10.11.2008
Pump Industry Market Information from BZ Engineering Briefings
BZ Engineering Briefings provides research and analysis of the pump industry enabling its readers to monitor their competitors and identify new business opportunities. Currently available reports include the Pump Industry Briefing 2008 and the Guide to the Italian Pump Industry.
 

14.11.2008
Turbine Systems Used for Energy Generation
In January 2009, KSB Aktiengesellschaft starts marketing turnkey turbine systems for energy generation and recovery.
 

14.11.2008
Blackmer SNP Pumps Are Designed to Unload Raw Materials From Railcars
Blackmer, a global leader in positive displacement rotary vane, eccentric disc, peristaltic hose and centrifugal pump technologies, announced that its SNP Sliding Vane Pumps are designed to efficiently unload railcars of various raw materials used in the soap and detergents manufacturing process.
 

10.11.2008
Blackmer Provane Pumps Provide Performance Advantages For Ethanol Producers
Blackmer’s ProVane Motor Speed Vane Pump line is ideally suited for ethanol processing, blending and transfer applications.
 

07.11.2008
Jet Edge’s 90,000 psi X-Stream Waterjet Pump Increases Productivity
Capable of producing pressures in excess of 90,000psi, Jet Edge’s new 100hp X-Stream xP90-100 waterjet intensifier pump achieves much faster cutting speeds and drastically lowers operating costs compared to traditional 60,000psi pumps, enabling users to increase productivity and reduce part costs.
 

29.10.2008
Moyno Tri-Phaze System Offers Quick Payback
The Moyno Tri-Phaze System is the patented progressing cavity solution offered for multiphase pumping applications within the oil and gas industry. The low total cost of ownership and superior pumping efficiency have turned marginal wells profitable again in simply months.
 

10.11.2008
KSB at BRAU Beviale 2008 Nuremberg
KSB Aktiengesellschaft will present itself at BRAU Beviale 2008 in Nuremberg, Germany, from 12 – 14 November 2008 as a supplier of reliable, low-maintenance pumps and valves for hygienic food transport.
 

29.10.2008
Increasing Energy Consumption in the Water Sector
The International Water Association held a week-long congress in Vienna recently. Delegates from 94 countries from universities, NGOs, UN, utility companies and governmental agencies from all corners of the world.
 

30.10.2008
New Report on Italian Pump Industry
BZ Engineering Briefings has announced a new report on the Italian pump industry. The Guide to the Italian Pump Industry will be published on November 7th, 2008 and a special prepublication offer gives pump industry professionals the chance to save 15% on the full sales price.
 

12.11.2008
New Head of Communications at Georg Fischer
Markus Sauter, who has been Head of Communications at Georg Fischer AG, Schaffhausen, for many years, has expressed the wish to retire in the spring of 2009. Markus Sauter joined Georg Fischer on 1 September 1990 as the Head of the Communications service division with responsibility for the Corporation s internal and external communication.
 

13.11.2008
Gardner Denver Announces Share Repurchase Program
Gardner Denver, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new share repurchase program to acquire up to 3 million shares of its outstanding common stock, representing approximately 6 percent of the shares currently outstanding. This program replaces a previous repurchase program announced in November 2007 under which the Company acquired 2.7 million shares authorized thereunder.
 

12.11.2008
Parker Strengthens North American Fluid Handling Business
Parker Hannifin Corporation,the global leader in motion and control technologies, announced that it has acquired Nexgen Hose Inc., headquartered in Fergus, Ontario, Canada. Nexgen is a leading manufacturer of industrial PVC hose and tubing for niche and industry standard applications.
 

10.11.2008
Parker Acquires Manufacturer of Water Filtration
Parker Hannifin Corporation,the global leader in motion and control technology, announced that it has acquired Aqua Pro, Inc. a manufacturer of reverse osmosis ("RO") filtration systems for military, commercial and pleasure marine applications.
 

03.11.2008
Pumps for Algerian Fertiliser Factory
Beginning of 2008, KSB Aktiengesellschaft, received an order worth several million euros for the supply of five large vertical tubular casing pumps, five large water transport pumps and five large butterfly valves with hydraulic actuators to a fertiliser factory in Algeria.
 

18.11.2008
Moving Water Ind. Signs Major Contract to Provide Pumps
Moving Water Industries announced that they had signed a major contract with the South Florida Water Management District to supply critically needed pumps over a four year period for the District’s Everglades Restoration Project.
 

07.11.2008
ITT Wins Wastewater Treatment Contract in Oman
ITT Corporation, the leading provider of pumps and systems for the movement and treatment of water and wastewater, has been awarded a wastewater treatment plant contract in Oman for the city of A Seeb. This contract was awarded to ITT through Hyundai Rotem, the project s general contractor.

 

04.11.2008
ESK and Pfaudler Agree a Sales Partnership
ESK Ceramics GmbH & Co. KG, together with Pfaudler Werke GmbH, is launching an innovative plate heat exchanger. ESK is producing the ceramic heat exchangers on a large scale for the first time. Pfaudler will handle global sales of the parts from early October.
 

05.11.2008
High Quality Nominations Received for Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2009
From water microbiology to disinfection, from innovative technologies to revolutionary water policies, the nominations for Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2009 showcased not only a wide spectrum of water solutions but also new disciplines in water research and applications.
 

18.11.2008
“Inc. Magazine” Recognizes Moving Water Industries As An “Extraordinary Entrepreneur”
In an article entitled “Blue is the New Green” in the November 2008 issue of “Inc. Magazine”, Moving Water Industries was recognized as one of eleven “extraordinary entrepreneurs who are creating radical change at every step of the way” and...
 

12.11.2008
Blackmer Sliding Vane Pump Plays Pivotal Role in Unique Ammonia-Transfer Application
The choices came down to two: either find a way to make it work, or shut an entire chemical plant down until repairs could be made to a damaged pipeline. This situation arose earlier this year in Houston, where international chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer operates a chemical plant.