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A US original equipment manufacturer (OEM) has integrated Vesconite low-friction wear-resistant materials into its product lines for several decades.

ABB announced that the Board of Directors will propose Claudia Nemat as new member for election at the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 27, 2025, and that Lars Förberg has decided not to stand for re-relection.

EDWARDS VACUUM has developed a new series of magnetically levitated turbomolecular pumps that can withstand the demands of both challenging industrial environments and research processes. The oil-free nEXT2807M and nEXT3207M Maglev pumps are specially designed for areas where a contamination-free vacuum is required for high process quality. The virtually maintenance-free models (up to 80,000 hours) are among the lightest and most space-saving turbopumps in their class.

QED Environmental Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative environmental sampling products and subsidiary of Graco Inc., has announced the launch of the MicroPurge MP100 peristaltic pump system for low-flow groundwater purging and sampling.

Trelleborg has finalized the acquisition of CRC Distribution, a distributor of polymer seals and services for hydraulics, hydropower, oil and gas and fluid power applications located in Robertsdale, Alabama.

Armstrong Fluid Technology has expanded its family of new Constant Speed Vertical-In-Line Fire Pumps with a maximum 500 USGPM flow for both 60hz and 50hz markets and featuring new high-pressure ratings of up to 160PSI.

Sogn og Fjordane Energi (SFE), a leading renewable energy supplier in Western Norway, through its wholly owned subsidiary Firdakraft AS, has awarded ANDRITZ a major contract to supply advanced electromechanical equipment for the new Øksenelvane hydropower plant in Bremanger municipality. The new plant will be constructed next to the existing Øksenelvane power plant, which will be decommissioned after more than 70 years of operation.

WELTEC HOLDING announces that Dr. Christian Hower-Knobloch will join the company as future CEO. Starting May 1, 2025, Dr. Christian Hower-Knobloch will join the biogas company based in Vechta, Lower Saxony.

HOMA has fundamentally revised its proven pump selection program HOP.Sel and now presents HOP.Sel 6. The new version offers numerous improvements that make the selection, configuration and calculation of HOMA pumps even easier and quicker.

The AEMT has achieved CAFA (Climate Action for Associations) Certified Carbon Neutral Association status by measuring, reporting, and offsetting its carbon footprint from January 2023 to December 2023, and putting in place credible, science aligned plans to further measure and reduce its emissions.