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OTSEGO, Mich., May 25 /PRNewswire/ — The recent expansion of Parker Hannifin’s Pump/Motor Division’s Otsego facility signals a renewed dedication to the hydraulic piston pump manufacturing segment.

Proving that more products can be manufactured with less water, and that corporate environmental sustainability can go hand-in-hand with the financial bottom line, the General Motors de Mexico Ramos Arizpe Complex was announced today as the 2001 recipient of the prestigious Stockholm Industry Water Award.

By June this year, KSB Aktiengesellschaft will supply 140 pumps for water treatment duties, worth several million Deutschmark, to a petrochemical plant in Bandar Imam / Iran.

Pullen Pumps, a Howard Anderson Ltd company, has provided a range of pumping equipment for Millennium Point a major UK Millennium funded project. Opening in September 2001 this landmark building in Birmingham is one of the most prestigious projects of the year and will cost some £114 million.

The first plant in the south of Italy for the recycling of plastic (PET) was inaugurated at the end of the year 2000 at Gricignano d’Aversa, in the province of Caserta.

ITT Flygt will be supplying the city of Vienna with fourteen 225 kW propeller pumps, the largest order received to date in Austria, at a total value of USD 1.6 million.

By Niels Due Jensen, Grundfos Group President

Pretty soon our employees will see Grundfos´ brand or logo being replaced. From now on we will be writing the Grundfos name in a more modern and distinctive typeface, and we will also be simplifying the Archimedes screw to make it stand out as a clearer and easily recognisable symbol for Grundfos. All this will occur as one of several visible moves indicating that we are adopting a new business concept – a concept that aims to strengthen Grundfos´ identity as “the Brand” when it comes to pumps and pump systems

March 22, 2001 – Carver Pump was awarded a contract by Avondale Industries, Inc. of New Orleans, Louisiana for the fourth ship-set of centrifugal pumps for the San Antonio Class (LPD-20) Dock Landing Ships.

In recent years there has been a boom in the building industry in many cities, where residential and commercial areas are rapidly expanding.

A characteristic of the stone working industry is that it requires great quantities of water, resulting in a considerable environmental impact.

The COREFA consortium of Firenzuola (FI) – established by new companies that specialise in stone work – needed to recover, treat and redistribute the waste water in order to reduce demand from the water system.