What East Pump does

Shanghai East Pump Group Co., Ltd. (上海东方泵业集团有限公司, branded East Pump) is a privately held Chinese industrial pump manufacturer founded in 1985 and headquartered in Shanghai. The firm designs, manufactures, and services 100+ product series spanning single-stage and multi-stage centrifugal pumps, double-suction pumps, stamped pumps, sewage pumps (including the WQ submersible line), axial/mixed/through-flow pumps, industrial pumps, vacuum pumps, food and pharmaceutical process pumps, and complementary systems including fire-fighting equipment, integrated water supply equipment (BH/BW variable-frequency systems, AWS smart pump rooms), sewage and environmental treatment equipment, valves (ductile iron, cast steel, stainless steel), electrical control cabinets, and flow meters. Notable technology includes the sixth-generation DFSS double-suction pump (a National Key New Product), QGL submersible tubular pump, 3D design / CFD / finite element analysis methodology, and the proprietary East Pump Smart Water Affairs AR Cloud Platform — an IoT platform enabling remote monitoring and unmanned operation.

The company operates a vertically integrated industrial chain across 12 wholly-owned subsidiaries covering motors (Nantong Well Motor), mechanical casting (Guangde Oriental Furui), sealing technology (Othello Sealing), pressure vessels (Shanghai Yisite), smart water affairs (Shanghai East Well), automation, electrical equipment, energy-saving technology, and water treatment. Manufacturing and R&D are concentrated in three modern bases in Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang spanning more than 1,000 mu (with assets exceeding 2 billion RMB) and supported by a 5,188 m² National Class-1 Precision Testing Center with six open test stands. Distribution is direct: six industry divisions plus 26 branch companies and 200+ sales offices deliver full-lifecycle service from pre-sale selection through installation, commissioning, after-sales maintenance, and operator training. Customer segments span water conservancy and municipal infrastructure (including the South-to-North Water Diversion Mid-Route Project), rail transit and high-speed rail, hydropower stations, thermal power, steel and mining, real estate and HVAC, food and pharmaceutical, central heating, fire protection, new energy, and overseas infrastructure markets across more than 20 countries.

Revenue is generated primarily through customized hardware sales (pumps, valves, motors, control systems) bundled with professional services covering project solution design, installation and commissioning, and after-sales support. Pricing is project-specific and not publicly standardized; contracts are typically multi-year. The firm holds 350+ patents (10 invention patents), maintains ISO9001 and Class-1 testing certification, achieved CTÉAS Seven-Star after-sales certification in 2020, and was designated a National Manufacturing Single Champion in pump manufacturing. Owner/founder Wu Yongxu (Chairman & President) controls the firm; no external PE/VC ownership is disclosed. In 2025 the company established an ESG Committee and quantified carbon/water targets and entered a strategic partnership with Hohai University for AI-driven water engineering O&M.

Name

East Pump

Legal name

上海东方泵业（集团）有限公司

Website

https://eastpump.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Shanghai East Pump Group is a privately held Chinese industrial pump manufacturer offering 100+ product series — centrifugal, submersible, axial/mixed-flow, process, fire, water-supply, and wastewater pumps plus valves, motors, and the AR Cloud smart-water IoT platform — serving water-municipal, rail, hydropower, steel/mining, real estate, pharma, new energy, and overseas infrastructure customers in 20+ countries via 26 direct-sales branches.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Pumps and Water Equipment Manufacturing

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561)

akta.pro primary industry

Pump & Compressor Packages (Skids, Booster Sets) (IMAHANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pump Systems & Pumping Stations (Surface, Submersible, Booster) (AFAAACAC), Sewer Pump/Lift Stations & Wet Wells (EUANACAC), Pumps & Plumbing Pump Accessories (Sump, Sewage, Booster) (IMADALAL), Water & Wastewater Pipeline Pumping/Booster Stations & Pressure Management (Conveyance) (TLAGAHAJ)

Keywords

• Industrial pump manufacturing
• Centrifugal pumps
• Water supply equipment
• Wastewater treatment systems
• Fire fighting equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. 泵类产品销售: 单级泵、双吸泵、冲压泵、排污泵、轴(混)(贯)流泵、工业泵、真空泵、化工流程泵、消防设备、供水设备、污水处理设备等100多个系列产品的制造和销售
2. 系统解决方案: 为客户提供有价值的产品和系统解决方案，满足客户核心需求，包括售前选型、技术解决方案、售中生产安装调试、售后维保培训的全流程服务
3. 配套产品销售: 电机、阀门、铸造、无负压、成套设备、控制系统等相关配套产品的销售

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

East Pump (上海东方泵业（集团）有限公司) is a vertically integrated pump manufacturer producing over 100 series of pumps and ancillary equipment, including single-stage, double-suction (DFSS sixth-generation), stamped centrifugal, sewage (WQ), axial/mixed/tubular flow, industrial, vacuum, food/pharmaceutical/chemical process, and home-use pumps, plus complementary systems for water supply, fire protection, sewage and environmental treatment, valves, electrical control, flow measurement, and the proprietary East Smart Water Affairs AR Cloud Platform for IoT-enabled smart water management.

