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Specialty chemicals company Lanxess announced the global launch of its Lewabrane seawater reverse osmosis membranes at the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW). This brings a significant added dimension to its extensive range of water treatment solutions, now comprising its Lewatit range of ion exchange resins and LewaPlus software design tool which incorporates both ion exchange resin and reverse osmosis systems in water treatment plant designs.

Armstrong Fluid Technology has introduced a new Chiller Plant Automation System targeted at optimizing the performance of air-cooled chiller plants.

Regulations and efficiency are two of the largest factors ensuring the growth of the market for air and water monitoring products to more than $25 billion/yr by 2017. This is the conclusion reached in Air and Water Monitoring: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.

Tsurumi Europe has two new products available to the European market, the LH4110W deep-well draining submersible pump and the GSZ-75-4L submersible dewatering pump.

The Lowara booster set series from Xylem Water Solutions UK has been granted Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) approval, and now meets all strict bylaw regulations set out by UK water companies.

RZR Bombas Positivas has been boosting its growth by leveraging its ability to solve complex fluid handling problems in a multitude of industrial processes. Through its manufacturing facility located in Sao Paulo’s metropolitan area, RZR supplies rotary gear pumps to the domestic market.

Memdos LP diaphragm dosing pumps are fitted with an EC motor. These provide a higher degree of efficiency than a 3-phase asynchronous motor with external frequency converter with a comparable performance.

Chemineer agitators are playing a key role in six newly upgraded Activated Sludge Process (ASP) lanes at Severn Trent Water’s WWTW in Birmingham, UK.

The Radiant Professionals Alliance (RPA) has announced that it will hold its Annual Meeting and Conference in conjunction with the 2015 AHR Expo that takes place in Chicago from January 26-28, as well as significantly expand its overall presence at the world’s largest HVACR event.

Greiner Packaging’s production plant in Northern Ireland is helping a neighbouring college cut its £40,000 annual heating bill by donating waste heat from its compressors and its process cooling installation.