seepex, Inc. named company of the year

ENON, Ohio, June 3, 2004 -- Frost & Sullivan has awarded the 2004 Process Control Equipment Company of the Year Award to seepex. Mike Dillon, president of seepex, Inc., accepted the award at Frost & Sullivan's 2004 Excellence in Industrial Technologies Awards Banquet held in Miami FL on May 20. The annual banquet honored world-class companies for outstanding performance and achievements in industrial technologies.

"The company's ability to develop high quality products has enabled it to build a supreme brand awareness development strategy, penetrate the North American positive displacement progressive cavity pumps market, and increase market share. Harsh economic conditions and increased competition notwithstanding, seepex has demonstrated its ability to maintain and expand its customer base and act as a benchmark for its competitors," said Frost & Sullivan research analyst Achyuta Ghosh.

About seepex, Inc.

seepex, Inc. is located in Enon, Ohio and is a subsidiary of seepex GmbH. The company manufactures rotary positive displacement pumps and has manufacturing operations on three continents and sales offices in 11 countries with agencies in more than 50 other countries. The company primarily sells into the fine chemicals industries, food processing, pulp and paper, petroleum, hydrocarbon processing, municipal wastewater and water treatment markets.