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Technology company Ovarro has opened a new leakage service centre for European customers, based at the company’s manufacturing facility in Steenwijk, Netherlands. The Ovarro European Service Centre is a dedicated hub for repairs, services and testing of all leakage equipment in mainland Europe. A new team of repair and service engineers is based at the facility, which also comprises a warehouse, offices and reception area.

ViscoTec is surprising visitors with an automated product handling solution: The combination of established Bosch Rexroth automation and precise dispensing technology combines the best of both worlds. On the one hand, there is the automatic vipro-FEED M plus barrel emptying system, which can be used to feed 1C or, if used twice, 2C media into the process.

The global heat recovery steam generator market is anticipated at US$ 1.25 billion in 2022. Demand is likely to remain high for heat recovery steam generators during the assessment period. This is due to the increased demand for energy-efficient systems in various end-use industries, garnering US$ 2.03 billion in 2033, recording a CAGR of 4.5% from 2023 to 2033.

Water technology company Orbis Intelligent Systems and artificial intelligence specialist VODA.ai have entered into a strategic partnership offering a combined skillset to support US utilities and municipalities with their leakage strategies. Orbis develops smart, data-driven technologies that provide real-time insights into pipeline infrastructure.

St. Eval Candle Company is reducing its chemical waste to a minimum and has doubled production after switching to Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions pumps and fluid path components.

Water utilities are increasingly embracing data analytics and digital technology to optimize their operations, save millions for communities and increase water networks’ resilience to climate change. Insights from 18 global water utility leaders and experts that are influential in early-stage digital adoption are featured in a new paper from water technology leader Xylem and Bluefield Research.

The Japanese Ambassador to the UK, His Excellency Mr Hajime Hayashi, and the UK’s Foreign Secretary, the Right Honourable James Cleverly MP, joined forces today to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Invertek Drives Ltd in Mid Wales, UK. The commemorative event took place at the company’s global headquarters and manufacturing facility in Welshpool, Powys, and featured the official opening of a state-of-the-art variable frequency drive global Application and Training Centre.

According to Future Market Insights, the global automotive pump market is anticipated to attain a valuation of US$ 64.57 Billion in 2023 and is expected to reach US$ 118 Billion by 2033. During the 2023 to 2033 forecast period, the market is slated to proliferate at a CAGR of 6.2%.

Brazil’s largest producer of ethanol from sugarcane waste is embarking on a major wave of investment. With plans to build 20 second-generation processing facilities over the next seven years, Raízen has picked Sulzer as a key technology supplier. Ethanol produced from the fermentation of crop wastes has become the world’s most widely used and important biofuel.

KSB SE & Co. KGaA has added 19 sizes to its MegaCPK type series. This means that users can now choose from 55 sizes with more than 78 hydraulic systems for these standardised chemical pumps. The available materials of grey cast iron, nodular cast iron and cast steel, stainless steel as well as duplex and special alloys, such as titanium and Hastelloy, result in a very wide range of applications.