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Blackmer® Creates Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Web PageWeb page highlights benefits of Blackmer’s DEF sliding vane pumps

Grand Rapids, MI, December 19, 2011 – Throughout its 100-plus years of innovation, Blackmer®, a global leader in positive displacement rotary vane pump and reciprocating-gas compressor technologies, has made a commitment to identifying emerging markets and then developing equipment that has been designed to maximize the efforts of its end-user partners in those markets. One of the most recent examples of this is Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF), the use of which came to prominence in the United States in 2010 when tighter Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards regarding the amount of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulates that diesel vehicles could legally emit into the atmosphere went into effect.

At that time, Blackmer committed to developing pumping and ancillary equipment that meets the needs of DEF production, handling and transport. As part of that effort, Blackmer has created a DEF Web page that introduces the visitor to Blackmer’s DEF-compatible equipment, as well as the marketing efforts it has undertaken as a way to introduce this equipment to the DEF marketplace.

Visitors to Blackmer’s new DEF Web page will have access to a DEF Market Brochure, which explains the scope and nature of the United States DEF market, along with an introduction to the STX-DEF Sliding Vane Pumps that have been developed; press releases that have been created to coincide with the launch of the STX-DEF products; a white paper that helps define Blackmer’s position in the DEF market; a success story that focuses on how a Blackmer channel partner has optimized its DEF-handling operations with the help of Blackmer equipment; articles that offer an insight into the future of DEF in the U.S.; and links to DEF product solutions from some of Blackmer’s Dover Corporation sister companies.

For more information on Blackmer, please go to www.blackmer.com. Blackmer is a member of Dover Corporation’s Pump Solutions Group (PSG®). For more information on PSG and its member companies, visit www.pumpsg.com.Blackmer® is the leading global provider of innovative and high-quality rotary vane pump, centrifugal and peristaltic (hose) pump, and reciprocating compressor technologies for the transfer of liquids and gasses. For more than a century, the Blackmer name has stood for unparalleled product performance, superior services and support, well-timed innovation and a commitment to total customer satisfaction. Supported by a worldwide network of distributors and original equipment manufacturers, Blackmer pumps and compressors are used in a multitude of applications in the Process, Energy and Military & Marine markets. Blackmer—headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA—is a member of Dover Corporation’s Pump Solutions Group (PSG®).