November 25, 2002 - New Stocking Distributor
Beckwith and Kuffel, Inc. has been named our new Industrial stocking distributor for the Pacífic Northwest region – including Washington, Oregon, Alaska and portions of Idaho, Montana and northern California.  Based out of Seattle, with branch offices in Vancouver and Moses Lake, Washington, Beckwith and Kuffel offers complete sales, service, and repair capabilities to supplement their extensive inventory of Carver pumps, kits, and parts, and are well positioned to serve the growing Carver customer base in this region.

October 28, 2002 - New Stocking Distributor
Tencarva Machinery Company has been named our new Industrial stocking distributor for the greater Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and northern Mississippi area.  Based out of Greensboro, North Carolina, with 23 full service branch offices throughout the Southeast, Tencarva offers complete sales, service, and repair capabilities to supplement their extensive inventory of Carver pumps, kits, and parts, and is well positioned to serve the growing Carver customer base in this region.


August 29, 2002 - New Stocking Distributor
Hudson Pump and Equipment Associates, LLC, has been named our new Industrial stocking distributor for the greater Florida area.  Based out of Lakeland, with branch offices in Jacksonville and Jupiter, Florida, Hudson offers complete sales, service, and repair capabilities to supplement their extensive inventory of Carver pumps, kits, and parts, and are well positioned to serve the growing Carver customer base in this region.


June 1, 2002 - New Collective Bargaining Agreement Reached
Carver Pump is pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with our collective bargaining unit on our current labor contract.  The negotiated accord, with Local 1499, District 102 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (AFL/CIO), covers a three year period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2005, and does not represent any major changes over the expired contract it replaces.


May 1, 2002 – New Stocking Distributor
Detroit Pump and Manufacturing Company, Inc., has been named our new Industrial stocking distributor for eastern Michigan.  Based out of Detroit, Detroit Pump offers complete sales, service, and repair capabilities to supplement their extensive inventory of Carver pumps and parts, and are well positioned to serve the growing Carver customer base in this region.

March 29, 2002 - New Product Launch
Carver Pump introduced its new GH Series of horizontal, end suction pumps.  Available in frame mounted (GHF) and close coupled (GHC) configurations, the GH's are designed for pumping water, chemicals, and oil in both general service and process industry applications.

Hydraulic performance extends to 2,500 GPM with efficiencies to 90%, and is covered by twenty-eight sizes in cast iron, 316 stainless steel fitted, and all 316 SS construction, with higher alloy materials available.  For added simplicity, the entire series is available in kit form and is based on the same product platform as our vertical pumps, and shares many of the same parts with them.

For more information, contact your local Carver distributor.


February 4, 2002 – New Stocking Distributor
Best Equipment Company, Inc. has been named our new Industrial stocking distributor for Texas and Oklahoma.  Based out of Houston, with offices in Dallas, Tyler, Beaumont, San Antonio, Odessa and Tulsa,  Best offers complete sales, service, and repair capabilities to supplement their extensive inventory of Carver pumps kits, and parts, and are well positioned to serve the growing Carver customer base in this region.


January 12, 2002 - Organizational Change
With 2001 ending as the best year in our history for order intake, we are making several internal changes that will help maintain this growth and continue our momentum into 2002 and beyond .

On the Sales and Marketing side, we have merged our Technical Publications group into the Marketing department, and creating the new position of Marketing Coordinator.  Denise Harmsen, who previously ran the Technical Publications group, will be assuming this new position.  In this new role, Denise will retain all of her previous responsibilities, while working to expand our website, e-commerce, advertising, press releases, trade show participation, and overall sales and promotional tools.

These changes, which are effective immediately, will enable us to continue our growth while increasing the level of support we offer our varied sales channels.


January 2, 2002 – New Stocking Distributor
Tech-Flow Products, Inc., has been named our new stocking Industrial distributor for Utah and Nevada.  Based out of Salt Lake City, with a sales office in Las Vegas, Tech-Flow offers complete sales, service and repair capabilities to supplement their extensive inventory of Carver pumps, kits, and parts, and are well positioned to serve the growing Carver customer base in this region.