanding applications. “The expanded Sundyne service presence is critical for our Middle Eastern customers,” said Arnaud Tardieu, Sundyne After Sales Service manager. “We are providing our customers enhanced access to Sundyne genuine parts and spares, as well as official local service for maintenance, repairs, upgrades, conversions and gearbox exchanges.” www.sundyne.com
TerraPower selects SPX Flow as design partner for primary sodium pumps SPX Flow Inc is to design the pumps for TerraPower LLC’s traveling wave reactor (TWR) plant. TerraPower is a Bill Gates-backed nuclear energy technology company based in Bellevue, Washington, USA with the goal of providing a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy.
www.worldpumps.com
In the first phase, SPX Flow has been commissioned to perform the conceptual design with options to build and test a prototype pump. The pump will have to meet both the exacting quality standards associated with ASME NQA-1 and Class 1 equipment and all the functional requirements for normal operation and the beyond design
basis events such as seismic activity. Once the design process has been completed, it is anticipated that SPX Flow will manufacture the pumps at its Nuclear Center of Excellence in Annecy, France. www.spxflow.com www.terrapower.com
A rendering of TerraPower’s traveling wave reactor design. Image courtesy of TerraPower.
Business news
WORLD PUMPS
January 2017
Sulzer in talks to acquire Ensival Moret
Hydraulic Institute unveils new logo
Sulzer has entered into exclusive discussions with Moret Industries to acquire pump manufacturer Ensival Moret in an €80 million deal.
The Hydraulic Institute (HI), which celebrates its centennial in 2017, has a new logo.
Ensival Moret offers a wide range of industrial pumps for applications including fertilizers, sugar, mining and chemicals. The business had sales of €115 million in 2015 and employs around 730 people. Ensival Moret’s main manufacturing facilities are in Saint Quentin, France, and Thimister, Belgium. The company also operates manufacturing facilities in Brazil and China, and has a
number of service centres around the world. Sulzer says that the proposed transaction allows it to close specific product gaps in its general industry pumps portfolio, such as axial flow pumps. The business will be integrated into Sulzer’s Pumps Equipment division. The proposed transaction will be submitted to the relevant workers’ councils and the deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2017. www.sulzer.com www.ensival-moret.com
The logo includes a hidden “H” that reflects the nature of pumps; always there, working behind the scenes; and arrows that represent a pump’s purpose – flow and movement. This movement reflects the HI’s evolution over the past 99 years
from when pump manufacturers first came together to discuss common issues and develop technical standards. Today's HI welcomes engineers and designers from pump and supplier organizations. The HI also works directly with endusers, owners and operators who share their experience and challenges. The new logo is part of a larger initiative to position HI for the next 100 years of service to the pump industry.
The Hydraulic Institute’s new logo.
www.pumps.org
Sundyne opens service centre in Abu Dhabi Sundyne has launched a new service and sales centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to support customers throughout the Middle East. The new facility is strategically located in Abu Dhabi to provide centralized access for the Middle East region, serving customers in Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Pakistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. There are currently thousands of Sundyne API 610 and API 685
Sundyne field service engineers at work.
pumps and API 617 compressors operating in these countries, serving a broad range of demanding applications. “The expanded Sundyne service presence is critical for our Middle Eastern customers,” said Arnaud Tardieu, Sundyne After Sales Service manager. “We are providing our customers enhanced access to Sundyne genuine parts and spares, as well as official local service for maintenance, repairs, upgrades, conversions and gearbox exchanges.” www.sundyne.com
TerraPower selects SPX Flow as design partner for primary sodium pumps SPX Flow Inc is to design the pumps for TerraPower LLC’s traveling wave reactor (TWR) plant. TerraPower is a Bill Gates-backed nuclear energy technology company based in Bellevue, Washington, USA with the goal of providing a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy.
www.worldpumps.com
In the first phase, SPX Flow has been commissioned to perform the conceptual design with options to build and test a prototype pump. The pump will have to meet both the exacting quality standards associated with ASME NQA-1 and Class 1 equipment and all the functional requirements for normal operation and the beyond design
basis events such as seismic activity. Once the design process has been completed, it is anticipated that SPX Flow will manufacture the pumps at its Nuclear Center of Excellence in Annecy, France. www.spxflow.com www.terrapower.com
A rendering of TerraPower’s traveling wave reactor design. Image courtesy of TerraPower.