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Due to the expected growth in demand for plastics particularly in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific in the future, the Board of Directors of Coperion Holding GmbH, Konstanz, has set up a project to re-evaluate all the Groups’s worldwide production capacities and supply chain.

Flowserve Corp. reported net income of 28 cents a share in the second quarter of 2002, compared with 7 cents a share in the year ago quarter. Excluding special items, net income was 46 cents a share in the second quarter of 2002, an increase of 31 percent compared with the prior year period, and within the range of the company’s previously announced estimates.

JESCO Dosiertechnik, one of the leading manufacturers worldwide of components, systems and accessories of metering, conveying and measuring & control technology for water and waste water treatment introduces its chemical motor pump unit type BN.

New global industry standards are emerging to describe the requirements for heavy-duty centrifugal pumps as used in refineries and process plants around the world. Being a global pump company and using state-of-the-art design and manufacturing techniques, Sulzer Pumps is able to release the next generation of process pumps simultaneously for sale (and installation) in all regions of the globe.

A new line of centrifugal pump frames is now available from Berkeley Pumps in several configurations and sizes. The Z-Frame product series includes both SAE engine-drive and frame-mounted models, suitable for a wide variety ofapplications. The smaller BZR closed-coupled pumps are a perfect match for a wide variety of hydraulic-motor-driven applications. Both segments of the line are designed and engineered for years of reliable performance.

The new Hydromatic H-Series of submersible grinder pumps offers a field-proven, low-cost solution to transport sewage and wastewater. Hydromatic offers centrifugal and positive displacement grinders for residential, commercial, and municipal applications. The Hydromatic H-Series of new submersible grinders offers a significant cost savings over conventional gravity-fed systems.

VOGEL PUMPEN introduces the easy-to-use HYDROVAR system for the retrofit market to mount on existing pumps. Compared with the installation costs for this intelligent and user friendly variable speed drive there will be a payback time of less than one year (depending on the energy costs).

For already a number of years, the trade fair Pumps & Valves has become known as the prime industry-platform for pumps, (control)valves, and service provision in the process environment. The premier online pump magazine impeller.net is a mediapartner of this event.

Rayflow Developments’s Flowmizer system has made installation engineers seriously reconsider how central heating systems are constructed and installed. At the heart of the innovative design is Wilo Salmson’s circulator technology.

The long-running PSA 2002 show series presents the most timely and comprehensive gathering of the leading industry players to meet with their targeted trade visitors.