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Grundfos reports the highest earnings in company history and highest sales growth rate for more than a decade in their 2021 half-year results.

The Frankenthal-based pump and valve manufacturer KSB had a very good start to the first half of the year. Supported by a significant recovery of the global economy, catch-up investments by customers and the successes derived from the realignment to markets, order intake and sales revenue rose significantly and are almost at the level of the very good year 2019.

Thanks to continued gains from the efficiency program and the general economic recovery, GEA performed excellently in the second quarter. The company once again significantly improved across relevant key performance indicators: order intake, organic revenue development, earnings margin, net liquidity and return on capital employed (ROCE).

Xylem Inc. recently reported second quarter 2021 revenue of $1.35 billion. Revenues grew 16 percent on a reported basis, and 11 percent organically, reflecting strong underlying demand across all segments.

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG reported a record sales level of EUR 391.2 million, an increase of 29.6% compared to the previous year (H1 2020: EUR 301.9 million). The operating results (EBIT) reached EUR 48.1 million, an increase of 146.1% (H1 2020: EUR 19.5 million) representing a significantly improved EBIT margin of 12.3% (H1 2020: 6.5%).

In the first six months (October 2020 to the end of March 2021) of the current financial year 2020/2021, the Voith Group continued to develop positively, despite a very challenging market environment partly due to the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A combination of strong market demand and global expansion at Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has resulted in significant investments in manufacturing capacity for several of the Group’s businesses.

Endress+Hauser weathered the 2020 pandemic year well. Despite declining sales, the company, which specializes in measurement and automation technology, maintained profitability at a high level and strengthened its financial power.

In the Corona pandemic year of 2020 of all things, the balance sheet of the special centrifugal pump manufacturer Bungartz looks better than ever before. With a turnover of €10.7 million, the company – which is also considered to be a problem-solver among pump manufacturers – can look back on the best result in the company’s history ever.

In the financial year 2020, the Wilo Group has managed to achieve a currency-adjusted sales growth of 1.8 percent despite the difficult conditions caused by the pandemic and the economy. Sales revenues amounted to approx. 1.5 billion euros.