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The Gorman-Rupp Company reports financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2015.

Düsseldorf-based engineering group GEA closed financial year 2015 on a successful note despite the renewed slowdown in economic activity. The preliminary key indicators underscore the Group s sound performance in the year under review.

Fish is a major source of protein for over one billion people around the world, especially in the developing countries. In the U.S. the awareness of protein from fish consumption and other health benefits is making fish farming a profitable business.

Pentair announced fourth quarter 2015 sales of $1.8 billion. Sales were down 2 percent compared to sales for the same period last year. Excluding the unfavorable impact of currency translation and positive contribution from acquisitions, core sales declined 4 percent in the fourth quarter.

The flow control and treatment market will grow by 2 percent in 2016 to $340 billion. In general small Asian suppliers will achieve the highest percentage growth. The performance of the large international companies will be mixed. McIlvaine is analyzing each of the larger companies to compare their forecasts to the world market trends.

The environmental systems suppliers generate revenues of over $100 billion per year. The systems they supply include valves valued at nearly $1 billion/yr. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in N028 Industrial Valves: World Market.

The largest users of industrial air and water monitoring equipment are also the industries which are most concentrated. A few oil and gas companies produce most of the oil and gas.

At the occasion of an investor conference in New York, GEA announced an order intake for Q4 2015 of at least EUR 1.240 million, which exceeds the old record of Q2 2013, when orders reached EUR 1.220 million.

The market to remove liquids from oil and gas is close to $2 billion per year and includes the range of devices to remove both small and large droplets as well as water in emulsified solutions. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in Liquid Separation from Oil and Gas.

Global subsea pumps market was valued at more than a billion USD in 2014 having been contributed mainly by the demand from offshore production activities in North and South America and Europe.