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business records along with record first quarter earnings. First quarter 1996 sales of $149.2m yielded net income of $lOm, or $0.41 per share. In 1995’s first quarter, sales were $1227m with net earnings of $7.7m, or $0.31 per share. Sales and earnings grew 21.6% and 32.1%, respectively, when comparing first quarter 1996 with the same year earlier period. Reflecting the continuing strength of the worldwide process industries, Din-iron’s primary markets, incoming business of $157m was 24.2% greater than that reported during last year’s first quarter. Backlog at 31 March 1996 was $112m, compared with $101.4m at 31 December 1995. This year’s first quarter sales revenues were stronger for all four of the business units and across all geographic areas than they were a year ago. Gross margin remains in excess of 40%. Duriron said that the sales revenue increase was not fully
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leveraged into gross profit margin as large project business with historically lower margins was a more significant part of the first quarter sales mix. The company has aggressively pursued new construction projects in Asia and the Americas. While restraining profit margins at this time, more positive contributions are anticipated when these facilities become fulIy operational and their maintenance and replacement equipment needs growth. Contact: Duriron Company, Inc., PO Box 8820, Dayton, OH 454018820, USA. Tel: +l 513478 8150; Fax: + 1 513 226 4325.
ProMinent on the Web
tion on the Internet. The site includes comprehensive details on ProMinents’s products as well as up to date information about its worldwide network. Readers interested in more information can fill out a simple e-mail back form which will be delivered to ProMinent marketing department for action. FYoMinent’s web page can be found at http://www.inpress. co.uk/prominent/ Contact: ProMinent Fluid Controls (UK) Ltd, Resolution Road, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 IDW, UK. Tel: +44 1530 560555; Fax: + 44 1530 560777.
Expansion Engineering UK, is to build a second factory to meet increased world-wide demand for its products. Due to start operation next year the f2m factory, specifically designed as a Global Technology Centre, will
AES
ProMinent Fluid Controls, manufacturers and suppliers of precision dosing pumps, sensors, and controllers now has its product and company informa-
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enable the company to fulfill its objective of doubling in size within the next three years. The new factory is the result of a 90% growth rate for AES Engineering Ltd since 1993, which has earned the firm a Queens Award for Technological Achievement as well as two Queens Awards for Export citations. The facilities created will establish this site as one of the finest test centres in the country for the continued development of AES seals to meet API standards. Calpeda Pumps recently set up a Belfast based direct Technical Sales, service and distribution Centre. The new company, Calpeda Pumps Limited, will cover both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland operating through their own locally based technical sales staff and an approved distributor network. The new Irish operation will carry a comprehensive stock of Calpeda pumps, together with all appropriate spares. A new production and assembly line has been established at Beeston Heating’s Derbyshire, UK, factory and headquarters for the Biral EBZ range of in-line mechanically sealed pumps. Two years after Beeston and Swiss-based Biral teamed up in the UK the EBZ range will now be assembled in Belper to provide a fast off-theshelf service for customers, the company says. The first pumps will roll off the line this summer and as well as the new production facility, hydraulic and electrical test facilities specifically for the new range have been established at Beeston. Imo Industries, US, has acquired the assets of its longtime pump licensee in Val de Fontenay, France, formerly a part of GEC Alsthom’s Industrial Equipment Division. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Now renamed Imo Pompes S.A., the French company has been manufacturing Imo three-screw rotary pumps under license since 1964, with sales in both France and North Africa. Production facilities are located in Cramoisy, with sales offices in Paris. Imo says the acquisition
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EKasic@ sintered silicon carbide for pump shafts, sliding
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seal faces with good
tribological
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resistance
excellent
to wear and corrosion
in environmentally
safe pumps.
A variety of grades in high standard quality guarantee
reliable
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For further information contact
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us. Our technical
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Elektroschmelzwerk Kempten Werk Kempten P.0. Box 1526 D-87405 Kempten, Phone
++831-5618-222
GmbH [WACKER] Germany
Fax ++831-5618-357
A subsidiary of Wacker-Chemie
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will increase Imo pump sales in Europe by nearly one-third and strategically improve its position in the French pump market. Management and staff of the company would be retained in their existing positions, reporting to the European operations headquarters at Imo Al3 in Stockholm. Imo AB also maintains European branch offices in Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
Imo Industries has named Anders Sjogren as managing director of its European pump operations, including its Imo Pumps Al3 unit in Stockholm. Sjogren was formerly general manager of the MacGregor Group’s shipboard cargo crane division and president of the company’s Swedish affiliate, MacGregor-Hagglunds AB. The appointment of John Fearn as marketing manager has been announced by TriClover manufacturer of pumps People news and valves. In his new capacity, Fear-n will direct the marketing and advertising programs for Peter J. Andrews has been ap- the company’s newly formed pointed Chairman of SIHI Food & Dairy, Bio-Pharm and Pumps (UK). With experience Export Divisions. The Board of Directors of in the international pump industry spanning over twenty BW/IP, Inc. has elected Renee years in senior management J. Hornbaker, 43, vice president positions, Mr Andrews spent business development. MS Hornbaker’s primary refive years in the USA as head of Hale Products Inc, before sponsibilities will be to oversee returning to Europe to take up merger and acquisition activity the role of President and CEO of on the corporate level, assist the company’s pump and seal ditiSterling Fluid Systems.
