The Flowserve Corporation is an American multinational corporation and one of the largest suppliers of industrial and environmental machinery such as

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s, end face mechanical seals, automation, and services to the

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and other industries. Headquartered in

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, which is in the

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, Flowserve employs close to 16,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Flowserve sells products and offers aftermarket services to engineering and construction firms, original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and end users. The Flowserve brand name originated in 1997 with a merger of BW/IP (Borg-Warner/IP International) and Durco International.

History

Flowserve's heritage dates back to the 1790 founding of Simpson & Thompson by Thomas Simpson, later to become Worthington Simpson Pumps, one of the companies that became part of BW/IP. The company was created in 1997 with the merger of two fluid motion and control companies: BW/IP and Durco International. Acquisitions include HydroTechnik Olomouc in 2006, Sealing Systems in 2007, Calder AG in 2009, and Valbart Srl in 2010. In October 2011, Flowserve acquired Lawrence Pumps Inc. In March 2013, it acquired a manufacturing plant from L&T Valves situated in Maraimalainagar,

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. In 2015 Flowserve acquired SIHI.

Products

Flowserve comprises over 48 fluid motion and control products. They are in alphabetical order: ACEC Centrifugal, Accord, Aldrich, Anchor Darling, Argus, Atomac, Automax, BW Seals, Byron Jackson, Cameron, Calder, DuraClear, Durametallic, Durco, Edward, Five Star Seals, Flowserve, IDP, Innomag, Interseal, Jeumont-Schneider, Kammer, Limitorque, Logix, McCANNA/MARPAC, NAF, NAVAL, Noble Alloy, Norbro, Nordstrom, PMV, Pac-Seal, Pacific, Pacific Wietz, Pleuger, Polyvalve, Schmidt Armaturen, Scienco, Serck Audco, Sier-Bath Rotary, SIHI (Siemen & Hinsch), TKL, United Centrifugal, Valtek, Valtek EMA, Vogt, Western Land Roller, Wilson-Snyder, Worcester Controls, Worthington

Acquisitions

Flowserve has grown through mergers and acquisitions.

Acquisitions under Flowserve Corporation

* 1997 - Merger of BW/IP and Durco International (adoption of brand name Flowserve) * 1997 - Stork Engineered Pumps * 2000 - Ingersoll-Dresser Pumps (IDP) * 2000 - Innovative Valve Technologies Inc. (

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-based maintenance, repair, and replacement services for industrial valves, piping systems, and process system components) * 2002 - Flow Control division of

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(manufacturer of valves, actuators and associated flow control products) * 2004 - Thompsons Kelly & Lewis (Australian supplier of centrifugal pumps) * 2005 - Interseal assets (from Australia-based Ludowici Mineral Processing Equipment Pty Ltd.) * 2006 - HydroTechnik (privately held mechanical seal manufacturer based in

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) * 2007 - MF Sealing Systems (British industrial pump and seal repairer) * 2009 - Calder AG (Swiss desalination energy-recovery system provider) * 2010 - Valbart Srl (privately owned Italian valve manufacturer) * 2011 - Lawrence Pumps Inc. (privately held centrifugal pumps manufacturer) * 2013 - Audco India Limited (MMN PLANT) * 2013 - Innomag Sealless Pumps * 2015 - Sihi Group * 2024 - MOGAS (specialized valve manufacturer) * 2025 - Chart Industries (US-based industrial gas and liquid equipment manufacturer)

Industries served

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: production, refining,

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, gas processing *Power generation:

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, combine cycle, conventional boiler, renewable water energy *Chemical processing: acid transfer, caustic and chlor-alkali, pharmaceuticals, polymers, slurry processing, solvents,

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, waste processing, auxiliary *Water resources:

water supply Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. Th ...

and distribution,

water treatment Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses, ...

desalination Desalination is a process that removes mineral components from saline water. More generally, desalination is the removal of salts and minerals from a substance. One example is Soil salinity control, soil desalination. This is important for agric ...

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, ground water development and

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, wastewater collection and treatment, snowmaking *General industry:

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, primary metals,

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Educational services

Over the years, Flowserve has extended their training centers in every region of the global market with main training centers in each region: Irving, Texas for North America, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands for Europe-Middle East-Africa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Latin America, and Singapore for Asia Pacific. These main training locations are all equipped with classrooms, static power labs with complete pumping systems, and specialized practical training material. Besides the regular training offers, Educational Services takes pride in their support for customer specific training development supported by their own global development team. Besides these main training locations, each region also has multiple satellite training locations to serve students from around the world. The latest count is an astonishing 25 training locations worldwide, with 26 employees ready to serve students and still growing.

Environmental efforts

To support the

Hurricane Katrina disaster relief The disaster recovery response to Hurricane Katrina in late 2005 included U.S. federal government agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the United States Coast Guard (USCG), state and local-level agencies, federal an ...

, Flowserve donated $50,000 and matched up to $50,000 in employee donations to the

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.Major companies -- including Home Depot and Ford -- pledge millions to hurricane relief efforts.
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References

External links

Official site
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