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National Plant and Pump, Hire and Sales company Selwood Ltd. has announced the opening of two new branches bringing its total to 33 branches throughout the UK.

Maag Pump Systems Textron has built and delivered more than 15,000 extrusion pumps worldwide over the last 30 years under the brand name extrex^®, and now Maag Pump Systems Textron has once again developed a new line of extrusion gear pumps, the all new extrex Generation-5.

Pfeiffer Vacuum won an outstanding third place in the TecDAX category in €uro magazine’s first Corporate Governance Quality Award in Germany.

Grindex’ new slurry pump series Bravo is designed for really abrasive applications in mines and quarries and alike. Slurry and other fluids with high concentrations of sand and stones normally wear out the hydraulic parts of the pump. Grindex has solved …

A versatile, new glycol make-up unit (GMU) from the Bell & Gossett Packaged Systems Group is now available. The unit is designed for glycol solution applications such as closed loop heating, chilled water, process systems, snowmelt and radiant heat.

Parker Hannifin announced it has acquired Advanced Products Company, a privately held manufacturer of metallic and polymer spring energized seals, in a cash for stock transaction. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

When Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in Bedfordshire decided to upgrade the waste water disposal from its penguin enclosure, they chose Wilo environmentally friendly pumps installed by Alpheus Environmental.

Roper Industries, Inc. announced that it intends shortly to commence a public offering of 4.1 million shares of its common stock, plus up to an additional 0.6 million shares to cover over-allotments.

Grundfos recently announced the launch of its latest line of lifting stations for private homes: The Sololift+ range. Specially designed to handle wastewater in private homes, the six different Sololift+ stations collect wastewater straight from the source and pump it away through small-bore pipe work to the main sewer.

The Pageboy SFD15 self-priming diaphragm pump is ideally suited to pumping aggressive or corrosive liquids, such as solvents, strong acids or alkalis. Available from liquids handling specialists Pump Engineering, this pocket sized, air-operated pump has only 3 moving parts and low air consumption.