Russian Association of Pump Manufacturers (RPMA) was established in 1991 to promote and protect the pump engineering interests of Russian producers of pumps. The main task of RPMA - to unite and coordinate the efforts of its members and all market participants pumps in the main areas: technical standards and methodologies, standards, marketing, publications and public relations. RPMA today unites more than 60 companies from Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. Since 1992, the RPMA is a member of the European Association of Pump Manufacturers (Europump), which is very important in an era of economic globalization.