Press releases

At the end of April 2008 the KSB Group received an order in the double-digit million euro range for the supply of products to a new seawater desalination plant to be built in Tlemcen, western Algeria. The order is for 64 pumps and around 1000 butterfly valves. Salt water is very aggressive, so all pumps will be manufactured from different types of corrosion-resistant stainless steel.

Half-year financial report shows substantial sales revenue and earnings growth

Reducing a system's power consumption is vital these days. This also applies to heating and cooling. The BOA-Systronic system of KSB Aktiengesellschaft in Frankenthal, Germany, enables operators to achieve average savings of 70 per cent in electricity costs incurred by pumps in heating and cooling systems in building services.

Back in 1968, the then publicly owned East German company VEB Pumpenwerke Halle – now KSB – gave the city of Halle a pump to operate its famous fountain with its more than 60 m high water jet on Peißnitz island. The pump, an SGUR, did what pumps do as dependably as clockwork until it was removed last December after close to 40 years’ service.

With 19 different sprinkler pump series on offer, KSB’s product range for fixed installation fire-fighting systems is more comprehensive than any of its European competitor’s.

Pumps and valves manufacturer KSB presented excellent results and prospects to its shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 12 June.