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IFAT India 2016 Promotes Young Talent

19.05.2016 -

Fun and excitement—that´s the idea behind the new Active Learning Center at IFAT India, India´s leading trade fair for environmental technology. This year for the first time, there will be a special area dedicated to training, live demonstrations and skills contests, running for the entire period of the show.

Light Increase in Sales at EagleBurgmann

19.05.2016 -

EagleBurgmann sales rose to 806.3 million euros in the past business year (prior year: 765.8 million euros). The foreign share of sales amounted to 85 %, 15 % were achieved on the domestic market. The number of employed personnel was 5,771 (prior year: 5,908) on December 31, 2015. The weak euro resulted in positive effects in the exchange rate which had a considerable influence on the group figures of EagleBurgmann.

New KSB Impeller Combines Reliability and Efficiency

18.05.2016 -

Against a back ground of growing demands from the water and wastewater treatment industries for submersible motor pumps that resist clogging, deliver reliability and contribute to improving energy efficiency, KSB AG has developed a new centrifugal pump, the Amarex-KRT F-Max that addresses these issues.

Atlas Copco Extends its Range of GHS VSD+ Vacuum Pumps to 1900 m³/h

11.05.2016 -

Atlas Copco has extended its portfolio of GHS VSD+ vacuum pumps with the launch of a new model offering power of up to 1900 m3/h while retaining the revolutionary level of energy efficiency that has been a hallmark of the range. The new GHS 1300-1900 VSD+ is built upon the success of the GHS 350-900 VSD+, which set a new benchmark for vacuum pumps when it was unveiled in 2015.

Mr. Pramod Chaudhari to Chair CII’s National Committee on Bio-Energy (2016-17) for the 3rd Consecutive Year

10.05.2016 -

Mr. Pramod Chaudhari, Executive Chairman, Praj Industries Limited, has been appointed as Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) national committee on Bio-Energy for the 3rd consecutive year. Mr. Chaudhari has been actively involved with CII for more than a decade where he spearheaded Biofuels movement in India. He has been the Chairman of CII’s National Committee on Bio-Energy continuously for four years since 2013.

Sulzer´s Order Intake in All Markets Improved Except for Oil and Gas

10.05.2016 -

Orders from the power, water, and general industry markets improved, whereas headwinds in the oil and gas market remained significant. Order intake in the first quarter 2016 declined by 13.1% on a currency-adjusted basis compared with the same period of the previous year. However, it improved by 10.2% compared with the fourth quarter 2015.