WORLD PUMPS July/August 2013

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Wilo opens new plant in South Korea

Torishima takes 50% stake in FEDCO

The Wilo Group has invested

€27.25 million in a new pump

manufacturing facility in Busan,

South Korea.

Production has already started at

the new plant, which has the

capacity to manufacture more

than one million pumps per

annum as well as 200 000 pump

motors per year. The new Wilo site

in Busan, which includes sales and

administrative facilities, has room

for future expansion.

The German company has been

manufacturing in South Korea

since 1993.

www.wilo.com

Japan’s Torishima Pump Mfg Co

Ltd has acquired a 50% interest in

Fluid Equipment Development Co

LLC (FEDCO), a US-based manufac-

turer of high-pressure pumps and

energy recovery devices.

Headquartered in Monroe, Mich-

igan, FEDCO designs and manu-

factures fl uid machinery including

turbochargers and pumps for the

growing energy recovery market.

These products are particularly

suited to the reverse osmosis

process in desalination systems.

FEDCO will continue to be

managed by Eli Oklejas.

Last year, Torishima and FEDCO

agreed to establish a joint venture,

Advanced Pumps International

LLC, to manufacture pumps for

the oil & gas industry.

www.torishima.co.jp

www.fedco-usa.com

Grundfos inaugurates new factory in Serbia

Xylem acquires Pollmann Pumpen

Grundfos has opened a new plant

in Indjija, Serbia.

Production is already up and

running at the new 26 000 sq m

facility which will manufacture

circulator pumps and the Sololift2

lifting station for the Central and

Eastern European markets.

“We have set up four production

lines in four months, which has

only been possible because of our

highly dedicated and skilled

employees – both in Serbia and

Denmark,” said Jim Toft Nielsen,

general manager of Grundfos

Serbia.

Grundfos has been producing

circulator pumps in Serbia in

rented buildings since spring 2011.

www.grundfos.com

Xylem Inc has bought Pollmann

Pumpen Ltd, a privately owned

German dewatering technology

and services company, for approxi-

mately US$3 million.

Headquartered in Bremen, Poll-

mann Pumpen operates from

three locations in the north and

east of Germany. The company

has a rental fl eet of approximately

300 diesel and electric powered

dewatering pumps, serving

customers across Germany. Poll-

mann Pumpen has extensive

dewatering expertise and technol-

ogies, including specialized capa-

bilities such as well-pointing.

Xylem says that the acquisition of

Pollmann Pumpen is part of the

strategic expansion of its dewa-

tering business designed to capi-

talize on the growing demand for

pump rental within the construc-

tion, municipal, mining and indus-

trial sectors across Europe.

www.xyleminc.com

www.pollmann-pumpen.de

Turkish success for Weir MineralsWeir Minerals has secured £2.5

million in new orders in Turkey

since opening its fi rst sales and

service centre in the country late

last year.

The company opened a 600 sq m

facility in the south of Istanbul

province in October 2012 to

provide enhanced customer

support and faster delivery of

equipment, spare parts and main-

tenance services to its customers

across the region.

Tony Locke, managing director of

Weir Minerals Europe, said: “This is

an early indication that our

strategy of getting closer to our

customers by providing a greater

level of sales and technical support

on the ground is the right one.”

www.weirminerals.com

Sundyne celebrates ZeroLoss centurySundyne has shipped its 100th

sealless magnetic drive pump

featuring the recently introduced

ZeroLoss containment shell.

Available as an optional add-on for

Frame 2 and Frame 3 Sundyne

brand HMD Kontro pumps, the

ZeroLoss containment shell works

by eliminating eddy current

heating. As a result, energy

consumption is reduced.

“We are thrilled to be celebrating

the 100th shipped order of the

ZeroLoss containment shell.

Thanks to this new feature, we

are able to off er our customers a

more effi cient sealless magnetic

drive pump than ever before,”

said Steve Rose, general manager

of Sundyne HMD Kontro in

Eastbourne, UK.

www.sundyne.com

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