- 14 November 2007 -
NA positive displacement market to reach US$3 billion
The North American pump market earned revenues of US$2.30 billion in 2006 and could reach US$3.01 billion in 2013, says a new report by Frost & Sullivan, North American Positive Displacement Pumps Markets.

- 13 December 2006 -
John Crane to commercialize diamond seal faces
John Crane Inc is to collaborate with Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc (ADT), based in Illinois, USA, to develop and commercialise the latter's Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD) technology. more

- 12 December 2006 -
Pentair acquires wastewater pump manufacturer
Water specialist Pentair is to acquire Jung Pumpen, a German manufacturer of wastewater products for the municipal and residential markets. more

- 6 December 2006 -
HI Annual Meeting registration open
Registration for the US Hydraulic Institute (HI)'s 2007 Annual Meeting is now open. This meeting will be held in San Antonio, Texas from February 22 to 27, 2007. more

- 6 December 2006 -
ABB calls for better electric motor data
ABB says that it wants the electric motor industry to give a clearer indication of motor reliability in its technical motor data. more

- 1 December 2006 -
Large slurry pump acquisition for GL&V
Groupe Laperriere & Verreault Inc (GLV) has made what it says is one of its largest ever acquisitions with its purchase of Krebs International Inc. more

- 22 November 2006 -
Major KSB contract for seawater desalination power plant
KSB Group is to supply 43 pumps for the Huaneng Yingkou Power Station expansion project located at the Gulf of Liaodong in China. more

- 20 November 2006 -
Grundfos president resigns after four years
Jens Jørgen Madsen will be resigning from the post of group president of Grundfos from 30 November 2006. more

-17 November 2006 -
New president for ABS Group
Peter Aru has been appointed the new president and CEO of ABS Group. more

- 8 November 2006 -
SPX Corp makes offer for Custos
SPX Corp today has commenced a tender offer to acquire all the shares of Aktiebolaget Custos (publ) for US$155.3 million. more

- 8 November 2006 -
AxFlow to extend SPX distribution
European fluid handling equipment supplier AxFlow has agreed with SPX Process Equipment, Delavan, USA, to extend its distribution of Waukesha and Bran+Luebbe pumps in Europe. more

- 8 November 2006 -
Ecological Spanish contract for KSB
KSB Group is to supply numerous water extraction and transfer pumps for the water supply system of the city of Santander near a biosphere reserve on the North Spanish coast. more

- 6 November 2006 -
www.pumps.org website relaunched
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has relaunched its website, www.Pumps.org, designed in conjuction with the HI family of websites, www.PumpSystemsMatter.org and www.PumpLearning.org. more

- 20 October 2006 -
Bran Luebbe enters biofuels market
Bran+Luebbe, an SPX Process Equipment company, is now offering BioFuel producers customised production packages for high efficiency and safe product blending. more

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