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ITT PRO Services and Geiger Pump and Equipment have established a partnership to meet the customers’ needs in the areas of service, repairs and maintenance. This partnership provides increased customer service and repair capabilities to support plant requirements in keeping reliability up and downtime minimized.

Nazareth Speedway has completed an agreement which will make Goulds Pumps, ITT Industries the title sponsor of the NASCAR Busch Series race at “The World’s Fastest Mile,” beginning with the Goulds Pumps, ITT Industries 200 on May 17-18, 2003.

At the annual general meeting on 1 April 2003 it was resolved to change the company name from A/S De Smithske to DESMI A/S, which has been the secondary name of the company for the latest eight years.

The BPMA, in conjunction with Wilo Salmson and three other leading UK pump manufacturers, has released details of its new website initiative intended to help circulator pump specifiers select energy-efficient products. The announcement follows the BPMA’s involvement in the revision of the government-funded Central Heating System Specifications (CHeSS) best practice programme.

Olathe, KS – April 7, 2003, Grundfos Pumps Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of pumps, announced today that the Comfort Series Instant Hot Water Recirculation System has received ANSI / NSF Standard 61 and International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) safety certifications.

Under the name FAST™, ABS has launched a range of process pumps at a maximum of 10-days delivery time. It includes a range of 15 process pumps of the well proven BA and NB pumps.

Grundfos recently produced the first chip for micro sensors in the production facilities for semiconductors set up at Farum (Copenhagen) one and a half year ago as the first production facilities for semiconductors in Denmark.

All technical drawings of Lowara’s Teknospeed series are now available for download at the manufacturer’s homepage in dxf-format.

It is the declared goal of European Union energy and environmental policy to significantly lower the energy consumption of electrically driven industrial systems. KSB takes part in this programme launched by the EU at the beginning of 2003.

Hidrostal non-clogging pump technology is being used to good effect at the seven consecutive pumping sites on the Grand Union canal, located between Radford and Itchington Bottom, to pump canal water back to maintain an adequate water level when required.