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On Wednesday, September 13, 2000, Sulzer signed an agreement to acquire the turbine machinery activities of the Interturbine Group, a privately owned company based in Lomm/The Netherlands. The acquisition includes Eldim and Interturbine Coating Center which will be integrated into Sulzer Metco, and Elbar which will be integrated into Sulzer Turbomachinery Services.

CLEVELAND, OHIO… Eaton has acquired the industrial cylinder business of International Motion Control Incorporated (IMC) for an undisclosed amount.

After a testing period of several months, the worldwide unique chlorine absorption plant, which has been developed by GEA Jet Pumps, is now officially being presented.

DELAVAN, WI – Jim Donnelly, president and chief executive officer of Sta-Rite Industries, has been elected president and chief executive officer of WICOR Industries, a Wisconsin Energy subsidiary, which includes Sta-Rite Industries, SHURflo and Hypro Corporation, all pump-manufacturing businesses. Donnelly will also continue his responsibilities as president of Sta-Rite.

ITT Flygt, one of the founders of the Stockholm Water Prize, and sponsors of the Swedish Junior Water Prize, once again took part in the Stockholm Water Week. This year marked the tenth anniversary of the event, and the theme for the Stockholm Water Symposium was “Water Security for the 21st Century – Innovative Approaches”

The constantly increasing demand for drinking water creates considerable investments in the field of sea water desalination plants. The company GEA Jet Pumps of Ettlingen, one of the market leaders in the field of jet pump technology, benefits from this development. The company has received another large-scale order for five multiple-stage steam jet vacuum pumps with precondensers for a sea water desalination plant in Abu Dhabi.

Energy-Saving Pumps Meet Olympic Goal of “Green Games”

KSB Limited of Loughborough, the UK arm of KSB Aktiengesellschaft, Frankenthal, has acquired the companies Prüftechnik Services Limited and Pumpserve Limited in a deal that will increase KSB’s service capability across the UK.

Leading manufacturer of high viscosity pumps consequently enlarges his product range!

Homa Pumpenfabrik GmbH, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, has expanded the Chromatic submersible pump series by two more powerful models. They are designed for application in stationary pump sumps as well as for using as mobile emergency pump in case of overflow. This series includes the optimal pumps for pumping from cellars, sumps and pits.