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PARSIPPANY, NJ, December 21, 2001 – In a move to harmonize global pump industry standards that are more enforceable, are developed by all interested parties, and better reflect modern test instrumentation capabilities, pump users and consultants shared their perspectives with pump manufacturers at a recent meeting of the Hydraulic Institute (HI) Test Standard Committee in Orlando, Fla.

BRIDGEPORT, NJ – Godwin Pumps, the largest manufacturer of portable rental pumps with 15 U.S. rental branch offices and over 100 distributor locations worldwide, recently opened its first California rental branch in Corona at 1215 Graphite Drive, approximately a half mile north of the intersection of Ontario and California, just west of Interstate 15.

Eastern European countries can skip decades of technological development by making use of the extensive knowledge and experience Grundfos and five other Scandinavian companies have integrated into their products. Proof of this can be found in a newly-renovated apartment block in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Following eight-years’ research Grundfos is now getting ready to set up production of pressure sensors for water in unprecedented small dimensions.

After 75 years of being known as the Marlow Plunger Pump, WASTECORP. has changed the name to WASTECORP. Plunger Pumps PE Series, HPE Series. EHPE Series, Space Saver plunger pumps, and WASTECORP.

Certain process applications present difficult problems for pumps, particularly those involving aggressive chemicals. Mechanically sealed pumps can be prone to seal failure in some of these situations, leading to potential environmental contamination through loss of pumped media, resulting in expensive downtime. Ultrachem magnetically-driven pumps, available through liquid handling specialists, Michael Smith Engineers, are designed to meet the tough demands of these applications on the basis that ‘extreme situations call for extreme measures’.

PARSIPPANY, NJ, October 31, 2001 – At the recent Hydraulic Institute (HI) Fall Management Conference, HI announced the formation of a new Small Business Network. This network is designed to facilitate services for HI’s base of small- to medium-sized business members, representing those companies who employ fewer than 350 people and/or earn less than $100 million in revenue.

Charlotte, North Carolina — Maag Pump Systems Textron today announced that its Americas facility has passed the ISO-9001 certification on October 31, 2001.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) announced that its senior management described the performance of Pentair’s three core business segments to investment professionals attending the Goldman, Sachs & Co. Global Capital Goods Conference today in New York, New York.

Engineered Software, an US supplier of fluid flow analysis and pump selection software, announced the launch of PUMP-FLO Solutions, a new business unit.