Subject:  Pumps World Market News

Here are the headlines for the month of April ’07 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/brochures/water.html#N019  .

PUMPS WORLD MARKET
UPDATE

April 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MCILVAINE PUMP MARKET REPORT INCLUDES HOT TOPICS DISCUSSIONS

Pump Hot Topics Were Availability and Pump Materials

Idex (Corken) – George Jenkins

Weir Slurry – Jim Burke

KSB / GIW – Steve Lindgren

Flowserve – Allan Abbott

Lawrence Pumps – Mike Agosti

ACQUISITIONS

Hamilton Sundstrand Buys Dosatron International

MERGER

Hermetic and Lederle Pumps Merged

SALE NEGOTIATIONS

Weir Now in Talks with Clyde Blowers

NEW PLANTS

CDR Builds New Paint Factory

Flowserve Opens New Pump Facility in Coimbatore, India

Grundfos Builds New Plant in Suzhou, China

Integration of PACO into Grundfos Creates New Company

FINANCE

Grundfos’ 2006 Sales Increase 15 Percent

Sulzer Announces First Quarter 2007 Results

TESTS

KSB Tests High-Pressure Pumps for Cyprus Desalination Plant

Voith Siemens Hydro Holds Sucessful Test of Limberg II Pump Turbine

PEOPLE

New Chairman Appointed at Sulzer

PROJECTS

Severn Trent Buys Watson Marlow Bredel Peristaltic Pumps for Bamford

GL&V’s Krebs International Receives Order for $6.5 Million Canadian

Travaini Pumps Benelux Supplies DSM with Vacuum Pumps

Moyno Sells Pumps to Offshore Oil Service Ships

Pioneer Pump Request for Pump in Ascension Islands

Düchting Pumpen Received Two New Orders

Grundfos Sells Pumps to Garmin

NEW PRODUCTS

ITT Flygt and ABB Developed Range of VFDs for Wastewater Pumps

Sundyne Improves Ansimag Sealless Mag Drive Pumps

Plenty Mirrlees Pumps Develops Solution for Transfer of Tall Oil

Cat Pumps’ New Triplex Pump Targets Desalination Applications

Watson-Marlow Bredel Launches New 720 Series Peristaltic Pump

Wilden Brings Out New Original Metal Pump Series

LNG PROJECTS

• Many projects are detailed in monthly updates to this report under Industry Analysis in the LNG Chapter. CLICK HERE to view information on these projects.

OIL & GAS

• Many projects are detailed in monthly updates to this report under Industry Analysis in the Oil & Gas Chapter. CLICK HERE to view information on these projects.

POWER

• Huge pump expenditures are forecast for flue gas desulfurization systems in the U.S. and China. The specific projects are not listed in this report but are available separately in World Power Generation Projects and in Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System.

REFINERIES

• Many projects are detailed in monthly updates to this report under Industry Analysis in the Refineries Chapter. CLICK HERE to view information on these projects.

SEMICONDUCTOR, FLAT PANEL, DISK DRIVE AND OTHER ELECTRONICS

• These projects are included in a separate report World Cleanroom Projects.

WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION

Municipal: U.S.

Poseidon to introduce desalination plant's builders

Florida: No more water from Everglades

$110 Million Desalination Operation Producing Water Again

Hutchinson's $15 million water plant starting up

Western US tackles drought with $2.5 billion in water projects

Clayton tries to cut out sodium using RO

Municipal: Overseas

Second desal ‘not until 2011’

Water desalination plant for Victoria

World Bank invites bids for Red-Dead feasibility study

Malta highly vulnerable to climate change

Paper: US$240mn to be invested in Lima desalters - Peru

'Sea water is not the answer to droughts'

Business News

Al Qudra Holding signs MOU with SUEZ Environment

China lures big time local investors

General Electric 1st quarter earnings up 2 percent

U.S. MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER PROJECTS

• These projects are available in a separate report U.S. Municipal Wastewater Plants and People. Project Updates are issued biweekly.

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Bob McIlvaine

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com