PERISTALTIC PUMP ROTH0 SYSTEM FLOW RATE FROM 28 LT/H TO 60.000 LTlH ON EIGHT MODELS PRESSURE UP TO 8 BAR, SUCTION (BAR G) 0,93 SAFETY PROBE TO DETECT A WORN OUT TUBE TRANSFER, FEEDING, FILTRATION OF: fragile or sensitive fluids,
Via Volta, 8 FAENZA Tel. ++39 546 620433
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sions in investigating potential acquisition opportunities, and lead the company’s strategic planning process in focusing on growth. She is located at BW/IPs corporate headquarters in Long Beach, California.
Mono simplifies payment for spares A credit card payment scheme has been launched by Mono Pumps to speed up deliveries of spare parts to customers, particularly those in the water industry. Several water companies have already issued employees with company credit cards to allow direct ordering over the phone, resulting in significant reductions in administration time and costs. This means faster processing and consequently faster delivery of Mono spares to customer sites in the UK The service is available for VISA cardholders only at the moment, although the scheme may grow to include other credit cards in the future. The scheme has been introduced as part of a broader customer service initiative which aims to provide practical responses to the demands made by customers. Contact: Mono Pumps, Martin Street, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5DQ, UK. Tel: +44 161 339 9000; Fax: + 44 161 344 0727.
METERING,
Patent excellence award for pump inventors
ITALY Fax ++39 546 621394
Ingersoll-Rand has announced that the winners of its Patent Excellence Award for 1995 are two Ingersoll-Rand employees responsible for inventing a revolutionary, quarter-inch, pipe-size diaphragm pump, which since its launch has captured more than half of its market. Nicholas Kozumplik, Jr, and Gerald M Distel, the inventors of the quarter-inch double diaphragm pump, received their awards during cere-
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1996
leveraged into gross profit margin as large project business with historically lower margins was a more significant part of the first quarter sales mix. The company has aggressively pursued new construction projects in Asia and the Americas. While restraining profit margins at this time, more positive contributions are anticipated when these facilities become fulIy operational and their maintenance and replacement equipment needs growth. Contact: Duriron Company, Inc., PO Box 8820, Dayton, OH 454018820, USA. Tel: +l 513478 8150; Fax: + 1 513 226 4325.
ProMinent on the Web
tion on the Internet. The site includes comprehensive details on ProMinents’s products as well as up to date information about its worldwide network. Readers interested in more information can fill out a simple e-mail back form which will be delivered to ProMinent marketing department for action. FYoMinent’s web page can be found at http://www.inpress. co.uk/prominent/ Contact: ProMinent Fluid Controls (UK) Ltd, Resolution Road, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 IDW, UK. Tel: +44 1530 560555; Fax: + 44 1530 560777.
Expansion Engineering UK, is to build a second factory to meet increased world-wide demand for its products. Due to start operation next year the f2m factory, specifically designed as a Global Technology Centre, will
AES
ProMinent Fluid Controls, manufacturers and suppliers of precision dosing pumps, sensors, and controllers now has its product and company informa-
0 E5K
enable the company to fulfill its objective of doubling in size within the next three years. The new factory is the result of a 90% growth rate for AES Engineering Ltd since 1993, which has earned the firm a Queens Award for Technological Achievement as well as two Queens Awards for Export citations. The facilities created will establish this site as one of the finest test centres in the country for the continued development of AES seals to meet API standards. Calpeda Pumps recently set up a Belfast based direct Technical Sales, service and distribution Centre. The new company, Calpeda Pumps Limited, will cover both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland operating through their own locally based technical sales staff and an approved distributor network. The new Irish operation will carry a comprehensive stock of Calpeda pumps, together with all appropriate spares. A new production and assembly line has been established at Beeston Heating’s Derbyshire, UK, factory and headquarters for the Biral EBZ range of in-line mechanically sealed pumps. Two years after Beeston and Swiss-based Biral teamed up in the UK the EBZ range will now be assembled in Belper to provide a fast off-theshelf service for customers, the company says. The first pumps will roll off the line this summer and as well as the new production facility, hydraulic and electrical test facilities specifically for the new range have been established at Beeston. Imo Industries, US, has acquired the assets of its longtime pump licensee in Val de Fontenay, France, formerly a part of GEC Alsthom’s Industrial Equipment Division. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Now renamed Imo Pompes S.A., the French company has been manufacturing Imo three-screw rotary pumps under license since 1964, with sales in both France and North Africa. Production facilities are located in Cramoisy, with sales offices in Paris. Imo says the acquisition
Silicon carbide components optimize
your pump performance
EKasic@ sintered silicon carbide for pump shafts, sliding
bearings,
mechanical
seal faces with good
tribological
properties,
resistance
excellent
to wear and corrosion
in environmentally
safe pumps.
