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The annual general meeting will be held on Monday, April 2 2001 at 5 pm at Storan, Malmö Musikteater, Östra Rönneholmsvägen 20, Malmö, Sweden.

A new range of low cost diaphragms for air-operated double diaphragm pumps has been announced by Tri-Ark Ltd, a leading independent supplier of air-operated double-diaphragm pumps and components to UK industry.

Godwin Pumps of America, Inc., the largest manufacturer of portable rental pumps in North America, will feature its line of fully automatic self priming Dri-Prime( pumps at World of Concrete at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth #9821 on February 27 through March 2.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Pentair (NYSE: PNR) today

announced the reorganization of its Water Technologies segment into four

geographic sectors structured to more efficiently manage the group’s rapidly

growing global business.

The Lowara Hydrovar variable speed unit with its newly revised software has opened a new approach to saving water.

The Pump Search Engine at spaix.net and the Pump Industry News at impeller.net respectively pumpe.net are now being published at the mutual domain impeller.net. This top address offers an unique variety of services around the topic “pumps”. The combination of daily news and sophisticated pump selection is supplemented by useful links in the Pump Industry Directory and an online forum.

WASTECORP. won the best exhibit award for the second year in a row at the New York Water Environment Federation Annual Conference in New York City.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Pentair (NYSE: PNR) announced

today that its Fairbanks Morse unit has received a government patent for a

newly developed submersible pump motor with a unique cooling method that

allows it to operate continuously out of the water without overheating.

Engineered Products Group Pty Ltd (EPG) is proud to announce the arrival of the new solids handling self-priming pump, called the ‘Super T series’ from Gorman-Rupp. This new range of pumps incorporate the latest technology of the standard T series Gorman-Rupp solids handling centrifugal pumps used throughout the world for over 35 years in domestic sewage and industrial waste water applications.

On Monday February 19, 2001, Sulzer Ltd was informed concurrently with public announcement of a takeover bid by the Swiss investment company InCentive Capital AG, Zug. The Sulzer Board of Directors is currently assessing in detail this offer to Sulzer shareholders.