Registration Now Open For 2009 Valve And Pump Market Outlook Workshop
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) announced that registration is now open for the 2009 Market Outlook Workshop. Organized by the Valve Manufacturers Association, the Workshop is focused on key valve and pump industry markets. Registration details can be found at www.Pumps.org.
Hydraulic Institute will also be hosting a meeting the entire day before the Workshop begins for the HI Market Intelligence Committee (formerly the Statistics Committee), for pump industry analysts associated with HI member companies, as well as a dinner the evening of August 12.
This year's workshop will be held at the Renaissance Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois on August 13-14, 2009. The workshop will feature some of the best industry and economic experts discussing trends in a broad spectrum of marketplaces and economies. Trends in the following major markets will be addressed:
- Water/wastewater
- Pulp and paper
- Power
- Nuclear
- Oil and gas
- Petrochemical
- Mining
- Hydrocarbon processing
- Construction
Economic and market presentations will be provided by the following experts: Michael Schneider, Senior Research Analyst and Managing Director of Robert W. Baird and Company will be discussing the Wall Street perspective. Alan Beaulieu, Economist from the Institute for Trend Research will cover the domestic economic outlook. Farid Abolfathi, Managing Director of Global Insight, Inc. will talk about the international economic outlook and Bob Tellier, Divisional Vice President of Global Sourcing, True Value Company will specifically discuss China.
Details and registration information for the Market Outlook Workshop and HI Market Intelligence Committee Meeting are available on the Hydraulic Institute website at www.Pumps.org/MarketOutlook. HI has reserved a room block at the Renaissance Blackstone Hotel until July 15. For any further questions regarding this meeting, contact Gabrielle Bosco.
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) is the largest association of pump producers and suppliers to the pump industry in North America and is a global authority on pumps and pumping systems. Its mission is to serve as a forum for the exchange of industry information, while providing value-added services to member companies and pump users worldwide. This includes the development and delivery of comprehensive industry standards, as well as the expansion of knowledge that effectively advances the application, testing, installation, operation and maintenance of pumps and pumping systems. For more information about the Hydraulic Institute, visit www.Pumps.org, www.PumpLearning.org and www.PumpSystemsMatter.org, an organization created by HI to assist pump users address strategic energy management and pump system performance and optimization.
SOURCE: The Hydraulic Institute