US pump demand rises

lnvensys as of 3 1 st of January

Grundfos takes over Indian software company

Brook Crampton’s Integral Horsepower

Motor

Division

was acquired by tindetevesJacoberg of Singapore

from

ZOO2 the. It will continue to

Grumifos

trade as Brook Crompton but

tiations

will drop the invensys.

Danstecl

Aggreko

Pvt.

plc, supplier

of

ing

erature

Det

and

oil-free

compressed air services

has

acquired Compressores

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ver,

Eco-

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(trading

as

finaliscil the

Ltd, which hy

x suhsidiaq

Danish

Steel-treatment

(The

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which to develop the Spanish

and has 17 employees,

market.

hcen

seawater

desalination

in Fuiairah Oman.

plant

on the Gulf

of

Once complete, the

plant

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UK’s

and

East

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hy the Freei2vnia

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sector

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supply

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gains

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levels

of

costs.

with

sealless

designs,

benefit

from

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due to rising

the

construction

beverages

of

performing

pumps

will also

average

boost

growth,

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phragm

have

supplied

various

cxtent

that

these

sized

Primo-Titan self-priming

longer

lives,

these

its

through Flowserve

part-owner

in Argentina.

pumps handle liquid animal

pollutants, and other

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waste, manure

pumpable waste

from the zoo and transport it

new

pumps

and

have

increases siowing

will growth

and capital

be

by

in hoth pnduction

Glasgow Laurie director.

has

West

as

Scot

in

which

equipment

to he the

pumps

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purchases

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commonly

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managing

and

load

handling

become head of Weir

including

the

ability

the USA.

to a report

the LJK fluid handling market

food

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will

mo\t

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figures

from

reports

ior pri-

is set to decline

across the

companies

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three

by Plimsoll

in

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revealed

companies

decline of the

the

latest

largest

1000

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that

half

February

the

of the

may not sff growth

at

all anti could ioosc 12.1 A of sales on

this year.

average

pump

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continued

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will hcnefit

development

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manufacturing

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will remain

products,

range

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chemical

businesses

to comprise

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for

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industries.

of process

sectors,

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market

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report

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utility

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lines.

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software

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control,

and maintenance

more than 4 o/oper cent per annum

Grundfos and Europump Services have been

for

hut will also he i~scd in

metres of desalinated per day.

the

for the

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software

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its

on

of si&tware

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in New

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company,

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pumps,

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energy). The acquisition gives

an order for pumps for a new

pump

the

GrunJfos

the

resources

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for

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development

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was previously

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KSB Aktiengesellschaft Frankenthal has received

of Inciia

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A/S,

control

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purchase

Engineermg

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temporary power and temp control

has for

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