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Boliden Garpenberg, which mines a complex ore containing zinc, lead, copper, silver and gold, is one of the world’s most highly modernized mines. Productivity per employee is almost unequalled, and economy at the mine is always in focus. This is true even when it comes to the constant task of removing sludge and water. Since 2007, the mine has relied on Sulzer to care for its entire fleet of pumps – including those of previous suppliers – and has been among the first to adopt Sulzer dewatering innovations.

The Hydraulic Institute will be presenting on Pumping Efficiency at the NJWEA John J. Lagrosa 101st Annual Conference and Exhibition in Atlantic City,

Watson-Marlow is proud to release the new Qdos 120, offering flows up to 120 l/hr at a maximum pressure of 4 bar, double the flow of existing models in the Qdos range of peristaltic metering pumps.

The shareholders elected Frederico Fleury Curado, Robyn Denholm, David Meline and Satish Pai to join the Board. Peter Voser, Jacob Wallenberg, Matti Alahuhta, David Constable, Louis R. Hughes, Michel de Rosen and Ying Yeh were re-elected for another term. The shareholders also voted for the proposed Compensation Committee members.

The failure of a pump can have undesirable consequences, especially in food processing. If production comes to a halt, delivery promises cannot be met and there is a risk that products will spoil. A replacement is needed as quickly as possible – a job for Jung Process Systems GmbH, based in Pinneberg near Hamburg, north Germany. Thanks to a high level of in-house production, the pump manufacturer can deliver replacement pumps in no time.

The Hugo Vogelsang Maschinenbau GmbH presents new products for the waste management industry and wastewater area

Pietro Lori, current Head of GF Piping Systems, has decided to retire at the end of July 2016. The GF Board appointed Joost Geginat as new Head of GF Piping Systems effective 1 August 2016.

On the occasion of the Annual General Meeting, GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft announced its preliminary order intake for the first quarter of 2016.

Siemens has launched FS AA and FS AB frame size Sinamics V20 converters, the company s smallest so far on the market. With a width of just 68 millimeters and a height of 142 millimeters, the corporation has substantially reduced the installation dimensions of the Sinamics V20 for low powered motors.

In addition to the extensive supporting program taking place in the forums at IFAT, this year the show will also feature eight live demonstrations—four on water & sewage, and four on recycling & municipal technologies. IFAT 2016 takes place from May 30 to June 3 at the Messe München exhibition center.