Subject:  Pumps World Market News

Here is the table of contents for the month of December in the Updates to Pumps World Market.  The updates reflect only some of the new additions.  The analysis and revenues are constantly revised.  For more information, click on:  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/water.html#N019 .

Pumps World Market
Update

December 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Census Bureau Pumps and Compressors Report 2004

ACQUISITION

• Grundfos Buys Brisan Turbo of South Africa

SALE

• Lewa Sold to Finance Group

PRODUCTION RELOCATION

• APV Closes Albertslund and Horsens Factories
• Monoflo Relocates in Houston
• Met-Pro to Relocate Sethco to Pennsylvania

NEW JOINT VENTURE

• ITT and Pentair Enter Joint Venture Agreement to Create Motor Company

FACTORY UPGRADES

• Allweiler Installs New Sand Mixer at Factory

FINANCIALS

• Crane Reports Sales Increase of 9 Percent in Third Quarter
• IDEX’s Order for Third Quarter Up 10 percent
• Baker Hughes’ Third Quarter EPS Up 61 Percent
• Gardner Denver’s Sales Increased 95 percent in Third Quarter
• Pentair’s Third Quarter Sales Up 18 Percent
• ITT Industries’ Third Quarter EPS Up 17 Percent
• Sulzer Pumps Boosted Orders 27 Percent in Third Quarter
• Cardo Pump Orders Up in Third Quarter
• National Oilwell Varco’s Sales Increase
• Roper Sales 52 Percent Higher Than Last Year
• Gorman-Rupp Reported Record Sales
• Flowserve About to Release 2004 10-K
• Dresser Files 2004 10-K
• Robbins 7 Myers Report First Quarter 2006

PEOPLE

• Mono Appoints New China Engineer
• President of Centrilift Given New Job at Baker Hughes
• Flowserve has New Vice President of Continuous Improvement Process

PROJECTS

• KSB Delivers Biggest Cooling Water Pumps
• Prominent Supplying Orlita Pumps for Kazakhstan
• Watson Marlow Bredel Pumps Used to Counter Sodium Hypochlorite
• Mitsubishi Receives Order for Four Reactor Coolant Pumps
• Alstom to Supply Pump-Turbine/Generator Units for South Korea

NEW PRODUCTS

• Tapflo’s New Twinpump Launched
• Rovatti Develops New Submersible Wastewater Pump

OIL & GAS

POWER

REFINERIES

SEMICONDUCTOR, FLAT PANEL, DISK DRIVE AND OTHER ELECTRONICS

WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION

U.S. MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER PROJECTS

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Bob McIlvaine

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com