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Xylem announced two significant leadership appointments, which are effective October 1, 2015.

Ebara Corporation hereby announces that its consolidated subsidiary Ebara Indústrias Mecânicas e Comércio Ltda. (“Ebara Brazil”) has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Thebe Bombas Hidráulicas S.A. (“Thebe”), a Brazilian company that manufactures and markets pumps in Brazil.

The market for cross-flow membrane systems and membrane modules will grow by over 20 percent from 2015 to 2019 at oil prices of $80/barrel during the period and Chinese economic growth of 7 percent per annum. At $40/barrel and 2 percent economic growth in China, the world cross-flow growth will only be 15 percent. These are the latest forecasts in N020 RO, UF, MF World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.

Mr Roger Holm (43) M.Sc. (Econ.), has been appointed President of Marine Solutions, Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Management of Wärtsilä Corporation, effective 1 November 2015. In this position, he is responsible for Wärtsilä s Marine Solutions business globally, and will report to President & CEO Mr Jaakko Eskola.

The Gorman-Rupp Company announces over $10 million of cash investments in expansions of its European operations in Ireland and The Netherlands and a related planned acquisition in Belgium.

According to a report published by the McIlvaine Company, China will spend more than $1.7 billion for power plant air and water monitoring in 2015. This represents 40 percent of the world s power plant air and water monitoring purchases.

Pentair announced that it will recommend to its shareholders that they approve a resolution at its 2016 annual general meeting of shareholders to increase the size of its Board by one director and will appoint Ed Garden, Chief Investment Officer and a Founding Partner of Trian, to the Pentair Board to fill the resulting vacancy.

Kirloskar Pompen B.V, a 100% subsidiary of Kirloskar Brothers International (KBI) has completed the acquisition of Netherlands-based Rodelta Pumps International. Rodelta is engaged in manufacturing of API and Non-API Pumps for Oil & Gas, Pulp & Paper, Water, Chemical and various other applications since 1946.

The pump industry will grow by 17 percent from 2015 to 2019 at oil prices of $80/barrel during the period. At $40/barrel, the growth will only be 3 percent. These are the latest forecasts in Pumps World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.

The board of directors of Franklin Electric has elected Renee Peterson to be a director of the company effective September 1, 2015.