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.
Blocked pumps are often the cause of pumping station and sewage treatment works failures resulting in disruption, downtime and in extreme situations the inconvenience and associated health and safety issues in having to ‘lift’ submersible pumps to clear blockages.
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) 2014 Fall Meeting will take place October 8-10, 2014, at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri. Registration is now open to HI Members, Associate Members, Standards Partners, and Utilities & Energy Efficiency NGOs who are sponsors of Pump Systems Matter. Eligible prospective members are welcome to attend with advance approval.
Countries in the Middle East will spend nearly $2.2 billion for pumps next year. This is the latest forecast in Pumps World Market, published by the McIlvaine Company.
Parker Hannifin Corporation reported results for the fiscal 2014 fourth quarter and full year ended June 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 sales were a record at $13.2 billion, compared with $13.0 billion in fiscal 2013.
As last year, IFAT India will in 2014 again be supporting the Indo-German Environment Partnership (IGEP) of the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and, on October 9, hosting the award ceremony for the “All India Environmental Journalism Competition”. The “Clean Ganga Award”, a special prize for reporting on the rejuvenation of the Ganges, will be presented by Michael Steiner, the German Ambassador in India.
Pentair plc announced second quarter 2014 sales of $1.9 billion. Sales were down 3 percent compared to sales for the same period last year. Adjusted second quarter 2014 earnings per diluted share (“EPS”) were $1.04, up 13 percent from adjusted EPS of $0.92 in the second quarter of last year.
The Lowara GHV series from Xylem is a fully automatic variable speed booster set ideal for supplying water to industrial, commercial and residential applications, from office buildings and hotels through to irrigation systems.
A US copper mining company recently replaced four progressing cavity pumps with Verderflex Dura 15 hose pumps for dosing reagent.
Xylem has provided dewatering equipment to assist with the relief effort following devastating floods in the Balkans in May.
Colfax Fluid Handling announces the new BB PEP Series precision gear pumps from its Zenith Pumps brand. The new design updates and enhances the original Zenith PEP (polymer extrusion pump) design.
