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Largest singleorder forJohn CraneJohn Crane has received itslargest single order for itsadvanced LaserFace sealingtechnology. The �262.000 orderis for the Hydrofluoric (HF) AcidAlkylation plant at Sarroch, inSardinia, which is operated bySaras.

The seal is intended primarily foruse in difficult applications andoffers high reliability in lowpressure temperature margins, atraditional problem whensealing light hydrocarbon-basedproducts.

Although John Crane hasprovided similar solutions toother HF plants, the systemsupplied to Saras will be tailoredto meet its specific requirements.

French areGrundfos’best supplier

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In 2004 sales of Industrial valvesworldwide were just under $40billion and it is reported that by2010, annual sales will exceed$50 billion. The McIlvaineCompany report is optimisticand sees the market continuingto grow for a number of reasons:

(1) Water infrastructure needsin developing countries: themove of the rural population tocities is greatly increasing theneed for water and wastewatertreatment systems. By 2010 thiswill be an $8 billion market forvalves.

(2) Rapid increase in energysupply: China is increasing coal-fired electrical generatingcapacity at a rate in excess of

10% per year. India and otherdeveloping Asian countries areincreasingly turning to coal forfuture electricity needs. A coalplant requires four times theinvestment in valves as does acombined cycle gas turbine plant.

(3) Industrial expansion in Asia:the need for cement, iron andsteel, chemicals, pharma-ceuticals and other products inAsia is continuing to result inincreases in valve revenues.

(4) Synthetic oil development:the Sasol complex in SouthAfrica has more valves than anyother facility in the world. Itproduces gasoline from coal.Larger versions of this plant areunder development in China.

Valve sales toreach $50 billion

New chairman atAllweiler AGFrom mid-March 2005 KlausStahlmann became CEO andchairman of the executive boardat Allweiler and Frank Kirchneris the CFO and member of theexecutive board.

This follows managementrestructuring earlier in the yearof the Colfax Corporation,Allweiler's US parent company.The company now focusesexclusively on technologies andapplications that are directlyrelated to pumping liquidmedia. The power transmission

segment has now been sold.The current corporate structureplaces the greatest weight onAllweiler AG.

Mr Stahlmann will continue hisresponsibilities as vice-presidentof the Colfax Group for theentire group's sales in Europe,Africa, the Middle East, and theFar East. Frank Kirchner, untilnow director of finance inEurope, will, as before as thechief financial officer, beresponsible for all commercialand financial issues.

On 6 June 2005 Grundfosawarded the prize for thisyear’s best supplier – theGrundfos Supplier Award. Theaward was given to Frenchcompany Nexans WindingWires (former Alcatel Cable), aGrundfos supplier for morethan 20 years.

As a reason for selecting Nexansfor the award, Grundfos saidthat, together with Nexans, thepump company was able tobuild up a good, flexiblerelationship and communication,particularly due to theestablishment of a stock hotelensuring 100% deliveryperformance without time-consuming ordering andconfirmation processes.

Godwin prize

Amarinth supplies PPLAmarinth, a UK company spec-ialising in the design, app-lication and manufacture ofpumps for the chemical, gas andoil industries has won an orderto supply 10 bespoke pumpingunits for Pakistan PetroleumLimited (PPL) of Karachi. PPL, thelargest natural gas producer inPakistan, chose Ranhill as its

contractor, which in turn placedthe order from Amarinth.

The pumps will be installed atPPL’s Adhi Gas Processing Plant IIsituated in the district ofChakwal near Rawalpindi andwill deliver liquid petroleum gas from the refinery to the bottling plant.

John Michael Paz, president,Godwin Pumps, has beenawarded the Ernst & Young‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2005Lifetime Achievement Award’ byprofessional services firm Ernst &Young LLP. Paz was selected from20 finalists in the GreaterPhiladelphia & Central-EasternPennsylvania region by anindependent panel of judgescomprising local business,academic and community leaders.

Graduating in 1978 John joinedGodwin Pumps, the company,founded in 1976 by Paz BrothersConstruction, Bridgeport, NJ.The company rented portabledewatering pumps to theconstruction market and heldthe exclusive rights tomanufacture and sell theGodwin Dri-Prime pump inNorth America. In 1985, Pazassumed the role of President.He opened the first GodwinPumps rental office in 1990.With home offices on twocontinents, branch offices acrossthe US and distributor locationsworldwide, Godwin employsover 500 people and realizessales in excess of $130 million.

PCM winsIsrael watercontractPCM has won a contract tosupply 12 chemical dosing skidsfor a new filtration plant atIsrael's Mekorot WaterCompany. Existing systems areconsidered to be inadequate forthe new works and more pumpswill be required to handle ahigher volume of chemicals.

As part of the project, PCM willsupply the skids to house MiltonRoy pumps and ancillaryequipment. Assembled andfactory tested at PCM's works,the units will deliver a number ofchemicals to dosing pointsaround the new filtration plant.Skid interface with the serviceswill be electrical terminal boxes mounted on the sides ofthe skids and pipe bulkheadconnections.

Mekorot is the national watersupplier in Israel, supplying 1.3billion cu.m of water annually,accounting for 90% of thecountry's drinking water and70% of the overall water supply.