Flowserve Corp., a fluid motion and control products and services provider, opens its new pump, valve and seal manufacturing facility in Suzhou, said the company in a statement. 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 15000 sq. meter facility will begin full manufacturing operations in the first quarter of 2007. It will provide a platform for continued growth of China and the Asia-Pacific. 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.