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Rietschle as a company, have always responded to the demands of the market place by utilising new concepts and developing new products, whilst still maintaining its traditional virtues – reliability, efficiency and high performance. The best proof of this is the development of COVAC – the new multi- stage unit available in three capacities.

Having seen through the successful integration of the Werner & Pfleiderer, Waeschle and Buss company groups under the umbrella of Coperion, Dr. Hans-Jörg Pfeiffer, President of the Executive Board of Coperion Holding GmbH, Konstanz (Germany) and Head of the Georg Fischer Corporation’s Plant Engineering Group, will retire at the end of August on reaching the age of 64. Hans-Jörg Pfeiffer has declared his willingness to put his industrial experience at the disposal of Coperion and Georg Fischer as an external consultant.

At the end of July this year, 20 Flygt heavy duty submersible propeller pumps will go into operation in the Grand Canal and the Rio Hondo River as part of Mexico City’s improved wastewater pumping system. The total value for the order, which consists of pumps, discharge columns, spare parts and onsite verification tests, is over USD 3.5 million.

A company does not need to compromise environmental thinking, staff welfare, or social responsibility to be profitable – in fact this can be a corner stone of the business concept. This is highlighted in Swedish pump manufacturing company, ITT Flygt’s Sustainability report 2001. ITT Flygt is one of a handful of Swedish companies that publishes a complete Sustainability report according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), guidelines, which are supported by the UN.

Multi-stage, magnetic drive pumps which incorporate a two impeller design feature helping to create higher pressures at lower flow rates, are the latest addition to the range of pumps.

MasterSeal is a unique innovation in the field of hydro-dynamic seals with exceptional reliability and the lowest running cost in the market.

ASF Thomas new 2003 V miniature diaphragm pump is not only small and lightweight, but highly efficient as well. The pump assembly is based on clip technology, thus realizing constant performance parameters. In addition, ASF Thomas offers the oil- and maintenance-free pump at a very competitive price.

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 extended suction line program.

Grundfos’ CEO and Group President, Niels Due Jensen, will turn 60 in the spring of 2003 and as a consequence of that he has decided to retire from his position. The Board of Directors of Grundfos Management A/S have decided to appoint Executive Vice President, Jens Jørgen Madsen (52), as Group President and CEO of Grundfos Management A/S from 1 January 2003.

Grundfos is a company with a clearly stated vision and strong fundamental values. Grundfos wants to show responsibility in relation to the surrounding environment, working for a sustainable development in its broadest sense – environmentally, socially and economically.