CP and Tapflo join forces in Eastern Europe and Russia

Press Release

Zofingen, 2 February 2009

CP and Tapflo join forces in Eastern Europe and Russia

CP has entered into a collaboration with Tapflo AB, a Swedish company headquartered in Kungälv. Through a distributorship agreement, Tapflo will have access to the pump manufacturer’s vast technical expertise as well as the company’s wide range of magnetically driven centrifugal pumps.

The collaboration also gives CP access to Tapflo’s extensive sales organisation in Eastern Europe and Russia. “Together with CP, we can now offer our customers a wider selection of pumps and further strengthen our position in our markets,” says Przemyslaw Szypica, East Division Director C.I.S.,Balkan & Baltic States at Tapflo. “Our customers will benefit from a well reputed supplier who can provide products that largely meet all their needs for effective pump solutions."

CP Pumpen AG manufactures a line of magnetic drive centrifugal pumps that are a great complement to Tapflo’s range of pumps. Magnetically driven pumps are especially useful for handling toxic, corrosive or otherwise hazardous liquids. With their magnetic drive, these pump systems are completely hermetically sealed, which prevents dangerous substances from leaking out into the work environment.

The pumps are suitable for the most difficult applications in the chemical and process industries. An innovative design and the high quality ‘Swiss made’ concept make CP a leading supplier of sealless magnetically driven pumps. The pumps are manufactured and supplied both in metal and PFA lined depending on the type of liquid to be pumped.

“Our technical strengths combined with the focus on safe, reliable and cost-effective solutions are widely recognised by our customers. Energy efficient pumping systems will be the industry's challenge in the future. CP is already leading in this area of development,” says Daniel Nardin, Sales Director at CP Pumpen AG.

“With our already established organisation, we believe we can significantly increase CP's market share in the fast growing industries of Eastern Europe and Russia within a short time. The collaboration also gives us a very high level of combined technical expertise, something that will provide economic benefits to our customers,” says Przemyslaw Szypica.

Today, Tapflo has its own offices and partners in 35 countries, which gives CP considerable export opportunities.

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CP (www.cp-pumps.com) is one of the industry leaders in premium quality pump technologies that enable industrial customers to achieve sustainable environmental improvements in their fluid handling systems. Based in Zofingen, Switzerland, the company now operates in more than 40 countries and generates 82% of total sales outside Switzerland.