New Chairman of the Board of Management at KSB

At the beginning of August 2024, the board of the Building Valves division in the VDMA unanimously elected Lubert Winnecken, CEO of KEUCO GmbH & Co. KG, as the new chairman. The 57-year-old will also take over the role of Deputy Chairman of the VDMA Building Valves Association.

Warren Controls highlights its industry-leading electrically actuated, modulating, globe control valves with ARIA Series actuators. The ARIA actuator is ideal for correcting commercial steam-fired water heaters that had previously been driven by oversized steam valves.

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.

The Frankenthal-based pump and valve manufacturer KSB is continuing the positive development of the 2023 financial year in the first quarter of 2024. The key performance indicators order intake, sales revenue, earnings before finance income / expense and income tax (EBIT) and EBIT margin are all up on the comparative prior-year quarter.

The Ingelfingen-based technology company GEMÜ is being awarded the title of “Global Market Leader” for yet another year, earning the distinction “Champion 2024” as part of the global market leader index of the University of St. Gallen and the Academy of German Global Market Leaders.

The key to new challenges is sometimes hidden in the past. Such is the case with equipment and processes needed to produce, store, and transport hydrogen. A major hurdle facing those looking to upgrade their equipment or design new equipment is: Lack of polymer materials capable of withstanding the extreme challenges inherent to the hydrogen environment.