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Parker Hannifin, the Cleveland-based global leader in motion and control systems and technologies, has earned recognition as one of the United States’ top technology innovators by two influential business publications.

Pfeiffer Vacuum took first place in the TecDAX segment in manager magazin’s prestigious rankings of the best annual reports.

Pontso Moletsane, Motobele Motshodi, and Sechaba Ramabenyane from South Africa were awarded the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize, sponsored globally by ITT Industries, during World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

John Michael Paz, President of Bridgeport, New Jersey-based Godwin Pumps, was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP.

Davey Products’ RainBank was selected as a finalist for the Product of the Year 2005 of the GreenSmart Awards of the Australian Housing Industry Association HIA. GreenSmart are the only exclusive built environment awards in Australia.

The company operating the wastewater treatment plant in St. Johnsbury was recognized for its commitment to safety excellence by the Vermont Occupational Health and Safety Administration (VOSHA).

For the second time within a few weeks, Pfeiffer Vacuum won an award for its outstanding investor relations work. This time, the German magazine CAPITAL together with the DVFA, the German Association for financial analysis and asset management, awarded the prizes.

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, North American UPS Market — Government Sector, selected Eaton Corporation as the recipient of the 2005 Customer Development Leadership Award for its ability to best perceive customer’s uninterruptible power system (UPS) needs and develop products that have resulted in exceptional market penetration rate growth.

The Australian pump manufacturer Davey Water Products was inducted into the Victorian Government’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame in 2005, to celebrate manufacturing excellence and to showcase locally-based manufacturers whose innovative and sophisticated solutions to global manufacturing issues have made them world leaders.

On 6 June 2005 Grundfos awarded the prize for this year’s best supplier, the Grundfos Supplier Award. The award was given to French company Nexans Winding Wires (former Alcatel Cable), a Grundfos supplier for more than 20 years.