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www.tacdesigninc.com Sales Platform Available in Five More Languages

www.tacdesigninc.com Sales Platform Available in Five More Languages

The international sales platform for centrifugal pumps – www.tacdesigninc.com – has been expanded by five additional languages and is now available in Russian, Polish, Czech, Greek and Turkish. The expansion increases the user-friendliness of the pump selection tool in particular and makes a decisive contribution to the international orientation of the Internet portal.

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LATEST NEWS - Acquisitions + Mergers

IDEX Corporation Completes Acquisition of Versa-Matic Tool, Inc.

07.06.2001 -

NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 6 /PRNewswire/ — Dennis K. Williams, chairman, president and chief executive officer of IDEX Corporation, William F. Versaw, founder and president of Versa-Matic Tool, Inc., and Christer Berg, managing director of Eletta International AG (Versa-Matic’s principal shareholder) today announced Versa-Matic has been acquired by IDEX.

Also included in this transaction are affiliated entities Dominator Pump AB and Pumper Parts LLC.

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Sulzer Rejects Takeover Approach

23.02.2001 -

The Sulzer Board of Directors recommends Sulzer shareholders not to accept the pre-announced public tender offer by InCentive Capital AG. The announced realignment of the Sulzer Corporation is already well underway and will create greater value for shareholders, employees and customers than the short-term oriented procedure of InCentive Capital. Sulzer and Sulzer Medica will be separated as planned, whereby Sulzer shareholders will be offered the Sulzer Medica shares currently held by Sulzer.

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Wilo-Salmson acquires Korean pump manufacturer

30.01.2001 -

Wilo-Salmson AG, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of pumps and pump systems, has announced the acquisition of 80 % of shares of the pump segment from LG Cable Ltd, Seoul / Korea. The new cooperative venture Wilo-LG Pumps Ltd. had annual sales of approximately $70 million in the year 2000. With that the turn-over of the Wilo-Salmson Group will increase to more than 1 billion DEM.

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National Oilwell Acquires Maritime Hydraulics Canada

12.01.2001 -

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 11, 2001–National-Oilwell, Inc. (NYSE:NOI) today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the stock of Maritime Hydraulics (Canada) Ltd. for a total cash purchase price, including the assumption of certain debt obligations, of Canadian $25 million (approximately U.S. $16.5 million).

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IDEX Corporation Completes Acquisition of Liquid Controls, L.L.C.

11.01.2001 -

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Dennis K. Williams, chairman, president and chief executive officer of IDEX Corporation, and Fred G. Wacker III, president and principal shareholder of Liquid Controls, L.L.C., today announced the acquisition of Liquid Controls by IDEX. Liquid Controls is headquartered in Lake Bluff, Illinois, and has joint ventures in Italy and India. Liquid Controls becomes IDEX’s 12th stand-alone business and will be operated as part of its Pump Products Group. Terms of this cash transaction were not disclosed.

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Flowserve Divests Tulsa Plant to Ruhrpumpen Inc.

04.01.2001 -

达拉斯,1月3日/价值/ -福斯公司伊斯兰教纪元unced today the

divestiture of its Tulsa, Okla., plant to Ruhrpumpen Inc., a subsidiary of

营救过程如蒙特雷,墨西哥,12月29日,2000. The company made the

required divestiture as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of

Justice following Flowserve’s acquisition of the Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Co.,

which the government approved in July 2000.

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