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Parker Hannifin Corporation reported orders for the month of August in the company’s industrial and aerospace segments. Orders for the North American Industrial businesses increased 17 percent over the same month last year,…

For the fifth year in succession, SKF has been selected to be a member of Dow Jones’ Sustainability World Indexes (DJSI World) and the pan-European sustainability benchmark (DJSI STOXX).

Baker Hughes Incorporated announced the commencement of a voluntary sale program (also known as an odd-lot program) for stockholders owning fewer than 100 shares of Baker Hughes common stock.

Despite the rising cost of energy and raw materials, the world economy showed consistently stable growth in the first half of 2004. The development of the Chinese market was particularly dynamic, but Japan and the USA also showed good growth rates. For the euro zone…

Against a backdrop of generally friendlier conditions, Sulzer posted sales of CHF 977.6 million for the first half of 2004. The sales figure is 13.0% higher than the level achieved in the prior-year period (adjusted ) +10.1%).

ITT Industries, Inc. has been awarded a $24.9 million contract from the Naval Air Systems Command Weapons Division to provide engineering software support services for the Tactical Aircraft Electronic Warfare Integrated Program Team, located at Point Mugu, CA and China Lake, CA.

ABS’ first six months of 2004 have been characterized by the process of making the organization more efficient and increasing its competitiveness. This has been done for example by rationalization, moving the sales resources closer to the customers, …

Hoffman Specialty, a unit of ITT Industries, has announced enhancements to its popular ESP-PLUS Steam Component Selection Program. Updates to two parts of the program will assist engineers and installers by making the steam component selections process easier.

After a record year in 2003, the Grundfos Group has managed to further increase its sales. During the first six months of 2004, the Group’s turnover reached DKK 5,956 million — an increase of 12% compared with the same period of 2003.