BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – To further expand its service network in the United States of America the KSB Group has bought the U.S. company DUBRIC Industries Inc. The company was founded in 1974 in Comstock Park, Michigan, about halfway between Detroit and Chicago. It is specialized in servicing and selling pumps, other rotating equipment and the corresponding spare parts. The new company operates under the name of KSB Dubric Inc.

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