Fri, 10/24/2014 - 00:00

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (Oct. 24, 2014)—Dover Corporation’s Fluids Segment has announced the realignment of their pumps businesses along product line technologies into three separate operating companies—Pump Solutions, Finder and Maag. “In order to better focus on our customers’ needs, we have restructured our pump business into three operating companies,” said Bill Spurgeon, president & CEO of Dover Fluids segment. “Our new organization enables us to add greater value and support to our customers.” Karl Buscher was named president of Pump Solutions, which will be comprised of the following brands: Wilden, Blackmer, Neptune, Almatec, Mouvex, Griswold, Ebsray and Quattroflow. The Pump Solutions business will be headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Ueli Thuerig was named president of Maag. This business will consist of Maag Pump Systems, Automatik Pelletizing Systems and Maag Filtration Systems and will be based in Zurich, Switzerland. Lorenzo Barberi was named acting president of Finder, a designer and manufacturer of API engineered pumps and systems for the global energy market, primarily oil and gas. Finder is based in Merate, Italy. “This new structure will enable us to provide unparalleled technology and applications knowledge to better service our customers,” Spurgeon said. “We will also continue to focus our efforts on both organic and inorganic growth and leverage synergies across our pumps operating companies.” Dover’s pumps businesses are providers of pumps, systems and related technologies that have more than doubled in size as a result of both organic growth and acquisitions during the last six years.