New Brand name for slurry and Digestate Treatment from Weltec Biopower

New Brand name for slurry and Digestate Treatment from Weltec Biopower

“WELTEC BLUE WATER” now replaces Kumac. With this new name, WELTEC BIOPOWER is responding to international market requirements for its tried and tested slurry and digestate treatment systems. In recent years, 17 plants have already been put into operation worldwide. The first WELTEC BLUE WATER plant in Germany has also been in operation since March […]

VDMA Valves Becomes the Conceptual Sponsor of VALVE WORLD EXPO

VDMA Valves Becomes the Conceptual Sponsor of VALVE WORLD EXPO

The VDMA Valves Association and Messe Düsseldorf want to join forces in the future at the world’s leading trade fair for the valve industry, VALVE WORLD EXPO. VDMA Valves will be the conceptual sponsor of VALVE WORLD EXPO. The official signing of the cooperation agreement took place in Düsseldorf at the beginning of July. VALVE […]

EBARA Group Companies Announce Amalgamation and New Corporate Names

EBARA Group Companies Announce Amalgamation and New Corporate Names

EBARA Group companies Hayward Gordon ULC (“HGULC”), EBARA Pumps Canada Corporation (“EPCC”) and Scott Turbon Mixer, Inc. (STM) have announced their strategic amalgamation and name changes effective June 30, 2024. HGULC, which develops industrial pumps and mixers, and EPCC, which develops standard pumps, have amalgamated to form EBARA HG ULC. And STM, which develops sanitary […]

Microsoft and Apple Among Winners of Lighthouse Awards

Microsoft and Apple Among Winners of Lighthouse Awards

Technology companies Microsoft and Apple have been recognised alongside Martens Brewery and utilities Thames Water and Severn Trent Water as recipients of the Lighthouse Awards 2024, presented to organisations leveraging innovation to protect and enhance water supplies globally. Launched in 2020 by the Brave Blue World Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to scientific and educational storytelling, […]

Valmet and Flootech Enter Partnership to Advance Water Treatment

Valmet and Flootech Enter Partnership to Advance Water Treatment

Lack of fresh water supply is becoming a challenge for many pulp and paper producers across the globe, which emphasizes the need of water saving and water treatment equipment. Re-using and/or recycling process effluent is today a must for most companies Valmet and Flootech have on May 23, 2024, signed a partnership agreement to further […]

Planetary-Scale Innovation Explored at BlueTech Forum 

Planetary-Scale Innovation Explored at BlueTech Forum 

An applied research project in Scotland involving the use of earth observation science (EOS) in multiple water applications was just one of many highlights of  BlueTech Forum 2024 for Paul O’Callaghan, chief executive of BlueTech Research. The roundtable delivered by Professor Andrew Tyler, Scotland Hydro Nation Chair at the University of Stirling, and was one […]

GF Earns Top Climate and Water Rating for Environmental Leadership

GF Earns Top Climate and Water Rating for Environmental Leadership

GF has secured an “A” score, the highest possible, by the global rating agency CDP for transparency and performance on climate change, after the company was awarded an “A-” for three consecutive years. For its ambitions around water security, GF has maintained its previous rating of “A-”. CDP released its assessment of over 21’000 companies […]

ITT to Provide Highly Engineered Pump Systems and Aftermarket Services

ITT to Provide Highly Engineered Pump Systems and Aftermarket Services

ITT Inc. today announced the company has signed a three-year agreement for the supply of API-610 centrifugal pump systems and related products and engineered services to ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest international energy and petrochemical companies. The agreement contains a $50 million minimum contract commitment, with a total potential value of $80 million in […]

Changes to Composition of ABB Board of Directors

Changes to Composition of ABB Board of Directors

ABB announced that the Board of Directors will propose Johan Forssell and Mats Rahmström as new members for election at the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 21, 2024. They will replace Jacob Wallenberg and Gunnar Brock who have decided not to stand for re-election. Jacob Wallenberg has been Vice-Chairman of the Board of […]

Franklin Electric Acquires U.S. Groundwater Distribution Company

Franklin Electric Acquires U.S. Groundwater Distribution Company

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. announced that on December 31, 2023, its wholly owned subsidiary Headwater Companies, LLC acquired substantially all of the assets of LCA Pump, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company, which operates Water Works Pump. Water Works is a professional groundwater distributor located in Springfield, MO, and will operate as a branch of […]