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The award of the economy club Rhine-Main and the Wirtschaftswoche was awarded for the 22nd time. It was presented by the Federation`s research minister Edelgard Bulmahn at the Gala night of the German economy in the Alten Oper in Frankfurt on January 19th. The innovation were into the following categories divided: Bio- and genetic engineering, information engineering, energy + traffic, mechanical engineering, medicine, metrology, ambient environment and other. In the division ambient environment the Herborner Pumpenfabrik presented an energy saving pump. As market leaders in the range for swimming pool water circulation pumps, the company is known for innovative pumps technology.

DALLAS – March 27, 2002 – Grundfos Pumps Corporation of North America awarded its first Water Innovation Award to Joseph M. DiFrancesco, III, operations manager of Public Service Plumbers, Inc., here, in recognition of his work to bring water-efficient plumbing design to Dallas.

PARSIPPANY, March 28, 2002 – Gunnar Hovstadius, PhD., Director of Technology for ITT Fluid Technology Corporation, based in Upper Saddle River, N.J., has been named the Hydraulic Institute (HI) 2001 Member of the Year. The award was presented to Dr. Hovstadius during a closing dinner at HI’s 85th Annual Meeting, held recently in Ft. Myers, Florida.

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ —

Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) announced today that Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW), a 775-store home center chain, recently named F.E. Myers’ Water Ace retail division “Vendor of the Year” for Lowe’s rough plumbing and electrical division. F.E. Myers is a unit of the Pentair Pump Group.

Plant and Pump Sales and Hire company Selwood has been named as Hyundai’s best new distributor for 2001.

Grundfos has received yet another accounting prize – this time for the Group Envi-ronmental Report plus the Overall Accounts and the Social Accounts for the Danish manufacturing company, Grundfos A/S.

MIAMI, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ — ITT Industries’ Jabsco, a leading

manufacturer of marine pumps, fixtures and accessories, has received an Innovation Award from the National Marine Manufacturers Association for its Sensor Max VSD, a silent-running energy efficient on-board water pump. Sensor Max was given the award at the Miami International Boat Show, the largest consumer show of its kind in North America.

The limitations and disadvantages of the conventional drinking water supply and wastewater treatment are becoming more recognisable due to the development in the water and supply prices. In order to give young academics an incentive to take part in the development of methods alternative to the conventional ones, Espa and the fbr awards, for the first time internationally, a 5.000 EUR promotion prize.

POWAY, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Grundfos Pumps Manufacturing Corporation, located in Fresno, swept the 2001 California Team Excellence Awards (CTEA) competition winning the top Gold-level winner with its “Reduce the Juice” team.