Pumps Market News for April 2010

Here are the headlines for the month of April 2010 in the Updates to Pumps World Markets.  The updates reflect only some of the new additions.  The analysis and revenues are constantly revised.  For more information, click on:  Pumps World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#N019 .

PUMP WORLD MARKET

UPDATE

April 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acquisitions

Alfa Laval Acquires Chinese Fluid Handling Company

Kirloskar Brothers Acquires Shares in Braybar Pumps

Merger

Larox Flowsys Group Merges JFD Services into Company

New Name

LobeStar Pumps Becomes LobePro

Legal Case Settlement

Weir Settles Case Against Two Chinese Companies

Finance

Weir Group Issues First Quarter Results

Curtiss-Wright’s Sales Increased 4 Percent in First Quarter

Crane Company’s EPS Up 17 Percent

Gorman Rupp Reports First Quarter Sales Decrease of 8.1 Percent

Sulzer Pumps’ Order Intake Down 12.8 Percent

People

Jim Torony Appointed Vice President Marketing for ABS Americas

Marcos Magoni Joins Fristam Pumps USA

Walter Bonnett Promoted to Marketing Vice President of Dover Pump Solutions Group

Colfax Appoints New Senior Vice President of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia

Projects

KSB Sells Cooling Water Pumps to Saudi Arabian Power Station

Tsurumi Provides Pumps to Clean Portuguese Landmark Bridge

ITT Lowara Pumps Used in German Plant Manufacturing Fruit Juices

Siemens to Supply Pumping Stations for Canada’s Keystone Expansion

Landia Chopper Pumps Keep Dust Down at UK Wood Recycling Plant

Amarinth Wins Two Orders for Abu Dhabi and Algeria

MZT Supplies Pump Station for Macedonia Wastewater Treatment Facility

Mono’s TR Muncher Makes CSG Lanstar’s Manchester Site More Efficient

Verderflex Exports Pumps to Morocco for Refining Cobalt

Finish Thompson Pumps Aid Fishing Tackle Manufacturer

Gardner Denver Nash Supplies Vacuum Pumps for Paper Machine in Dunaujvaros, Hungary

ABS Wins Order for Pumps and Mixers at Two Spanish Wastewater Treatment Plants

Curtiss Wright Awarded Savannah River Contract

Verderflex Pump Chosen to Dose Carbon Slurry

Watson-Marlow Places Pumps in UK Chocolate Factory

Aero Titanium Delivers Pump Castings to Ensival-Morel

Edwards Wins Order for Chemical Dry Pumps in Pharmaceutical Industry Firm

Hyundai Heavy Industries Delivers Pumps to Russia’s Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant

Edwards Sells Vacuum Pumps to Chinese Flat Panel Display Manufacturers

Abel Wins Asian Order

Ruhrpumpen Supplies Pumps for Spanish Solar Power Plant

New Products

Griswold Pump’s New Impeller for Centrifugal Range

Toyo Pumps Extends GR Pump Series

GD Nash Introduces New 2BE4 Series Vacuum Pumps and Compressors

Verder Launches New Series of Air-Operated Diaphragm Pumps

Dean Pump Brings Out Vertical Inline Pumps with Air-Cooled Design

ITT Redesigns Flojet Pump Range

Blackmer Mouvex Introduces SLP Series Sealless Sliding Vane Pumps

Wilden Announces Hornet Series of Pumps

 WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION

INDUSTRY NEWS

Desalination Production Primed To Rise in MENA Region

ERI Energy Recovery Devices Find Major Applications in Cyprus

Water Experts Back Nuclear Powered Desalination at Water Summit

Energy Recovery Inc. Triumphs with Award for Water Technology Company of the Year

German Ultra-filtration Technology to Purify Water in Pakistan

Dow Venture Capital Invests in Water Filtration Technology

Membrane Technology to Serve Winery Market

GE Water to Develop Membrane Production Facility in Minnesota

LANXESS Invests in Membrane Filtration Technology with New German Plant

DOW Membrane Module Awarded Title 22 Water Recycling/Reuse Certification

Toray to Supply RO Membranes for Two Desalination Plants

Bringing Membrane Technology to Saudi Arabia

Pentair Announces Expansion of Chinese Manufacturing Facility

NEW PLANT CONSTRUCTION NEWS

ITT to Provide Desalination Pretreatment for Plant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

California’s First Full-Scale Seawater Desalination Plant Up and Running

Work Begins on $20 Million Water Plant

TECHNOLOGY/NEW PRODUCT NEWS

IBM, Saudis to Open Solar Desalination Plant

Spectra Watermakers Are Three Times More Energy Efficient than any in Class

UCLA Engineers Develop Revolutionary New Desalination Membrane

Energy Recovery Design

O Canada! Land of Water Innovation!

Norit Launches New Water Treatment Innovations at Aquatech India

H2O Innovation: Professional Water Technologies Develops Three New Membrane Products

Tiny Water Desalination Device Could Help Aid Efforts

Portable Water Desalination Could Help in Disaster Areas

Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in the Report’s Chapters.

CHEMICALS
ETHANOL
FOOD & BEVERAGE
METALWORKING
MINING

OIL & GAS
OTHER ELECTRONICS
PHARMACEUTICAL / BIOTECH
PULP & PAPER
REFINERIES
SEMICONDUCTOR

POWER 

• Huge pump expenditures are forecast for flue gas desulfurization systems in the U.S. and China. The specific reports are available separately in Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation:  Analysis and Forecast (formerly World Coal-Fired) and in Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System. 

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