Fully equipped and well-appointed traveling educational vehicle to offer New England and Middle Atlantic contractor and engineer visitors information and hands-on training in the latest technologies for residential, commercial and industrial pumps from Grundfos.

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OLATHE, KANSAS (September 24, 2009) — The Grundfos “Impossible Tour” – a fully equipped, mobile educational center for trade professionals in the plumbing, heating and piping industry – will be visiting 14 different cities in the Northeastern United States during the months of October and November. This final swing of the 2009 tour begins in Cleveland, Ohio, in early October and ends in Lancaster, Pa., in mid-November. In between, the Grundfos “Impossible Tour” truck will travel through a half dozen other New England and Middle Atlantic states, spending one or two days in each location and giving trades people an opportunity to view the latest in pump technology from Grundfos.

The Impossible Tour schedule for the remainder of 2009 is as follows:

October 2: Cleveland, Ohio
October 5: Buffalo, N.Y.
October 7: Rochester, N.Y.
October 9: Syracuse, N.Y.
October 13: Albany, N.Y.
October 15: Newburgh, N.Y. — Orange County Choppers
October 19, 21: Boston, Mass.
October 23: Manchester, N.H.
October 27: Portland, Me.
October 29: Hartford, Conn.
November 2, 4: Long Island, N.Y.
November 6: East Rutherford, N.Y.
November 10: Philadelphia/Pottstown, Pa.
November 12: Lancaster, Pa.

The two-room vehicle includes a mini-theater for viewing video programs, as well as a series of interactive and working displays of a wide selection of residential, commercial and industrial pump solutions from Grundfos. The tour features the new ALPHA™, an energy-optimized, 115-volt circulator featuring a permanent magnet motor design that will cut power consumption by a minimum of 50%, as compared with other circulators in its class.

For more information on the tour and how to register for a visit, see grundfos.com/web/homeus.nsf and click on “Powered by the Impossible.”

ABOUT GRUNDFOS PUMPS:
Grundfos Pumps Corporation, part of the Grundfos Group, is a global pumps and pumping systems leader serving the residential, commercial-building and process-industry markets, as well as being a major supplier to the water-supply and water-treatment industries. Founded in 1945 in Bjerringbro, Denmark, The Grundfos Group is a worldwide enterprise that employs more than 18,000 people in 81 countries with North American headquarters in Olathe, Kan.

For more information, visit the website at www.grundfos.us.

For editorial assistance, contact John O’Reilly, c/o O’Reilly/DePalma in Frankfort, Illinois;
tel.: 815-469-9100, extension 302; fax: 815-469-2555; E-mail: john.oreilly@oreilly-depalma.com.

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