Flowserve Corp. received two industry awards from global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan honoring its market leadership in the pump sector.

Software provider Dexter + Chaney placed 37th in Washington CEO magazine’s “High Tech 50” listing of the top 50 high tech firms in Washington state, with 70 Washington-based employees.

Brizo announced its partnership with Nicky O. South Beach, a hotel launched by Hilton heiress Nicky Hilton. Products to be featured in the new hotel are the Loki powder room faucet and Brizo custom shower systems.

J-M Manufacturing Co., producer of plastic pipe, continues its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts - it donated 80 sets of washers, dryers and refrigerators to victims in New Orleans whose home were recently gutted and rebuilt by volunteers from the Catholic Charities of New Orleans, through its Operation Helping Hands initiative.

Kendallville, Ind.-based Flint & Walling, a privately owned division of Zoeller Corp., celebrated 140 years in the water business last year.

Construction software provider Dexter + Chaney celebrated 25 years in business in 2006.

The Rheem Classic 2006 golf tournament played at historic Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith, Ark., exceeded its fundraising goals with a windfall contribution approaching a quarter of a million dollars.

Water conservation efforts that focus only on the fixtures will not solve the problem. Future efforts must look beyond the fixtures to the system as a whole, according to Shawn Martin, director of the Applied Technology Division, National Association of Home Builders Research Center.

Basco announced its training dates for the first half of 2007 as part of its Basco University.

Industrial distributor Grainger is helping organizations across North America prepare for the upcoming winter storm season through a new winter storm program designed to educate customers to try to mitigate some of the potential dangers caused by winter storms.