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NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 11 /PRNewswire/ — IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX), a leading manufacturer of proprietary industrial products, reported that it will combine its Corken business unit with Liquid Controls, which IDEX acquired in January 2001.

CLEVELAND, June 8 /PRNewswire/ — Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH) was recognized in a worldwide survey of product design engineers as the global leader in fluid power technologies. Parker is the leading supplier of a full range of motion and control technologies, including fluid power.

Ashland, Ohio – Pentair Pump Group has been named the winner of the 2000 Pentair Chairman’s Award.

Integrated Offering for Process Industries Will Provide Lower Lifecycle Cost, Improved Process Control, and Real-time Asset Management

For the third time, after 1995 and 1998, WOMA’s quality management system is certified by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Limited. Thus, WOMA remains the leading manufacturer of high-pressure waterjet technique that produces according to the ISO 9001 quality standard.

Warren Pumps is very pleased to announce that effective March 1, 2001, it will become the exclusive North and South American distributor for Houttuin, B.V.

ARVADA, Colo., May 18, 2001 — We are delighted to announce that Sundyne Corporation is the recipient of the Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in Exporting. This award honors Colorado companies who have made a significant contribution to exporting.

Nikkiso has newly established two subsidiaries, NIKKISO Pumps KOREA LTD. and NIKKISO Pumps America, Inc.

The Egyptian Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources has awarded Sulzer Pumps in Winterthur (CH) a contract for the retrofit of 28 water pumps which are operating in six pump stations on the Nile.

Following project work over a period of nearly two years, Sulzer Pumpen (Deutschland) GmbH has been awarded a contract for the modernization of the boiler feed pumps at the Novocherkasskaya Gres power plant. The generating station is located near Rostov-on-Don and consists of a total of 8 blocks with unit ratings of 300 MW.