Flowserve Corp. (NYSE:FLS) (1.0%) (FLS – $45.17 – NYSE) is one of the largest global pump companies, serving the petroleum, chemical, and power industries. The company’s products include engineered and industrial pumps, automated and control valves, actuators, and seals. About 40% of FLS revenues are derived from the oil and gas industry, and should benefit from the refurbishment of the aging refineries in developed countries and the first time build out of the infrastructure in developing nations around the world. Further, oil companies are bringing up dirtier, heavier, and harder to access crude from thousands of feet below ground, as the cleaner, lighter, and easier to obtain crude that is closer to the surface is depleted. This demands more highly engineered pumps, valves, and seals that can work under very high pressure, high temperature, or underwater, boding well for FLS products.
From the Gabelli ABC Merger Arbitrage Fund second quarter 2016 shareholder letter.
