For the eighth consecutive year, Goulds Pumps, a business of ITT Corporation, has been chosen as the most preferred pump manufacturer by readers of Chemical Processing magazine.

ITT Goulds Pumps is the number one choice in the centrifugal pumps category in Chemical Processing magazine’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards, which are based on an annual survey established in 2004. ITT Goulds Pumps was the top choice of 31 percent of respondents who identified a pump brand – compared to 12 percent for its nearest competitor – a gain of five percentage points from 2010.

“Industry surveys consistently rate ITT Goulds Pumps as the best and most reliable in the industry, and we are committed to building on that record by continually delighting our customers with product and service solutions,” said John Manna, vice president of global marketing for ITT Industrial Process. “We are gratified by the 2011 Chemical Processing survey results, and proud of ITT Goulds 160-year heritage and our installed base of more than a million process pumps. But we’re not satisfied—we want to continually enhance our customers’ operations and our support of them.”