ITT Goulds Pumps, headquartered in Seneca Falls, N.Y., recently awarded Tencarva Machinery Company a representative agreement for its pump product lines for the municipal marketplace in the entire states of Arkansas and Tennessee, and in portions of North and Central Mississippi, according to Harold Muse, executive vice president of Tencarva Machinery Company.

Muse points out, “This announcement adds municipal market responsibility to Tencarva’s long-standing relationship with ITT Goulds Pumps in the industrial marketplace. Tencarva has been with ITT Goulds Pumps for over 34 years and has been in the municipal marketplace in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee since 2001. Tencarva is extremely pleased to represent Goulds Pumps municipally with their well-respected reputation gained from being in the pump business since 1848.”

Muse continues, “Now in addition to ITT’s PumpSmart, ProSmart and ProShop Repair offerings, Tencarva will have the complete ITT Goulds Pump line including the market leader Model 3196 ANSI Pump for municipal applications. From End Suction to Horizontal Split Case to Vertical Turbine Pumps, and from low flow to 100,000+ GPM, Tencarva is able to handle most municipal pumping needs. This addition, coupled with being a distributor of John Crane Mechanical Seals, positions Tencarva to be an unique problem solver for the municipalities and the engineering firms that support the municipal marketplace.”

The counties of Mississippi included in the territory are Alcorn, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, De Soto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Washington, Webster and Yalobusha.

ITT Goulds Pumps is the world’s leading manufacturer of clean water and chemical process pumps used in municipal drinking water purification applications, including high service, filter backwash, distribution booster pumps, water production and wastewater treatment. ITT Goulds Pumps is part of  ITT Industrial Process, a dynamic global business with an extensive portfolio of leading edge technology in pumping systems, valves, control systems and services that has served customers in the oil and gas, mining, chemical, power generation, biopharm, general industries markets and more for more than 160 years.

ITT is a diversified leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions for growing industrial end-markets in energy infrastructure, electronics, aerospace and transportation. Founded in 1920, ITT is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., with employees in more than 15 countries and sales in more than 125 countries.

Tencarva Machinery Company, headquartered in Greensboro, N. C., is a distributor specializing in pumps, liquid process, vacuum equipment and custom-designed systems for the industrial and municipal marketplace. Tencarva is dedicated to providing the highest quality process machinery, coupled with superior customer service and integrity.

Founded in 1978, Tencarva Machinery is committed to providing superior service by supplying innovative engineering assistance, professional equipment selection, competitive deliveries and parts availability, and preventive maintenance and repair services to all its customers. Tencarva has 308 employees at 26 branches in eight states, including Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Tencarva ranked 40th in the 2011 “Big 50” list of Industrial Distribution magazine. In addition, Tencarva was listed as 42nd in the recent 2011 “Fast 50” companies selected by The Business Journal Serving the Greater Triad Area. The firm also ranked 46th in the 2011 “North Carolina 100” listing in Business North Carolina of the largest privately owned companies headquartered in North Carolina.

For the nearest branch office of Tencarva or product details, contact Walter Hieber, director of marketing, at Tencarva Machinery Company, 1115 Pleasant Ridge Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9753, (336) 665-1435. For further information on Tencarva and its services, please visit the website at http://www.tencarva.com.