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The “Innovation in Vacuum Busch Award 2020” has been presented to the Norwegian company Quantafuel ASA. By employing Busch’s DOLPHIN liquid ring vacuum pumps, Quantafuel has developed technology that is contributing to solving the global waste problem by upgrading plastic waste into valuable products.

Armstrong Fluid Technology has emerged victorious in the Project of the Year category at the prestigious Pump Industry Awards 2020/2021.

Leybold UK, who are based in Chessington, UK, have made the final shortlist for Employer of the Year Award 2021 of the Composites UK Trade Association. The annual award celebrates the achievements of the UK composites industry, in categories covering company efforts and successes on an individual level.

After a nineteen-month pandemic induced postponement, the 2020/21 Pump Industry Awards ceremony was finally staged at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Warwickshire on Thursday 23rd September.

Classic mechanical engineering has a future – and it is often digital. SEEPEX has once again been honored for successfully taking advantage of the opportunities presented by digitalization for its products. The benchmarking study conducted by the business magazine Capital and the Infront Consulting Company has now named the Bottrop-based company the “Champion of the Digital Transformation”.

Sulzer announces that their latest addition to the submersible pumps family, the XJ 900 submersible dewatering pump, has won the Product of the Year category in the Pump Industry Awards program.

Voith was awarded a B- rating for the first time by the independent rating agency ISS ESG and, together with SKF Group and Johnson Controls, is one of the three best companies within the plant and mechanical engineering sector worldwide. This was the first time since 2016 that the rating was improved from C+ to B-.

Eshani Jha from the USA receives the prestigious 2021 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for research on how to remove contaminants from water. HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden announced the winner on 24 August during an online award ceremony as part of World Water Week.

The US Water Alliance announced the winners of the US Water Prize 2021, an annual award that recognizes people and organizations leading innovative approaches to water management and a more sustainable water future. Dr. Lindsay Birt is proud to be featured as one of the eight recipients of the US Water Prize 2021!

For the sixth year running, Wilo has received the renowned German Brand Award – and this time, it’s done it twice. The company won the “Brand Behaviour” category for the 2019 Annual Report and “Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation” for the innovative Wilo work clothing created with Puma Workwear.