FRANKLIN WATER TREATMENT ACQUIRES ASSETS OF ACTION MANUFACTURING & SUPPLY, INC.

Franklin Water Treatment Acquires Assets of Action Manufacturing & Supply, Inc.

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Franklin Water Treatment, LLC, has acquired the assets of Action Manufacturing & Supply, Inc., a manufacturer and wholesale distributor of residential water conditioning, filtration, and indoor/outdoor aeration systems since 1980 with operations in Florida and North Carolina. The operating results of the acquired business will […]

Xylem and Manchester City Team Up to Drive Water Sustainability in Football

Xylem and Manchester City Team Up to Drive Water Sustainability in Football

Xylem water technology solutions enable Manchester City to improve water usage and efficiency by saving up to 1,000 cubic meters of drinking water every day. In a world of escalating climate concerns, and specifically water-related issues including drinking water shortages, water pollution, water access, drought and flooding, it’s more important than ever for companies, teams […]

Malaysia International Water Convention 2023: Sustainability Takes Center Stage

Malaysia International Water Convention 2023: Sustainability Takes Center Stage

The Malaysia International Water Convention (MIWC) 2023, the region’s premier event for water industry professionals, is poised to gather over 650 thought leaders, innovators, and practitioners from diverse sectors to address the critical challenges facing the water industry and explore sustainable solutions for a water-secure future. Held under the theme “Sustainability: Transforming Vision into Action,” […]

Pentair and the Pentair Foundation Support Communities Around the World

Pentair and the Pentair Foundation Support Communities Around the World

Pentair plc and the Pentair Foundation announce the twenty-fifth consecutive year of giving to strengthen communities around the world, increase access to quality education, and provide safer, cleaner water those who lack access. In addition to awarding over $1 million in strategic and community grants in 2023, the existing matching gift program is extended to […]

RETROFITTING PUMPS FOR A NEW ROLE

Retrofitting Pumps for a New Role

Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels are used for processing oil and transferring it to tankers or pipelines. Positioned close to an oilfield, they remain there until the field is exhausted. Originally designed with a service life of over 20 years, FPSOs represent a huge investment for international oil companies (IOCs) and to maximize […]

WATER SECTOR MUST DIG DEEPER ON COLLABORATION

Water Sector Must Dig Deeper on Collaboration

The need to intensify collaboration, integration and digitisation, to deliver a vast programme of works in AMP8 – the asset management plan period 2025-30 – was one of the themes under discussion at British Water’s first annual conference, which took place in Manchester on 21 November 2023. Delivering a keynote address, Jane Simpson, commercial, engineering […]

40 YEARS OF TSURUMI IN EUROPE

40 Years of Tsurumi in Europe

Anniversary at Tsurumi: The pump manufacturer came to Europe exactly four decades ago. What started small in Düsseldorf, Germany, became big. Today Tsurumi is considered the global market leader. Managing Director Daniel Weippert attributes the success to two factors on which no compromises are made: robust pumps and excellent service. “Stronger for longer” is therefore […]

INNOVATION MODEL WILL ACCELERATE WATER COMPANY TRIALS

Innovation Model Will Accelerate Water Company Trials

An updated innovation accelerator has been launched by Spring as part of a multi-year effort to remove the barriers to mobilising trials at pace within the water sector. The new Spring Accelerator calls for implementable innovations for water companies to trial, progress and adopt in collaboration, working to deliver ambitions set out in the 2050 […]

THORDON BEARINGS GROWS ITS PRESENCE IN THE EUROPEAN HYDROPOWER SECTOR

Thordon Bearings Grows Its Presence in the European Hydropower Sector

Two European hydropower plant operators have replaced the bearings on their Francis-type turbines with water-lubricated bearings from Canada’s Thordon Bearings after oil was leaking from their original metal bearings. In two separate contracts, Croatia-based Skoring d.o.o., Thordon’s authorized distributor for the region, supplied wicket gate bearings to the 36.8MW Hrvatska Elektroprivreda-operated plant in Rijeka, Croatia, […]