New Delhi, India, 1 April 2013 - Ingersoll Rand, a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments, today announced the launch of a full range of Peristaltic Hose pumps in India. The new product line expands Ingersoll Rand's existing AROTM positive displacement pump portfolio that includes air-operated diaphragm and piston pumps enabling high levels of reliability, efficiency and productivity. Ingersoll Rand caters to various verticals including chemical process, food & beverages, pharmaceuticals, textile, ceramics, printing, mining industries with these pumps.

ARO's Peristaltic Hose pumps minimize total cost of ownership by delivering reliable, energy efficient and safe fluid transfer. The pumps feature an engineered reinforced hose, dry running and self-priming capabilities that are ideal for transferring shear sensitive viscous, corrosive and abrasive liquids in a broad range of critical process applications. The complete product line-up includes a full range of high pressure and low pressure peristaltic pumps with flow rates up to 88 m3/hr.

Speaking at the launch, Amar Kaul, Vice-President and General Manager, Ingersoll Rand (India) limited said, "We continue to move towards advancements in fluid dispensing technology and introduce innovations to the industry through this new line of products. The new ARO Peristaltic pump is well designed to ensure the greatest level of reliability, efficiency and productivity. With the use of superior technologies, the new product offers competitive and compelling advantages such as lower maintenance as well as reduced running cost for its users."

For over eighty years, the ARO fluid products business of Ingersoll Rand has developed partnerships with original equipment manufacturers and distributors, enabling the company to better focus on the unique pumping needs of many industries. It is a strategic merger of application expertise, along with the company's decades old legacy of designing and building outstanding positive displacement pumps.

Ingersoll Rand is committed to India and is implementing strategies for product innovation and design for industrial technologies; security; food safety; energy efficiency and sustainability. The company is based out of 18 locations in the country. Ingersoll Rand believes that innovation for emerging economies is critical for products to succeed in these markets. The company has three world class manufacturing facilities at Naroda, Sahibabad and Chennai; and two Engineering and Technology Centers at Bangalore and Chennai.