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News Release from: Rietschle Thomas
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 February 2003
Rietschle Thomas is a new pump name
Thomas Industries announces that its pump and compressor business will be known as Rietschle Thomas, combining entire product line formerly marketed under the Thomas and Rietschle brands
Tim Brown, chairman, president and CEO of Thomas Industries, said the new name reflected the integration of two powerful brands, resulting from Thomas Industries and Werner Rietschle GmbH joining forces last August "We are talking about two of the pre-eminent names in the industry
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 12 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Anyone familiar with them will immediately recognise that the combined product line is by far the broadest in the industry".
The parent company, Thomas Industries, will not change its name and will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TII.
The Welch and Oberdorfer product lines will also retain their well-known and recognised brand names.
Rietschle Thomas has also unveiled a dynamic new logo and graphic identity that streamlines the key elements of the former brands into one cohesive look.
The logo utilises the familiar Rietschle red, blue and yellow colours (representing pressure, vacuum, and a combination of pressure and vacuum, respectively), contained within the highly recognisable Thomas icon.
"The look is new and progressive, yet will still recall the familiar elements which have long represented the quality and high performance of our products", noted Tim Brown.
Coinciding with its new name, Rietschle Thomas will unveil a new portal web site at www.rtpumps.com.
The content is organised around the vast array of product technologies offered by the company, allowing visitors to easily access the entire Rietschle Thomas product line as well as many other useful features, all from one site.
Thomas Industries, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is the recognised leader in the design and manufacture of Rietschle Thomas brand pumps and compressors for use in global OEM applications, supported by worldwide sales and service for key customer applications and end-user markets.
High quality automotive component castings are also a key offering.
Other products include Welch laboratory equipment and Oberdorfer centrifugal and rotary gear liquid pumps.
The company also owns a 32 percent interest in Genlyte Thomas Group LLC, the third largest lighting fixture manufacturer in North America.
Thomas has operations in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
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