TOKYO (April 30, 2014) – EBARA Corporation has established EBARA Pumps Middle East FZE in the United Arab Emirates. In the Middle East, EBARA Corporation has been supplying pumps for over 40 years, with an extensive delivery track record mainly in oil refinery plants, petrochemical plants and seawater desalination plants. With the new company, EBARA Corporation will not only target increasing volume of sales of pumps in the Middle East but will also absorb demands for maintenance and repair. After establishment of Middle East Regional Office in 2011, EBARA Corporation has been enhancing framework for both standard pumps and custom pumps business through collection of information and marketing activities in the entire region. In recent years, EBARA Corporation has also been proactive in public relations in the Middle East market, such as participation in the Japanese Technologies for Water Environment and Sewerage Workshop that was held in Bahrain in January 2014 and the ADIPEC 2013 Exhibition that was held in Dubai in November 2013. EBARA makes environmental and industrial machinery.