Marketing Alliance with Riera Nadeu, S.A. In 2012, the Western States Machine Company announced the formation of a strategic marketing alliance with Riera Nadeu, S.A., Barcelona, Spain. This collaborative agreement provides for the marketing, sales, and service of Riera Nadeu products in the Americas. It also provides a reciprocal arrangement to Riera Nadeu for Western States products in Europe and North Africa. This partnership allows Western States to provide additional products to Chemical and Pharmaceutical customers in the Western Hemisphere. Mthiyane Engineering Services (also known as MES/CMG Pumps), South Africa In 2013, a new sugar representative signed on with Western States to cover Africa. Two brothers, Gary and Michael Church, owned and operated MES Engineering. The company was involved in the sugar industry supplying massecuite pumps to the sugar mills in South Africa and Swaziland. As a result, MES sells and services centrifuges in Africa, and Western States sells and services MP Pumps in its territories. The partnership with MES and the Church brothers is strong. In addition to attending an open house in 2013, they have visited Western States several times for training and to exchange information. above: left to right: Mark Riera of Riera Nadeu shows Bill Eckstein and Todd Hershberger of Western States their manufacturing facility in Barcelona, Spain 133