Product overview

East Pump (上海东方泵业（集团）有限公司) is a comprehensive pump manufacturing conglomerate offering over 100 product series across the pump industry and related配套设施. The product portfolio is organized into a platform-plus-modules architecture: the core offerings include various pump types (单级泵, 双吸泵, 冲压泵, 排污泵, 轴/混/贯流泵, 工业泵, 真空泵, 食药化工流程泵) alongside complementary systems for water supply (including BH/BW变频供水设备, AWS一体化智慧泵房, 智慧调蓄泵站), fire protection (消防设备), sewage treatment (污水处理设备), environmental protection (环保处理设备), and industrial valves. Add-on modules include electrical control systems (电气控制), flow measurement devices (流量计), and the proprietary 东方智慧水务AR云平台 for IoT-enabled smart water management. The company serves water treatment, municipal infrastructure, power, steel, mining, rail transit, heating, chemical, food, pharmaceutical, fire protection, and environmental engineering sectors across China and 20+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AWS一体化智慧泵房: Smart integrated pump room system for intelligent water supply.
• DFSS双吸泵
• WQ潜污泵
• ZQ潜水轴流泵
• DFK-X消防电气控制装置
• 东方智慧水务AR云平台

Products and services

• Single-stage centrifugal pumps (单级泵) Single-stage centrifugal pumps for water supply, HVAC circulation and general industrial fluid transfer; sold under East Pump's core product catalog.
• Double suction pumps (双吸泵, DFSS series) High-flow, medium-head double suction pumps for municipal water supply, industrial circulation and large-scale water transmission; the patented DFSS series is a National Key New Product.
• Stamped centrifugal pumps (冲压泵) Stamped centrifugal pumps for HVAC, water boosting and light-industrial fluid handling.
• Sewage pumps / WQ submersible series (排污泵) WQ-series submersible sewage pumps for municipal drainage, building basement wastewater and industrial effluent handling.
• Axial / mixed / tubular flow pumps (轴(混)(贯)流泵, ZLB and DFZQ series) Large-flow, low-head axial, mixed and tubular flow pumps (including ZLB dry-type and DFZQ submersible variants) for flood drainage, irrigation and hydropower auxiliary service.
• Industrial pumps (工业泵) Industrial pumps for steel, power, mining and chemical process water, circulation and drainage.
• Vacuum pumps (真空泵) Vacuum pumps for industrial and commercial fluid and gas handling.
• Food, pharmaceutical and chemical process pumps (食药、化工流程泵) Stainless-steel hygienic process pumps for food, pharmaceutical and chemical process lines requiring sanitary or corrosion-resistant fluid handling.
• QGL submersible tubular pump (QGL型潜水贯流泵) Newly developed submersible tubular pump for large-flow low-head applications including flood control and water transfer,填补市场空白 (fills market gap).
• Home-use pumps (家用泵) Residential pumps for household water supply, pressurization and drainage.
• DFLH vertical stainless-steel pump (DFLH立式不锈钢泵) New-generation energy-saving vertical stainless-steel pump for transferring non-corrosive or mildly corrosive media, with low noise and low energy consumption, compliant with GB/T5657-2013 centrifugal pump technical conditions Class III.
• Fire fighting equipment (消防设备, XBC/XBD and DFK-X series) Fire pumps (XBC/XBD series), fire-pump electrical control devices (DFK-X) and fine-water-mist systems for building, industrial and large infrastructure fire protection.
• Water supply equipment (供水设备, BH / BW series variants) Variable-frequency and non-negative-pressure water supply equipment (including BH, BH-B, BW-G tank-type, BW-G(II)BP dual-can, BW-PS intelligent pumping station, BW-Z direct-connected and AWS integrated intelligent pump room) for residential, commercial and municipal water supply systems.
• Integrated direct drinking water equipment (DSW一体化直饮水设备) Integrated direct drinking water treatment equipment for residential and commercial buildings seeking piped potable water quality.
• Integrated water purification equipment (DFWPE一体化净水设备) Integrated water purification equipment for centralized drinking-water and process-water polishing in municipal and industrial applications.
• Intelligent storage and regulation pumping station (DFTX智能调蓄泵站) Intelligent storage and regulation pumping station for peak-shaving and pressure balancing in municipal and building water distribution networks.
• Sewage treatment equipment (污水处理设备) Integrated intelligent sewage treatment systems for rural, municipal and industrial wastewater applications, designed to achieve National Level A discharge standards.
• Environmental protection treatment equipment (环保处理设备) Environmental protection and pollution-control treatment equipment supporting municipal and industrial environmental engineering projects.
• Water-utility ductile-iron valves (水务球铁阀门) Ductile-iron valves engineered for municipal water-supply and water-utility pipelines.
• Industrial cast-steel valves (工业铸钢阀门) Cast-steel valves designed for industrial processes and high-pressure pipeline applications.
• Food/pharmaceutical/chemical stainless-steel valves (食药化工不锈钢阀门) Stainless-steel sanitary valves for food, pharmaceutical and chemical process lines requiring hygienic or anti-corrosive construction.
• Flow meters (流量计, electromagnetic M11/D11 series and variants) Electromagnetic flow meters and water meters (M11, M12, M13, D11, D12, D13, D14, D15 series) for industrial and water-utility flow measurement.
• East Smart Water Affairs AR Cloud Platform (东方智慧水务AR云平台) IoT cloud platform combining AR technology to automatically collect and remotely transmit equipment operating data to a monitoring center for intelligent analysis, enabling unmanned intelligent operation and dispatch of secondary water-supply systems.
• Energy-saving renovation services (节能改造) Energy-saving retrofitting and maintenance services for existing deployed pump systems, targeting efficiency and carbon-emissions improvements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 国家1级精度测试中心，5188㎡，6个开式试验台
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered 核心 and 重要.

