- 5 November 2007 -
Selwood wins award for flood pumping
Selwood Pumps has been were presented with an award by Severn Trent to honour Selwood Pumps for their outstanding contribution in the Gloucester UK flooding in 2007.

- 12 October 2007 -
Kirloskar acquires water treatment company
Kirloskar Brothers Limited has acquired 100% equity share capital of Gondwana Engineers Private Limited for a total consideration of Rs 76.36 million.

- 10 October 2007 -
Grundfos opens new office in India
Grundfos India has opened a new office with 'state-of-art' facilities in Pune, India.

- 4 October 2007 -
Franklin Electric acquires pump division
Franklin Electric, the world's largest manufacturer of submersible electric motors, has acquired the pump division of Canada-based Monarch Industries Limited.

- 4 October 2007 -
Stenner celebrates 50th anniversary
The Stenner Pump Company is celebrating 50 years as a manufacturer of peristaltic metering pumps for the water industry with a new company website.

- 2 October 2007 -
Wyko creates UK sealing company
Wyko has launched a new company, ERIKS Sealing Technology, a combination of Wyko’s established seals business in the UK and Wyko parent company ERIKS.

- 3 August 2007 -
50th anniversary for Metropolitan
Metropolitan Industries, Inc, a national OEM manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor for pump and control markets has celebrated its 50th year in business.

- 18 July 2007 -
Grundfos creates new company in Kazakhstan
Grundfos is to open a new sales company within the next months in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan.

- 28 June 2007 -
China will be largest centrifugal pump purchaser
By 2010, purchases of centrifugal pumps in China will rise to over US$5 billion, surpassing the US at under US$4.9 billion, making it the largest purchaser in the world.

- 11 June 2007 -
Varisco celebrates 75 years
Centrifugal pump specialist Varisco SpA is celebrating its 75th birthday with new developments in China and the US.

- 29 May 2007 -
China wastewater growth pushes Grundfos expansion
A growing need for wastewater products in China has led Grundfos Pumps to expand its Chinese operations.

- 11 April 2007 -
US$85 million contract for New Orleans pumping
Weston Solutions, Inc has been awarded an estimated US$85 million design-build contract to increase the existing temporary pumping capacity at two canals in New Orleans, Louisiana.

- 7 March 2007 -
Dosing pump manufacturer to form part of Milton Roy
Hamilton Sundstrand, which owns wastewater specialist Milton Roy, is to acquire Dosatron International, a designer and manufacturer of specialized dosing/metering pumps.

- 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

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