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China’s pump market to grow by 12% According to the China Pump Industry Report 2007, available through Irish market report provider Research and Markets, China’s domestic pump industry will continue to grow at a rate of 11%-12% in the next 3-5 years, driven by strong demands for pumps in main sectors such as power, steel and iron and petrochemistry as well as the rapid growth of urban infrastructure construction. China’s pump industry will also maintain a sustainable development at a rate of 2%-3% higher than that of machinery industry, the report suggests.
Industry Association, says that the total industrial output value of these enterprises was RMB 16.699 billion in 2005, up by 42% year on year, with a sales revenue of RMB 15.69 billion with 40% increase, total pre-tax profits of RMB 1.7 billion with an 65% increase and total profits of RMB 970 million with an 64.4% increase.
The report, which covers 141 member enterprises of the China General Machinery Pump
Currently, centrifugal pumps in China account for 80% and rotary & reciprocating displacement pumps account for 18% of overall pump presence. There are now more than 2,000 pump manufacturers and pump products have reached over 5,000 varieties in around 450 series.
Dosatron to be part of Milton Roy
SPX expands after-market operation
Hamilton Sundstrand, a division of US-based United Technologies Corp, has acquired Dosatron International, a French manufacturer of non-electric proportional dispensers and medicators.
SPX Process Equipment has expanded its Bran + Luebbe after market business unit. This unit will focus on the range of field service functions designed to help customers to obtain better performances from the company’s pumps and processing systems.
Dosatron will now become part of Milton Roy, which is one of Hamilton Sundstrand’s three industrial companies and covers fluid metering, mixing and flow control with a wide range of specialty pumps and systems, including Milton Roy, LMI, William, Linc, Hartell, Haskel, BuTech and YZ Systems. “We are extremely pleased to have Dosatron join the Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial team,” said Stephen G. Oswald, president of Hamilton Sundstrand’s industrial group. “The acquisition is also a great addition to our Milton Roy businesses – it will allow us to expand into new products and add to our presence in Europe.”
WORLD PUMPS June 2007
“Life cycle costs have always been central to the Bran + Luebbe product offering,” said manager David Adam. “[…]Whereas at one time, only the initial investment cost was the main factor to be considered in selecting equipment such as pumps, lifetime costs are now very much a part of the specification process.” “Where it is not practical for users to return pump sets to the OEM, we now provide service engineers or technical training courses to enable users to carry out their own maintenance,” he added.
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