KSB enters into joint venture in China

KSB enters into joint venture in China

B USINESS & FINANCIAL I PC p u m p s in grinder alliance R o b b i n s + Myers Ltd h a s formed a strategic alliance with JWC E n v i r o n m e n ...

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PC p u m p s in grinder alliance

R o b b i n s + Myers Ltd h a s formed a strategic alliance with JWC E n v i r o n m e n t a l to m a r k e t and sell its range of 'Monster' grinders a n d screening p r o d u c t s t h r o u g h o u t the UK. The new alliance forms p a r t of Robbins & Myers' fluids m a n a g e m e n t programme to penetrate f u r t h e r the i m p o r t a n t water & waste t r e a t m e n t sector. JWC, the i n v e n t o r of the twoshaft grinder, offers a range of grinders a n d screening p r o d u c t s for solids reduction a n d p u m p protection in water a n d waste applications. The 'Monster' range is ideal for solving a wide variety of solids reduction pro blems -- they protect p u m p s a n d process e q u i p m e n t from being d a m a g e d by harmful solids.

Contact: Dr Alan Boyce, Robbins & Myers Ltd, School Lane, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire SO53 3DG, UK. Tel: + 44 703 252528; Fax: + 4 4 703 252529.

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Enhanced rheology lab

I n s t a l l a t i o n of a Bohlin Rheo m e t e r CS-50 at Alfa Laval P u m p s Ltd in t h e UK h a s e n h a n c e d the capability of the company's Rheology Laboratory in d e t e r m i n i n g exactly the right p u m p s p e c i f i c a t i o n for each customer's fluids h a n d l i n g requirements. Alfa Laval P u m p s supply t h o u s a n d s of rotary lobe a n d other positive p u m p types worldwide to the process industries a n d knowing the characteristics of t h e p u m p e d medium, particularly in t e r m s of shear rate/viscosity, is critical in m a n y cases to e n s u r e cost effective transfer at the desired rate w i t h o u t any p r o d u c t degradation.

Contact: Alfa Laval Pumps Ltd, Birch Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN23 6PQ, UK. Tel: + 4 4 1323 412555; Fax: + 4 4 1323 412515.

Albert L Zientek (left) owner and managing director and Hermann Ziesel (centre) authorized manager of Sero Pumpenfabrik receive the ISO9001 certificate from Artur Braungart of DQS.

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Sero a w a r d e d ISO9001

Sero P u m p e n f a b r i k has been awarded ISO9001 quality accreditation by DQS. Sero PUmpenfabrik manufactures self p r i m i n g side c h a n n e l p u m p s a n d r e c e n t l y c e l e b r a t e d its 100th anniversary. The c o m p a n y ' s p u m p s are a p p l i e d in a wide r a n g e of i n d u s t r i a l fields, e.g. in chemical a n d p e t r o c h e m i c a l industries, power generation, m a r i n e a n d offshore engineering, process industries and many others.

Contact: Mrs Dagmar Jakob, Sero Pumpenfabrik GmbH, Industriestrasse 21, 74909 Meckesheim b. H e i d e l b e r g , G e r m a n y . Tel: + 4 9 6226 920122; Fax: + 4 9 6226 8091.

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P u m p s & Systems of Warszawa, Poland, is be exclusive distributor of S~JE liquid level controls t h r o u g h o u t Poland. Aaadrzej Bacinski is the president of P u m p s & Systems.

Tfirbosan has been m a n u f a c t u r ing water a n d sewage p u m p s a n d water t u r b i n e s since 1971. Contact: Mark Johnson, SJ The d e v e l o p m e n t of its exper- Electros Systems Inc., PO tise in supplying domestic a n d Box 1619, Detroit Lakes, MN i n t e r n a t i o n a l c u s t o m e r s have 56502, USA. Tel: +1 218 847 been marked by tile award of 1317; Fax: +1 218 847 4617. ISO9001 quality accreditation. The Turkish S t a n d a r d s Institute (TSE) has awarded TfirboJoint ventures san the ISO9001 certificate for the design a n d p r o d u c t i o n of centrifugal pumps, including KSB e n t e r s into s u b m e r s i b l e designs, a n d arehi m e d e a n screw pumps. j o i n t v e n t u r e in

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Contact: S Sonek, T~irbosan, GLimiissuyu Cad. Hastane Yolu No: 1 34020 MaltepeTopkapi, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: + 9 0 212 567 9550; Fax: -I-90 212 612 4741.

