Flowserve Corp. has opened a new pump, valve and seal manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China, about 100 km outside of Shanghai. The facility will support the company’s existing China operations in Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian and Shenzhen by providing pumps, valves, seals and services to the oil and gas, power, chemical processing and water sectors, as well as other industries. This new 15,000-square-meter facility will begin full manufacturing operations in the first quarter of 2007.

The site will provide a platform for continued growth in China and the region. Flowserve plans to manufacture several of its pump, valve and seal product lines for the domestic and export markets, as well as have engineering, assembly and test capabilities on-site.

“China and the Asia-Pacific region continue to be key drivers of our global growth as a company,’’ said Flowserve President and CEO Lewis Kling.

The facility should begin full manufacturing operations in the first quarter of 2007.