• 河海大学核心Strategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2025河海大学前校长徐辉教授率领水文水资源学院院长杨涛教授及学校科研团队莅临东方泵业开展技术考察与产学研合作交流。双方围绕技术创新、人才培养、科研攻关等多个维度展开深入探讨，计划共建高端装备制造人才培养机制、启动'沿海城市防洪排涝'专项课题、开发水利工程AI运维系统。河海大学在水文建模方面具有深厚学术积淀，东方泵业在工程转化能力和市场应用经验方面具有显著优势，两者的深度协同将加速科技成果落地。
• 中国电信（上海宝山局）重要Strategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2019东方泵业与中国电信签订战略合作协议，双方在生产智能化、管理信息化、销售行业化、产品智慧化等方面开展合作。中国电信提供5G技术、工业互联网平台、云网融合等支持，助力东方泵业打造泵业行业品牌标杆。双方在视频会议、数据安全、智慧展厅等方面推进合作项目进展。
• 清华大学重要Strategic or Co-development Partner与清华大学开展科研合作，在泵类产品研发方面进行技术交流与合作
• 华中科技大学重要Strategic or Co-development Partner与华中科技大学开展技术合作，共同推进泵类产品的研发创新
• 上海大学重要Strategic or Co-development Partner与上海大学开展产学研合作，推动技术成果转化
• 上海理工大学重要Strategic or Co-development Partner与上海理工大学开展技术合作，共同推进泵业技术发展
• 中科院重要Strategic or Co-development Partner与中科院相关院所开展技术合作，吸收关注国内外先进技术
• 中国电信（宝山电信）重要Technology or Integration宝山电信将持续推动工业互联网应用集聚发展，推动工业场景持续开放，助力企业业务流程再造。宝山电信将在厂区5G规划、建设上予以支持和资源倾斜，支撑东方泵业智慧展厅设计等重要项目。

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves18 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Wilo: German pump manufacturer specializing in building services, water management, and smart pump systems. Comparable to East Pump's building/commercial water supply and HVAC pump lines, with stronger focus on premium efficiency and digital services.

Broad incumbents

• KSB: German global pump and valve manufacturer with strong presence in water supply, wastewater, and industrial process pumps. Comparable product breadth to East Pump across centrifugal, submersible, and standard process pump categories.
• Grundfos: Danish global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technology. Comparable to East Pump across building services, industrial, and water utility pumps, but with deeper international footprint and higher-end smart pump systems.
• Flowserve: US-listed global supplier of pumps, valves, and seals for power, oil & gas, chemical, and water applications. Comparable in industrial and process pump offerings, particularly chemical process and high-spec industrial pumps.
• Pentair: US water treatment and flow technology company offering pumps, filtration, and pool solutions. Comparable in residential and light commercial water pumps, but with more consumer/filtration focus than East Pump's industrial portfolio.
• Sulzer: Swiss industrial pump and rotating equipment manufacturer serving water, oil & gas, power, and general industry. Comparable in centrifugal, axial flow, and submersible pump offerings, particularly for municipal water and industrial process applications.
• Ebara: Japanese pump manufacturer with global operations serving water infrastructure, industrial processes, and semiconductor markets. Comparable in centrifugal, submersible, and standard process pump offerings, with stronger high-precision industrial pump heritage.
• Xylem: US-listed global water technology company with major pump brands (Flygt, Wedeco, Bell & Gossett). Comparable in water utility, wastewater, and smart water IoT offerings, but operating at global scale with stronger digital water platform presence.

Direct peers

• Leo Group: Chinese pump manufacturer based in Zhejiang producing submersible, centrifugal, and solar pumps for agriculture, industry, and municipal markets. Comparable as a domestic Chinese full-line pump competitor with overlapping agricultural irrigation and industrial pump offerings.
• Shanghai Kaiquan Pump: Largest Chinese pump manufacturer, offering centrifugal, submersible, and axial flow pumps across municipal, industrial, and power applications. Directly comparable to East Pump as a domestic Chinese full-line pump conglomerate serving similar end markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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