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CLYDEUNION to supply pumps for Saudi desal plant
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December 2011
ITT spins off water business
Flowserve to acquire Lawrence Pumps
Xylem Inc has started operating as a US$3.2 billion standalone global water technology company following its spinoff from ITT Corp.
Flowserve Corp is buying centrifugal pump maker Lawrence Pumps Inc.
“I’m extremely proud to announce the launch of a unique company, the product of more than 100 years of experience in the water business and the collective work and expertise of our nearly 12 000 employees and our strategic partners around the world,” said Gretchen McClain, Xylem president and CEO.
The Xylem brand portfolio includes Bell and Gossett, Flojet, Flygt, Godwin, Goulds Water Technologies, WTW and YSI. Headquartered in White Plains, New York, Xylem began regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 1 November 2011 under the ticker symbol XYL. www.xyleminc.com www.itt.com
Gardner Denver to buy Italy’s Robuschi Gardner Denver Inc has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire the Italian blower and pump company Robuschi SpA for €152 million. Robuschi is headquartered in Parma, Italy and has additional facilities in Noceto, Italy; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Shanghai, China. With annual revenues of €70 million, Robuschi serves more than 3000 customers and has an installed
base of more than 200 000 units. The company’s blowers, pumps and associated packages are used in a number of end markets including wastewater, mining, power generation and general industrial applications. Gardner Denver plans to develop the Robuschi brand name globally. www.gardnerdenver.com www.robuschi.it
Headquartered in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, Lawrence Pumps is a privately owned manufacturer of highly engineered critical service centrifugal pumps used mainly in the petrochemical and oil and gas industries. Founded in 1936, Lawrence Pumps also has locations in China, India and Singapore. For 2011, Lawrence Pumps is expecting revenues
of around US$50 million and EBITDA of about US$10 million. “We look forward to leveraging our expansive network of service centres and global sales force to expand the reach of Lawrence products and capture unrealised aftermarket potential as we continue to serve the needs of our customers,” said Tom Ferguson, president, Flowserve Flow Solutions Group. www.flowserve.com www.lawrencepumps.com
Europump: new associate member of Orgalime The European association of pump manufacturers, Europump, is now an associate member of Orgalime, the European engineering industries association. Membership of Orgalime gives Europump access to the Orgalime extranet as well as its task forces. Europump will also benefit from the Orgalime network of contacts among trade associations, legislators and EU personnel.
silo mentality so that knowledge flows and everyone benefits. This is what we want to achieve with associate membership, thereby gaining competitive advantage at global level for our companies and being the reference point in European politics for pumprelated matters,” said Dr Soenke Brodersen, Europump president. Established in 1960, Europump represents 18 national pump associations in 15 EU member states, Turkey, Russia and Switzerland.
CLYDEUNION to supply pumps for Saudi desal plant
“As an engineer with experience of R&D, I know that individual organisations can suffer from a failure to share data among themselves. You need to open up and break the
Kindasa Water Services has selected CLYDEUNION pumps for an additional train at the Kindasa SWRO desalination plant in Saudi Arabia.
ITT completes Blakers Pump acquisition
CLYDEUNION Pumps will manufacture a 1st Pass HP pump (BB3 380B FH x 4 stage), a HP Booster pump (CP 1A 60), a 2nd Pass HP pump (Uniglide SDCH150/200) and a Sea Water Intake pump (VTP SBWM560F), all in Super Duplex, at their Glasgow facility.
www.worldpumps.com
“The award of the Kindasa expansion contract for the additional pumps is a welcomed acknowledgment of our equipment’s operational performance and reliability over the seven years of operation with the existing plant,” said John Fleming, managing director of CLYDEUNION Pumps’ Water & Industrial Business Unit. www.clydeunion.com
www.europump.org www.orgalime.org
ITT Corp has acquired Blakers Pump Engineers, a long-time distributor of the Goulds Pumps brand in Australia.
equipment and technical and after sales services. The company had fiscal 2011 revenues of US$27 million.
Headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, Blakers Pump provides process and industrial pumping
www.itt.com www.blakerspumps.com.au
Business news
:25/' PUMPS
December 2011
ITT spins off water business
Flowserve to acquire Lawrence Pumps
Xylem Inc has started operating as a US$3.2 billion standalone global water technology company following its spinoff from ITT Corp.
Flowserve Corp is buying centrifugal pump maker Lawrence Pumps Inc.
“I’m extremely proud to announce the launch of a unique company, the product of more than 100 years of experience in the water business and the collective work and expertise of our nearly 12 000 employees and our strategic partners around the world,” said Gretchen McClain, Xylem president and CEO.
The Xylem brand portfolio includes Bell and Gossett, Flojet, Flygt, Godwin, Goulds Water Technologies, WTW and YSI. Headquartered in White Plains, New York, Xylem began regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 1 November 2011 under the ticker symbol XYL. www.xyleminc.com www.itt.com
Gardner Denver to buy Italy’s Robuschi Gardner Denver Inc has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire the Italian blower and pump company Robuschi SpA for €152 million. Robuschi is headquartered in Parma, Italy and has additional facilities in Noceto, Italy; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Shanghai, China. With annual revenues of €70 million, Robuschi serves more than 3000 customers and has an installed
base of more than 200 000 units. The company’s blowers, pumps and associated packages are used in a number of end markets including wastewater, mining, power generation and general industrial applications. Gardner Denver plans to develop the Robuschi brand name globally. www.gardnerdenver.com www.robuschi.it
Headquartered in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, Lawrence Pumps is a privately owned manufacturer of highly engineered critical service centrifugal pumps used mainly in the petrochemical and oil and gas industries. Founded in 1936, Lawrence Pumps also has locations in China, India and Singapore. For 2011, Lawrence Pumps is expecting revenues
of around US$50 million and EBITDA of about US$10 million. “We look forward to leveraging our expansive network of service centres and global sales force to expand the reach of Lawrence products and capture unrealised aftermarket potential as we continue to serve the needs of our customers,” said Tom Ferguson, president, Flowserve Flow Solutions Group. www.flowserve.com www.lawrencepumps.com
Europump: new associate member of Orgalime The European association of pump manufacturers, Europump, is now an associate member of Orgalime, the European engineering industries association. Membership of Orgalime gives Europump access to the Orgalime extranet as well as its task forces. Europump will also benefit from the Orgalime network of contacts among trade associations, legislators and EU personnel.
silo mentality so that knowledge flows and everyone benefits. This is what we want to achieve with associate membership, thereby gaining competitive advantage at global level for our companies and being the reference point in European politics for pumprelated matters,” said Dr Soenke Brodersen, Europump president. Established in 1960, Europump represents 18 national pump associations in 15 EU member states, Turkey, Russia and Switzerland.
CLYDEUNION to supply pumps for Saudi desal plant
“As an engineer with experience of R&D, I know that individual organisations can suffer from a failure to share data among themselves. You need to open up and break the
Kindasa Water Services has selected CLYDEUNION pumps for an additional train at the Kindasa SWRO desalination plant in Saudi Arabia.
ITT completes Blakers Pump acquisition
CLYDEUNION Pumps will manufacture a 1st Pass HP pump (BB3 380B FH x 4 stage), a HP Booster pump (CP 1A 60), a 2nd Pass HP pump (Uniglide SDCH150/200) and a Sea Water Intake pump (VTP SBWM560F), all in Super Duplex, at their Glasgow facility.
www.worldpumps.com
“The award of the Kindasa expansion contract for the additional pumps is a welcomed acknowledgment of our equipment’s operational performance and reliability over the seven years of operation with the existing plant,” said John Fleming, managing director of CLYDEUNION Pumps’ Water & Industrial Business Unit. www.clydeunion.com
www.europump.org www.orgalime.org
ITT Corp has acquired Blakers Pump Engineers, a long-time distributor of the Goulds Pumps brand in Australia.
equipment and technical and after sales services. The company had fiscal 2011 revenues of US$27 million.
Headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, Blakers Pump provides process and industrial pumping
www.itt.com www.blakerspumps.com.au