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McColl, executive chairman of ClydeUnion, said: "As a result of this acquisition, the Union Pump business will integrate with Clyde Pumps and become ClydeUnion. This more than doubles the size of our business and is a significant step in our development to becoming a market leading pump engineering company. We fully expect that ClydeUnion will be amongst the top three pump companies by 2012."
Jim Pinto, president and CEO of ClydeUnion, commented: "Our combined
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