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Patterson Pump Company is pleased to announce the merger of Flo-Pak, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, with Patterson Pump Company. The merger was announced March 13th by Jeffrey S. Gorman, President and CEO of The Gorman-Rupp Company. Patterson Pump Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Gorman-Rupp Company.

Peerless Australia Pty. Ltd.successfully completed and delivered to Samsung Heavy Industries two specialised offshore fire pump packages complying to EEMUA and hazardous location requirements using Peerless 20 HXB-3 Stg. fire pumps and Caterpillar Diesel Engine model 3508 DITA.

This guideline is another one within a row of broschures published by EUROPUMP with the intention to give answers to questions coming up with use of pumps. It is the result of the work conducted by the Standards Commission of EUROPUMP. AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

Guideline for the application of the EC-Directive 2000/14/EC “Noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors” in respect to pumps and pump units. AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

Positive results on all fronts for the 33rd Mostra Convegno EXPOCOMFORT at Fiera Milano. 150,000 trade visitors visited the show over the five days that it was open and foreign visitors accounted for 20% of the total.

A record number of trade and industry professionals are expected to visit PUMPS & SYSTEMS ASIA 2002. Over 1,000 exhibitors are tipped to converge at this most important biennial industrial event of the year.

Ring section multistage pump designs have long been known to provide efficient, cost effective solutions for high pressure pumping applications. Their modular design maximizes interchangeability while allowing the units to be very closely matched to the customer’s hydraulic condition.

ChemBase PlusTM, is a new state-of-the-art non-metallic pump baseplate designed specifically for highly corrosive and harsh chemical environments.

After an unusually short construction period of only five and a half months, Grundfos in Argentina was able to inaugurate its new building, 30 kilometres from Buenos Aires, on 16 November. Prior to this, all employees had spent an extended weekend moving in.

At the end of the first quarter of this year it is with regret that Group Management finds that the uncertainty in the market growth, which also characterized the last quarter of 2001, still exists.