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 >One million ALPHA2 pumps
 >Grundfos Student Prize 2009 for business and technology project, respectively
 >New member of Group Board
 >Grundfos Award for medical research
 >Grundfos focus on the climate challenge
 >Grundfos made a profit in the first half year
 >New Grundfos sales companies in the Balkans
 >Grundfos Supplier Award 2008 to London-based company
 >Grundfos launches sophisticated controls for network sewage stations
 >A durable submersible for pumping stations
 >Grundfos acquires Yeomans Chicago Corporation
 >Grundfos making massive investments in Serbia
 >Grundfos at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing
 >Grundfos Supplier Award 2007 to ESK Ceramics GmbH & Co. KG
 >Grundfos Group Chairman receives American design award
 >Grundfos in record acquisition
 >Danish company receives prestigious European Environmental Award for the first time
 >Energy optimisation in top gear
 >Grundfos exceeds sales budget and increases ambitions for the future
 >Record Grundfos investment in Mexico
 >Satisfying half-yearly result for Grundfos
 >The Grundfos Prize for female professor
 >45 nations meet in cyberspace
 >Grundfos appoints CFO
 >Grundfos gives DKK 1m to research
 >Grundfos opens competence centre in Hungary
 >Grundfos sets new agenda in Second Life
 >Grundfos rewarded by industrial robot association
 >Continued strong sales and earnings growth at Grundfos
 >New Managing Director in Grundfos A/S
 >Beijings busses with Danish environmental technology
 >Grundfos strengthens the position in Central Asia
 >Grundfos appoints new member of Group Management
 >Grundfos builds wastewater pump factory in China
 >Grundfos rewarded for high quality
 >Grundfos achieves record turnover and profit five years in succession
 >Appointment of new Group President of Grundfos
 >Grundfos Challenge winners
 >Grundfos Challenge 2007
 >Grundfos Supply Award 2006 to Bohen DK
 >Grundfos strengthens its position in the UK
 >Change of Group President in Grundfos
 >Grundfos integrates the Alldos dosing business
 >Grundfos sponsor of EXPO 2008
 >Grundfos wins the prestigious EFQM Award
 >Grundfos’ first Sustainability Report
 >New Grundfos Challenge next year
 >Press Release 24 August 2006
Interim results - Strong sales and earnings growth at Grundfos
 >Grundfos acquires Swedish pump pit manufacturer
 >The Grundfos Prize 2006 to nano professor
 >Together we are strong –
Grundfos in Germany will unite the sales forces of three strong companies and approach customers with one voice
 >Strong sales growth and new record earnings for Grundfos in 2005
 >Grundfos establishes new company in Romania – continued rapid growth in Eastern Europe
 >Grundfos agrees to buy American pump manufacturer
 >Grundfos buys South African pump manufacturer
 >Grundfos invests heavily in Turkey
 >Interim results - Continued growth at Grundfos
 >Grundfos Supplier Award for French supplier
 >Grundfos opens factory in Russian growth market
 >Grundfos opens factory in India
 >Grundfos makes annual profit of 10.2 per cent of turnover
 >Stine Bosse joins Grundfos Group Board of Directors and Foundation Board
 >Grundfos and the European pump trade launch energy labelling scheme
 >Assistance for flood victims
 >Grundfos purchases leading dosing pump manufacturer
 >Grundfos takes over Italian submersible motor producer Tesla s.r.l
 >Grundfos wins The Danish Design Award with new wastewater pump
 >Grundfos record sales continue to grow
 >Grundfos reduces the number of work accidents by 35% in 3 years.
 >The Grundfos Prize 2004 goes to internationally renowned Danish scientist
 >Grundfos Group opens sales office in the Ukraine
 >Grundfos and Agroinvest invest in environmental technology for the agricultural sector
 >In other words … Grundfos introduces English Language Handbook
 >Grundfos awarded international design award for sustainable water supply
 >Grundfos strengthens its position with billion earnings
 >Grundfos acquires German pump manufacturer
 >Grundfos awarded 'Diversity Management' prize two successive years
 >Grundfos SQFlex gets the Danish Design Award
 >Grundfos main sponsor of TEAM DANMARK
 >Grundfos Wins the European Quality Prize for "Leadership and Constancy of Purpose"
 >Grundfos Supplier Award 2002 for Finnish supplier of raw materials
 >Grundfos notes positive first half of 2003 with strong growth in earnings
 >Grundfos only Danish finalist in the European Quality Award 2003 competition
 >Grundfos factory receives a certificate for good management
 >Grundfos wins Internet conflicts
 >Grundfos staff show record interest in the environment
 >The Grundfos Prize promotes new thinking
 >250 Grundfos production workers face redundancies
 >Grundfos introduces industrial production of microchips in Denmark
 >Niels Due Jensen honoured in Poland
 >Grundfos acquires Brazilian pump manufacturing company
 >Key figures 2002 - Foresight paid off for Grundfos
 >Grundfos in Denmark - a top ten company to work for in Europe
 >Welcome to our new Group President
 >Grundfos certified for working environment
 >Grundfos acquires new product range
 >Grundfos awarded for the best environmental report
 >Changes in Group Management
 >Environmentally Friendly Grundfos Pump Awarded
 >Grundfos Student Prize 2002 awarded to French science student
 >New vice president - digital dosing
 >Production of stators for submersible motors will be transferred to factory in Hungary
 >Grundfos introduces Danish language policy
 >Grundfos introduces policy on Corporate Social Responsibility
 >3,600 Grundfos-employees in Denmark get new CEO
 >Niels Due Jensen retires from his position as CEO and Group President
1 January 2003
 >Grundfos' environmental efforts pay off
 >Grundfos contributes to cleaning diesel gas
 >Grundfos Prize for young Danish scientist
 >Grundfos supplier award 2001
 >Grundfos enters the market for mixers and flowmakers
 >The Annual Result for the Grundfos Group 2001
 >Cost savings in the Grundfos Group
 >Grundfos takes over South Korean pump manufacturer
 >Grundfos takes over Indian software company
 >Grundfos nominated for Danish Design Award 2001
 >Grundfos reduces workforce to ensure future growth
 >Grundfos invests heavily in employee education
 >New Grundfos prize to stimulate research
 >Grundfos establishing micro-sensor production
 >Grundfos opening sheltered workshop in Hungary
 >Grundfos udvider koncerndirektionen
 >Grundfos proves social responsibility
 >Grundfos extending board of directors in Grundfos A/S
 >Grundfos A/S receives the Danish Logistics Award 2001
 >Grundfos Olympics 2001
 >Year 2000 one of the best years ever in the history of the Grundfos Group
 >Precious water in focus at international water conference
 >Grundfos inaugurated factory in Hungary
 >Grundfos received certificate of working environment
 >Grundfos award for Student Project 2000
 >Eco-activities pay
 >Grundfos A/S Integrated Accounts 1999
 >Sarlin Pumps purchased by Grundfos
 >Danish Design Award for the Grundfos Comfort Circulator Pump
 >Grundfos extending production outside Denmark
 >Innovative 3D in the service of water
 >Positive Grundfos accounts in 1999
 >Educational prize for Grundfos
 >Sarlin Pumps to be purchased by Grundfos
 >Grundfos achieves European Environmental Award for Green Products
 >Grundfos spends millions on further education of employees within the Grundfos Group
 >Grundfos extending board of directors
 >Grundfos hosting international water conference
  Interim results - Continued growth at Grundfos



