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Sulzer Ltd has agreed to participate in a tentative settlement agreement between Sulzer Medica and plaintiffs lawyers by contributing USD 50 million to avoid any residual risks in connection with hip and knee implant recalls in the USA.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Goulds Pumps of Seneca Falls, NY, USA, and GL&V Pulp Group Inc., Nashua, NH jointly announce a Marketing, Sales and Service agreement for a new high intensity chemical mixer for application on medium consistency pulp. Under this agreement the TRI-O™ Mixer developed by Goulds will be represented in the Americas by GL&V.

PARSIPPANY, NJ, January 31, 2002 – The Hydraulic Institute (HI), under the approval of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is seeking qualified participants for the review and approval of new standards for abrasive slurry handling pumps.

Late in November 2001, the valve factories of KSB Armaturen GmbH in Germany, France, Luxembourg and India were certified to meet the requirements laid down in the European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED). Accreditation was granted by the German TÜV (Association for Technical Supervision) and Lloyds Register.

In addition to stationary pneumatic diaphragm pumps mobile units are also required in many production plants…

With 2001 ending as the best year in the Company’s history for order intake, Carver is making several internal changes that will help maintain this growth and continue the momentum into 2002 and beyond.

PARSIPPANY, NJ, December 21, 2001 – Better management of inventory and manufacturing levels, more effective employee compensation and benefits programs, more accurate comparison of cost structure and operating ratios – these are a few of the benefits being recognized by participants in the Hydraulic Institute (HI) Statistics Program.

PARSIPPANY, NJ, December 21, 2001 – In a move to harmonize global pump industry standards that are more enforceable, are developed by all interested parties, and better reflect modern test instrumentation capabilities, pump users and consultants shared their perspectives with pump manufacturers at a recent meeting of the Hydraulic Institute (HI) Test Standard Committee in Orlando, Fla.

BRIDGEPORT, NJ – Godwin Pumps, the largest manufacturer of portable rental pumps with 15 U.S. rental branch offices and over 100 distributor locations worldwide, recently opened its first California rental branch in Corona at 1215 Graphite Drive, approximately a half mile north of the intersection of Ontario and California, just west of Interstate 15.

Eastern European countries can skip decades of technological development by making use of the extensive knowledge and experience Grundfos and five other Scandinavian companies have integrated into their products. Proof of this can be found in a newly-renovated apartment block in St. Petersburg, Russia.