January 14, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Godwin Pumps Announces New Team at Tampa Rental Office

TAMPA, FL – Godwin Pumps, Bridgeport, NJ-based manufacturer of portable rental pumps worldwide, announced today the expansion of its team at its local rental office at 3007 North 50th Street in Tampa.

In sales, Kevin Abernathy of Lakeland, FL, joins Godwin as a sales engineer with seven years of experience in the rental industry. John Gerelli comes to the Tampa branch as Service Manager. Gerelli relocated from Godwin’s Bridgeport, NJ, home office where he began his career with the company in the service department nearly 15 years ago. Working with Gerelli is Jack Behring who recently joined Godwin’s Tampa branch as a mechanic.

Jed Church, Operations Manager, relocated to the Tampa branch from Godwin Pumps’ Connecticut rental office where he joined Godwin nearly 5 years as a Dispatcher.

“With the purchase of this facility seven months ago, our long awaited expansion into Florida came to fruition,” said Godwin Pumps President John Michael Paz. “As anticipated, the Florida market is fast becoming one of our major divisions as we move our domestic growth forward.”

Plans for new construction on the site include adding 8,000 square feet to the existing 10,000 square feet now used for parts inventory and office space. The expansion is scheduled to begin mid Spring 2005.

Located on over 4 acres, the new Godwin Pumps rental facility includes an equipment yard, service shop, parts center, and offices for 30 employees serving south Florida. The company provides rental, sales and service of automatic self-priming Dri-Prime pumps for any type and size pumping application, including wellpoint dewatering systems.

Godwin Pumps personnel are available around the clock to address all pumping and related equipment needs. “We provide emergency pump rentals, service and repairs, technical support, engineering design and application assistance,” said Southeast Manager Bud Nichols. Nichols has more than 14 years of experience in the pump rental industry specializing in rental, sales and service of portable and permanent pumping systems.

In addition to a fleet of more than 5,000 pumps, Godwin Pumps offers all the accessories to complete the job including pipe to 30”, hose and fittings. Also available for rent are a new line of Godwin ‘Hush-Power’ generators and ‘Godwin Lights’ light towers.

“Over the years, customers have come to rely on us for more than pumps,” said Paz. “Customers come to us for our years of bypass pumping knowledge as well as for repairs and replacement parts required to keep their pumps and related equipment on the job,” said Paz.

Godwin Pumps, with 20 U.S. rental branch offices and a network of over 100 distributor locations worldwide, serves customers in the construction, industrial, municipal/government, aggregates, and environmental markets. Known for its unsurpassed customer service, Godwin Pumps specializes in the Dri-Prime pump, an automatic self-priming centrifugal pump available in sizes from 2 inches through 16 inches. The Godwin Dri-Prime pump is capable of handling industrial sludges, oil, sewage, storm water, mine dewatering, general dewatering and many other pumping needs. Other offerings include the Godwin Sub-Prime electric and Heidra hydraulic submersible pumps.

For more information, call the Godwin Pumps Tampa rental office at 813-740-0331.


Dri-Prime, Sub-Prime, Heidra and the color orange for pumps are registered trademarks of Godwin Pumps of America, Inc.

Media Contact:
Bryan M. Gassler
Marketing Specialist
Godwin Pumps
One Floodgate Road
Bridgeport, NJ 08014
Tel: 856-467-3636
Fax: 856-467-2419
email: bgassler@godwinpumps.com