16 August 2005

During the first six months of 2005, the Grundfos Group has registered pre-tax profits of DKK 432m. Apart from last year's record of DKK 461m, this is the best interim result ever. Sales have increased by 7 per cent, and turnover reached DKK 6.356b.

The past six months have fully lived up to the Group Management's expectations, and both turnover and earnings are as budgeted. This means that the expectations for the entire year of 2005 are unchanged, which entails a growth in sales of 7 to 8 per cent and pre-tax profits of DKK 1b. Earnings for the first six months as well the entire year of 2005 are expected to be a little lower than the record-breaking result in 2004. Group President Jens Jørgen Madsen explains:

"As we anticipated, the cost of materials continued to soar. The US dollar and related currencies have continued their decline, and Grundfos is still investing heavily in globalisation of the production apparatus as well as product and market development. This means that turnover and profits are very much within the budget for 2005, and much to our satisfaction we are registering continued stable growth in strategically important markets such as Eastern Europe and the Far East."

In local currencies, real sales growth amounts to 8 per cent and is distributed as follows:
· The Far East showed the greatest sales growth of 17 per cent
· In Eastern Europe sales increased by 13 per cent
· In North America sales increased by 10 per cent
· In Western Europe sales increased by 2 per cent.

"The growth is on a par with our expectations for 2005, which makes us believe that we are on course to reach our main objective: a sales turnover in 2007 of EUR 2b or approx. DKK 15b", says Jens Jørgen Madsen.

During 2005, the Grundfos Group will open new factories covering a total area of 55,000 m2. Apart from factories in India and Russia, which were opened in spring, the increased production capacity also covers China and Hungary. In addition, preparations for production in Mexico are under way.

Despite increased production abroad, Grundfos has been able to maintain the level of employment in Denmark. The Group now employs a total of 13,000 staff, 5,000 of whom are working in Denmark.