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Pfeiffer Vacuum has been selected for membership into the new Kempen /SNS Smaller Europe SRI Index, launched on October 1st 2003.

Grundfos A/S – the Danish production company of the Grundfos Group employing 3,800 people – was honoured by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) at the EFQM Forum in Helsinki – a highly estimated conference with participation of more than 700 business managers from all over Europe.

BOC Edwards has been awarded UL 3101 and CSA C22.2 1010 approvals for its highly successful XDS range of dry vacuum scroll pumps.

High ability to deliver, perfect quality and excellent service are the reasons for selecting Finnish Outokumpu Poricopper OY to receive Grundfos’ Supplier Award 2002. Part of the Outokumpu Group, the award winner supplies Grundfos with copper.

Grundfos Indonesia receives awards for best IT practices by Indonesia’s top business magazine, Warta Ekonomi.

AESSEAL has won “The Best Use of Technology” section of the National Business Awards 2003 for the North East Region.

Grundfos has a good chance to win this year’s European Quality Award. It is the only Danish finalist to enter the competition.

Wilo Salmson Components, part of Wilo AG, has been awarded ‘Exzellenz Supplier Quality 2003’ by Vaillant Hepworth Group, the largest European manufacturer of domestic heating and hot water systems.

A pump repair facility maintained by Flowserve Corporation and located on the Eastman Chemical site in Kingsport, Tennessee was presented a “Supplier Excellence” award through the “Eastman Supplier Excellence Program.” The award was presented on June 2, 2003 in recognition of the facility’s “Outstanding Quality Performance as a Supplier” during 2002.

Mono Pumps is celebrating the success at the recent British Pump Manufacturers Association Awards of a project in which it was involved. The project involved the supply and installation of Mono equipment on behalf of Tarmac Topblock, and scooped first place in the ‘User Application of the Year’ category at the Awards.