Goulds Water Technology is an American manufacturer of water pumps. During the 1970s, the product range was expanded with mixers and other products. In 1968, the Stenberg family sold the company to ITT Corporation. Sixten Englesson, chief engineer, invented the first submersible drainage pump in 1947 and the first submersible sewage pump in 1956.
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Through a newspaper advertisement the two companies are brought into contact with one another in 1929, and led to the Stenberg brothers beginning to produce Flygt pumps in Emmaboda. In 1922, Hilding Flygt set up a pump and fan sales company in Stockholm. Per Alfred transfer ownership of the company to his sons. One of the main products was molds for the glass industry. In 1901, Per Alfred Stenberg established a foundry in the small town of Emmaboda in southern Sweden. Product development and manufacturing of Flygt products are based in Sweden. Brands Flygt Ī selection of Flygt submersible propeller pumps in Xylems factory in Emmabodaįlygt is a manufacturer of dry and submersible pumps, submersible mixers and related intelligent control systems. Loranger was Chairman, President and CEO of ITT Corporation when it spun its water businesses off as Xylem in October 2011. Loranger as the CEO and president of Xylem. In March 2014, Patrick Decker succeeded Steven R. ITT Corporation spun off its defense businesses into a company named ITT Exelis, and retained its corporate name, logo and "Engineered for life" company tagline for its other activities. (The name " Xylem", derived from classical Greek, is the tissue that transports water in plants.) It comprises three business units – Water Solutions, Analytics, and Applied Water Systems. The future water company was named Xylem, pronounced zi-lem. On January 12, 2011, Xylem's parent, ITT Corporation announced its plan to separate the company into three, stand-alone publicly traded, independent companies".