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The company moves into the Asia-Pacific market with a subsidi- ary in Pakistan. KSB builds the first-ever barrel-type boiler feed pump for a 100- megawatt steam power plant run by Chemische Werke Hüls, Germany. The pump set delivers a discharge pressure of 409 bar.KSB launches the CPK standardized chemical pump series, developed with German chemical companies the previous year. The first boiler circulat-ing pump with a flow rate of over 1000 cubic metres per hour and an efficiency of more than 84 percent goes into service. Jacob Klein’s adopted son Dr. Otto Klein-Kühborth hands over his qualified majority holding of the company’s share capital to the KSB Foundation. This puts the KSB Group on a firm foot- ing for long-term development. KSB takes compact valve technology a step further by launching the BOA-SuperCompact globe valve with slant- ed soft seat. The largest boiler feed pump ever produced by KSB, with a drive rating of 40 megawatts, goes into service at the lig- nite-fired Niederaussem power station near Cologne in Germany. KSB has more than 30 manufacturing sites worldwide, with subsid- iaries and representa- tives in over 100 coun- tries. KSB introduces “SalTec”, a new system for use in reverse osmosis (RO) seawater desalination. The system uses hydraulic power transmission to cut energy costs compared with conventional turbine- based solutions. KSB strengthens its position in Europe by acquiring a Dutch and a Spanish pump company.

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