The 14th edition of ASIAWATER is poised to be a landmark event in the water and wastewater management industry, taking place from 7-9 April 2026, at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Malaysia.
Steve Schofield, Director and CEO of the British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) will be presenting a paper at this year’s Utility Week Live exhibition, running on 17 & 18 May at the NEC in Birmingham.
The Gorman-Rupp Company reports financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 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.
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.
KSB Aktiengesellschaft, Germany, will be presenting a range of pumps for water production applications. Among them will be submersible borehole pumps with new energy-saving motors up to 150 kW.
Pentair announced first quarter 2016 sales of $1.6 billion. Sales were up 7 percent compared to sales for the same period last year. Excluding the unfavorable impact of currency translation (“FX”) and the positive contribution from acquisitions, core sales grew 1 percent in the first quarter.
Xylem has launched a new biogas support system – the Flygt BIS 1 biogas support system – specially adapted for the wall-mounting of submersible mixers in biogas digesters. The robust installation system is designed to ensure process optimisation, reliability and safety – as well as holding the mixer in place throughout its use.
Investors are attracted to pump companies because of the large size of the pump market and the fact that their products are needed in growing industries such as water treatment.
How do you transfer liquids from drums and barrels safely and cleanly when you have no electrical or air supply available to drive the pump motor and manual, hand-operated pumps are not an option?
The variety of waste handling applications which present specific challenges to pumps and pumping systems are many and varied although the aims and objectives (however tough the challenges) are usually the same; safe and reliable pumping 24/7 with minimal maintenance.