A variety of grades in high standard quality guarantee
reliable
products.
For further information contact
please
us. Our technical
sales
staff will be pleased to assist you.
Elektroschmelzwerk Kempten Werk Kempten P.0. Box 1526 D-87405 Kempten, Phone
++831-5618-222
GmbH [WACKER] Germany
Fax ++831-5618-357
A subsidiary of Wacker-Chemie
WORLD PUMPS JUNE 1996
will increase Imo pump sales in Europe by nearly one-third and strategically improve its position in the French pump market. Management and staff of the company would be retained in their existing positions, reporting to the European operations headquarters at Imo Al3 in Stockholm. Imo AB also maintains European branch offices in Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
Imo Industries has named Anders Sjogren as managing director of its European pump operations, including its Imo Pumps Al3 unit in Stockholm. Sjogren was formerly general manager of the MacGregor Group’s shipboard cargo crane division and president of the company’s Swedish affiliate, MacGregor-Hagglunds AB. The appointment of John Fearn as marketing manager has been announced by TriClover manufacturer of pumps People news and valves. In his new capacity, Fear-n will direct the marketing and advertising programs for Peter J. Andrews has been ap- the company’s newly formed pointed Chairman of SIHI Food & Dairy, Bio-Pharm and Pumps (UK). With experience Export Divisions. The Board of Directors of in the international pump industry spanning over twenty BW/IP, Inc. has elected Renee years in senior management J. Hornbaker, 43, vice president positions, Mr Andrews spent business development. MS Hornbaker’s primary refive years in the USA as head of Hale Products Inc, before sponsibilities will be to oversee returning to Europe to take up merger and acquisition activity the role of President and CEO of on the corporate level, assist the company’s pump and seal ditiSterling Fluid Systems.
PERISTALTIC PUMP ROTH0 SYSTEM FLOW RATE FROM 28 LT/H TO 60.000 LTlH ON EIGHT MODELS PRESSURE UP TO 8 BAR, SUCTION (BAR G) 0,93 SAFETY PROBE TO DETECT A WORN OUT TUBE TRANSFER, FEEDING, FILTRATION OF: fragile or sensitive fluids,
Via Volta, 8 FAENZA Tel. ++39 546 620433
)-
WORLD
PUMPS
JUNE
1996
sions in investigating potential acquisition opportunities, and lead the company’s strategic planning process in focusing on growth. She is located at BW/IPs corporate headquarters in Long Beach, California.
Mono simplifies payment for spares A credit card payment scheme has been launched by Mono Pumps to speed up deliveries of spare parts to customers, particularly those in the water industry. Several water companies have already issued employees with company credit cards to allow direct ordering over the phone, resulting in significant reductions in administration time and costs. This means faster processing and consequently faster delivery of Mono spares to customer sites in the UK The service is available for VISA cardholders only at the moment, although the scheme may grow to include other credit cards in the future. The scheme has been introduced as part of a broader customer service initiative which aims to provide practical responses to the demands made by customers. Contact: Mono Pumps, Martin Street, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5DQ, UK. Tel: +44 161 339 9000; Fax: + 44 161 344 0727.
METERING,
Patent excellence award for pump inventors
ITALY Fax ++39 546 621394
Ingersoll-Rand has announced that the winners of its Patent Excellence Award for 1995 are two Ingersoll-Rand employees responsible for inventing a revolutionary, quarter-inch, pipe-size diaphragm pump, which since its launch has captured more than half of its market. Nicholas Kozumplik, Jr, and Gerald M Distel, the inventors of the quarter-inch double diaphragm pump, received their awards during cere-