EKKI announced the launch of its Hori-Max range of Horizontal Multistage Submersible Sump Pumps at Plumbex 2026, India’s largest plumbing exhibition held in Bengaluru. The launch unveils a breakthrough product line designed to redefine performance, efficiency, and reliability in water transfer and boosting applications for buildings.
Pfeiffer Vacuum+Fab Solutions introduces the DuoVane C — a new generation of chemically resistant rotary vane vacuum pumps designed for demanding and corrosive applications.
Amarinth has successfully engineered a bespoke suite of API 685 VS4 magnetic drive pumps for a high-profile LNG processing expansion in the Middle East, overcoming spatial limitations and complex maintenance hurdles to deliver a solution that reduces construction costs while ensuring zero-emission operation.
In 2025, Endress+Hauser generated over four billion euros in sales for the first time. Its successful integration of sensor manufacturer SICK’s gas analysis and gas measurement technology enabled good growth.
The multinational water technology group Wilo has announced the Pioneer Award 2026. From now until 15 September, Wilo customers and partners are invited to submit innovative projects for the award. The competition seeks entries that set new benchmarks through smart solutions and a true pioneering spirit in water management.
Those who want to experience new drive technology usually go to a trade show. Flender is turning this principle on its head: Now the technology itself is traveling to customers. On April 20, 2026, the official kickoff for “AIQ on Tour” took place at the headquarters in Bocholt – and the AIQ truck rolled out of the company premises on its twelve-month European tour. The goal: to make condition monitoring accessible to everyone, true to the tour’s motto, “Condition Monitoring for everyone.”
India is significantly expanding its pumped storage capacity to balance the growing share of variable renewable energy from solar and wind in its energy mix. ANDRITZ will equip Torrent Power’s new Saidongar-1 Karjat pumped storage plant with ten pump turbine units and additional electromechanical equipment.
Energy efficiency is no longer a peripheral consideration for the UK pump industry — it is now central to how the sector innovates, competes and contributes to national sustainability goals. Given that pumping systems account for a significant proportion of electricity use across industry, utilities and building services, the opportunity to reduce energy consumption — and associated carbon emissions — is both substantial and urgent.
Professor Joan Bray Rose has been awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2026 for her work as a key pioneer in the development and global adoption of Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA), a science-based approach to safeguard the quality of drinking water, as well as water reuse systems.
When a strategic Scottish Water pumping station had to be taken out of service unexpectantly, the utility faced the risk of over-pumping. Working with Xylem and its Avensor service, the team used real-time insights to resolve the issue, avoid disruption and return the station to full operation, writes Mark McCullagh, Xylem’s Scotland South project manager.
