KSB AUSTRALIA TO BUILD A NEW WATER & WAST WATER COMPETENCE CENTRE IN BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND.

KSB Australia Pty Ltd has finalised its plan to build a new Water & Waste Water competence centre and a Sales and Warehouse complex in Brisbane, Queensland with the official opening to be held at the end of this year.

Dave Alexander, the Managing Director for Australia and South Pacific, said the opening of the new office will be an asset to providing local industry in the area with high quality pumps, fast tracked after sales service and spare parts at short notice as well as providing local knowledge and accessibility with ease. The new complex will also house the Water & Waste Water centre for the company in Australia.

Queensland in general is an important area for the company in terms of the growing infrastructure which includes all industries, Water and Waste Water, Mining, Industrial, Energy and Building Services. KSB has had a long presence in Queensland and the branch office plays a very important part of its business.

The new centre is going to be ultra modern, and the workshop will be equipped with brand new state of the art machinery and with its own test bay for the testing of pumps. The new branch will help in generating more employment for the area and provide local expert service to the industries in Queensland.

KSB Australia Pty Ltd, is part of KSB Group which is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of pumps, valves and related systems for, water and waste water management, mining, industrial applications, building services, and energy. The Group has a presence on all five continents with its own sales and marketing organizations, manufacturing facilities and service operations. With a workforce of approximately 13,000 worldwide, the Group generates a total sales volume in the region of € 2 billion.

For further information, please contact KSB Australia Pty Ltd, Mark Kuss, Mobile: 0438 100 243, or visit www.ksb.com.au.