Peter Benien

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Flowserve SIHI Germany GmbH manufactures liquid pumps, vacuum pumps, compressors, and engineered systems for applications in chemicals, industrial, and energy and environmental markets. It offers liquid pumps, including chemical process, industrial standard, heat transfer, side channel, high pressure, and hygienic liquid pumps; and sludge mixers. The firm also provides vacuum pumps, such as liquid ring vacuum pumps, liquid ring compressors, dry vacuum pumps, and gas ejectors; and engineered systems, including vacuum, compressor, membrane, and liquid systems. The company was founded by Otto Siemen and Johannes Hinsch in 1920 and is headquartered in Itzehoe, Germany.

Part of Flowserve Corp., Flowserve Flow Control GmbH is a brand that produces high-quality engineered ball valves for severe service applications prone to abrasion, corrosion, and erosion. The company is based in Ettlingen, Germany. Argus valves are commonly found in critical liquid and gaseous services in chemical, petrochemical, and refinery operations. The German company fulfills the highest demands of fugitive emissions (FE) under ISO 15848. Special and customized designs are available for high-pressure, high-temperature, and challenging applications like oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen. Argus specializes in metal-to-metal gas tightness applications with HVOF and spray and fuse coating (Arguloy), which enables a wide range of custom solutions. The brand introduced an innovative coating technology in 2009, followed by a new laser coating and cladding technology in 2014. The CEOs of the company are Jochen Lindenberg, Akshar C. Patel.

Flowserve SIHI Holding GmbH engages in the acquisition, holding, and disposal of participating interests in firms. It manages, coordinates, and monitors its shareholdings as well as provides them services. The company was founded on April 27, 1998 and is headquartered in Itzehoe, Germany.