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Ashland, Ohio – The new Hydromatic HP Sump Alarm is a battery operated controller that provides a dependable warning of high liquid level condition for any sump application.

Burgmann has launched the Unitex® cartridge seal that covers a wide operational spectrum in the medium pressure and stress range. Attractively priced, this cartridge seal is ideal for applications in the chemical and food industries, as well as the sewage, paint and lacquer sectors, for the handling of cold and hot water, beverages, weak lyes, and acids and suspensions.

Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) earned $57.3 million or $.28 diluted earnings per share (DEPS) from continuing operations in the third quarter ended September 30, 2002, compared to $5.7 million or $.03 per diluted share from continuing operations in the comparable period last year. Sales in the third quarter of 2002 were $1.1 billion, basically unchanged when compared to the prior year.

ISH North America’s 2002 event held in Toronto from October 31 to November 2 exceeded expectations at its grand premiere. Show organizers Messe Frankfurt, Inc. report that 10,735 attendees packed the aisles of the National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place during the three-day event.

The ABS Interim Report January – September 2002: Invoiced sales amounted to 239 MEUR (215), which adjusted for the effects of exchange rate movements is a rise of 11 percent.

Selwood Group Limited, a leading plant and pump hire and sales company in UK, has reverted to full (100%) management ownership having completed a corporate finance transaction with 3i plc whose share capital and other interests in the company have been repurchased.

Pumpex introduces the new submersible pump GA 200 for clear and contaminated water. It is ideally suitable for many applications at farms, homes and gardens. Filling and emptying of pools and tanks, pumping out flooded basements and boats, irrigation and flushing or in permanent installations as a sump pump.

PCM Moineau Oilfield continues to expand its market shares on the North Asian market in the People`s Republic of China and strenghten its positions in south and central Asia-Pacific, i.e, in Australia, Indonesia, Thaïland, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brune and Singapore.

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG, a leading manufacturer of high-quality vacuum pumps, components, and complete vacuum systems, announces its results as of September 30, 2002. For the first time since the end of 2001, quarterly sales increased slightly by + 2.5 %. Nine months’ profit margin was 12.9 % before tax.

It is expected that the 18th Pollutec, to be held in Lyons (France) from 26th to 29th November 2002, will break all records for participation. Two months before it opens and despite two expansions in area of nearly 10,000 gross square metres, the show is virtually full and has exceeded the forecast of 5% growth compared with the 2000 show. There will be a total of 2,250 exhibitors.