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First half-year figures were affected by the Swiss franc appreciation which shaved 7% off the top line. Adjusted for currency effects, acquisitions and divestments, sales were on previous year’s level.

Franklin Electric has revised its previously issued earnings guidance for the second quarter ended July 4, 2015.

Net sales during the second quarter were $103.9 million compared to $109.7 million during the second quarter of 2014. Domestic sales decreased 10.8% or $8.3 million while international sales increased 7.9% or $2.5 million compared to the same period in 2014. Sales in the water end markets were comparable between periods as they increased $700,000 or 1.0% and sales in non-water end markets decreased 19.2% or $6.5 million during the quarter.

The recent Chinese stock market meltdown has many flow control and treatment product and service suppliers re-evaluating their forecasts for this country. The impact on Chinese based suppliers has to be viewed in a different light than impact on the international supplier.

As processes become more complex, operators are turning to pump companies for total solutions and not just the one component. Energy savings, greater reliability and lower maintenance are all goals which can be met by pump companies who take advantage of this opportunity to add revenues of $15 billion. This opportunity is analyzed in Pumps World Markets.

Sales of filter elements to separate particles from air, gases, water, oil and other liquids will exceed $28 billion in 2015. There is a potential for “Solutions Providers” to increase this market by $3.5 billion. This creates a potential for Solutions Providers of $32 billion. This is the latest forecast in the McIlvaine Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets.

Coal-fired power plants are being forced to give up their traditional ash ponds to prevent repetition of recent ash spill incidents in Tennessee and the Carolinas. In the U.S. and elsewhere, the discharge limits on effluents are becoming more stringent. As a result, this is generating a new opportunity for suppliers of pumps, valves, filters and centrifuges. This opportunity is being continually analyzed in a number of McIlvaine publications.

HMS Group plc announces its financial results for 3 months ended March 31, 2015.

Industrial valve sales will be $68.4 billion in 2015 according to the latest forecasts in N028 Industrial Valves: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.

Pump suppliers will experience rising sales resulting in just under $59 billion in revenue by 2019. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in Pumps World Market.