China After having signed a Letter of I n t e n t for a j o i n t v e n t u r e in C h i n a in July 1994, KSB has

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now signed the final joint venture agreement establishing KSB S h a n g h a i P u m p s Co. Ltd. The new company, in which KSB holds a n interest of 51%, officially s t a r t e d o p e r a t i o n s on December 1, 1994. The Chinese j o i n t v e n t u r e p a r t n e r is Shanghai P u m p Works w i t h 1700 employees, o n e of the t h r e e m a j o r Chinese p u m p m a n u f a c turers a n d a reliable KSB busin e s s p a r t n e r of m a n y y e a r s s t a n d i n g . The n e w c o m p a n y will p r e d o m i n a n t l y serve the Chinese home m a r k e t as well as the East Asian m a r k e t a n d facilitate i n t e r c o m p a n y supplies w i t h i n the KSB Group.

Dieter Born, KSB, (left), Wan Liang Di, Shanghai Pump Works, Contact: Matthias Halder, KSB (centre) and Klaus Wiegand, KSB, (right) at the signing of the Aktiengesellshaft, D-67225 preliminary joint venture agreement. Frankenthal, Germany. Tel: +49 62 33 862492; Fax: +49 62 33 863456. pany. It will form a platform a n d Japan, p r o d u c t i o n follows

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Green pumps on t h e Y e l l o w River

After lengthy talks a n d negotiations a J o i n t Venture a n d Technical Transfer Agreement b e t w e e n Netzsch M o h n o p u m p e n GmbH a n d Lanzhou General P u m p Factory was signed in Hong Kong in 1993. Now after a c o r r e s p o n d i n g p r e p a r a t i o n period production has been started. This is the first J o i n t Venture in t h e C h i n e s e p r o v i n c e of G a n s u w i t h a w e s t e r n com-

for Netzsch's aim of becoming the Netzsch Quality Recommenn u m b e r one in C h i n a with the d a t i o n s which are valid worldtechnology it has e s t a b l i s h e d wide. In C h i n a these are controlled a n d supervised by the world-wide. The new enterprise, Lanzhou Deputy General Manager, KorbiNetzsch P u m p Factory, is situ- n i a n E i s n e r , w h o h a s b e e n ated in Lanzhou which has over placed t h e r e by the G e r m a n a m i l l i o n i n h a b i t a n t s . F r o m p a r e n t company. here General Manager Li Jueci a n d his q u a l i f i e d s t a f f will Contact: Netzsch Mohnopump r o d u c e t h e n e w N M - s e r i e s pen GmbH, Postfach 1120, Nemo p u m p s for the Chinese Liebigstrasse 28, D-84464 m a r k e t , as well as c h e a p e r Waldkraiburg, Germany. Tel: c o m p o n e n t s for all the m a r k e t s +49 86 38 630; Fax: +49 86 38 6 79 99. of the Netzsch Group. In this the biggest i n d u s t r i a l centre of North West China, as in all other Netzsch p r o d u c t i o n p l a n t s in Germany, Brazil, USA C o n t r a c t s and o r d e r s

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The Lanzhou Netzsch Pump Factory has started production in the Chinese province of Ganshu

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Bran + Luebbe Ltd has secured the contract to supply Severn Trent Water with MPL dosing packages for the Ogston, UK, Water T r e a t m e n t Works. The £136,000 contract, placed by Balfour Beatty, involves supplying a n d supervising i n s t a l l a t i o n of six p u m p i n g packages based a r o u n d the MPL 'M' Series pumps. B r a n ÷ L u e b b e w i l l be supplying packages for s u l p h u ric acid dosing, sodium bisulp h i t e dosing, ferric s u l p h i t e