http://impeller.net/ Information source for the pump community with the latest news, a virtual exhibition, the pump encyclopedia, and the centrifugal pump selector http://impeller.net/ http://impeller.net/pics/logo/impeller.gif http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc5946x.asp 2012 FlowEx China will take place from June 6th to 8th, 2012 at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. With huge market potential in China, FlowEx China has achieved a great success, and has become the unique and professional exhibition for pump, valve and pipe in East China. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc5971x.asp Themed ”Water Solutions for Liveable and Sustainable Cities”, SIWW is steadily gaining traction as one of the leading water events. SIWW continues to deliver great value to participants with relevant and enhanced programme. Delegates will have more opportunities to promote practical and sustainable solutions and tap into vast network of public and private sector players in urban solutions. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6017x.asp Within the scope of Achema 2012 Jung Process Systems will show further developments of the complete Hyghspin series. Special attention is drawn to lifetime cost for stainless steel pumps. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6018x.asp Ebara Corporation is committed to becoming an environmentally aware enterprise and has adopted a corporate philosophy that stresses extensive contribution to society by providing superior technologies and services related to water, air and environment. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6019x.asp Baker Hughes announced that Trey Clark will become the global oilfield service company s Vice President of Investor Relations. Clark succeeds Adam B. Anderson who on May 29 will begin serving as Baker Hughes President, Latin America. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6015x.asp Hydraulic Institute (HI) has announced that registration is now open for the 2012 Market Outlook Workshop via the HI website. The annual event, organized by the Valve Manufacturers Association, will take place in Chicago on August 9 – 10, and provide attendees with current and specific market insights on both the valve and pump industries. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6016x.asp Sales of industrial pumps in Asia will be close to $16 billion this year according to the newly updated online Pumps World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6013x.asp The S-tube impeller from Grundfos sets new standards for wastewater hydraulic design. This innovative channel impeller offers greater hydraulic efficiency than any other type of wastewater impeller, and doesn’t compromise free passage, which ensures trouble-free operation. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6014x.asp Xylem has launched a next-generation pump controller that provides a clear view of a plant’s energy consumption and the true cost of pumping operations. Unlike general purpose programme logic control (PLC) systems, Xylem’s Flygt APP 800 is specifically engineered to control water and wastewater transport systems. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6011x.asp Voith Hydro announced today that it has received the contract to provide generators and turbines for the Red Rock Hydroelectric Project in the US-State of Iowa. Once completed in 2016, the Red Rock power plant will produce up to 55 megawatts of power during peak seasons. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6012x.asp Advanced Design Technology (ADT) announces that its founder and director, Mehrdad Zangeneh, will present on an innovative and commercially viable solution for three-dimensional (3D) multi-disciplinary optimization of turbomachinery blades at the 2012 Simulia Community Conference (SCC) , May 15-17, in Providence, R.I., United States. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6009x.asp Sorubin, a supplier of energy efficient aeration products for water treatment, has developed its Microluft aerator to make it fully operational in unfiltered wastewater. This means pumping fibers (hair and fabric) and various solid objects without operational failure or clogging. Tests at a wastewater plant in northern Sweden support these promising results. A patent application has been filed for the new modified version of Microluft. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6010x.asp Blackmer announces the addition of the STX2A Transport Pump to its growing line of positive displacement sliding vane transport pumps. The STX2A is a 316 stainless-steel, two-inch pump designed for clean, non-abrasive, light-viscosity fluids and chemicals. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6007x.asp Droughts, contamination and growth are creating markets for flow and treatment of water which exceed GDP. In some segments, double-digit growth is forecast for the coming decade. McIlvaine has identified these high growth segments in its various water related market reports. http://impeller.net/magazine/News_en/doc6008x.asp German-based KSB is set to supply four 52-tonne waste water pumps for the construction of the Lee Tunnel in London. Each of these pumps will feature an impeller measuring 2.2 metres in diameter.