Davis & Shirtliff, Africa’s leading water and energy solutions provider, has partnered with Flowserve Corporation to provide quality, affordable products and seals to companies in East and Central Africa.
Flowserve is a global leader in control products and services.
The partnership will allow Davis & Shirtliff to expand its product offering with its well-known Flowserve (FLS) product. At the same time, NYSE-listed Flowserve will leverage D&S’ established regional presence to penetrate the East and Central African business.
Davis & Shirtliff now offers a wide range of quality Flowserve products including high-performance Mark3 DURCO pumps, ZLINE, Innomag, ISOMAG, vacuum pumps and multistage pumps.
Also available in the range are good sealing methods such as KeyPS, ISC2, mud seals, agitator seals, bearing protectors and related accessories.
Edward Davis, CEO of Davis & Shirtliff stated that D&S is proud to partner with Flowserve to provide quality, durable pump and seal products to the industry in the region.
This new technology helps customers gain efficiency in existing processes as well as making business processes more robust and stable.
The joint statement said that through this partnership, D&S and Flowserve will play a key role in the energy transition of regional companies.
Flowserve’s innovative fluid and process solutions, combined with D&S’ business intelligence, will enable customers to increase the flow and efficiency of their pumps, providing significant energy savings opportunities while contributing to environmental sustainability.
As part of Flowserve’s commitment to improving business performance, the company is introducing RedRaven, an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled monitoring solution.
This technology enables customers to digitalize their energy production and business processes by instantly monitoring, analyzing and predicting equipment performance.
RedRaven provides facility owners with data-driven insights to prevent equipment failure, reduce downtime, and avoid repair costs, making operations more efficient and sustainable.
The East African economy accounts for 8.9% of the region’s GDP and has the potential to generate economic growth, create employment, support other sectors such as agriculture and services, and improve living conditions by using modern and high-tech technologies.
According to the Kenya Economic Survey 2024, the economy will grow by 2% in 2023, compared to 2.6% in 2022.
