Friday, April 27, 2007

State of the art pump manufacturing facility in Coimbatore

Flowserve Inc, a global provider of fluid motion and control products and services opened a state of the art pump manufacturing facility in Coimbatore to cater to the domestic and export markets.

The state-of-the-art facility will support the company's existing Indian operations and provide pump products, for the oil and gas, power and chemical industries. The plant was inaugurated by Mr. Lewis Kling, President and CEO of Flowserve at a ceremony in Coimbatore on April 12.

The 100,000 square foot pump facility was built on 14 acres at an investment of approximately US$8.5 million. The new facility will nearly double Flowserve's production capabilities for single stage, multi-stage, barrel and vertical engineered and industrial pumps. The 200-person management and engineering staff at the operation will also provide total pumping solution services and support to the region.

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