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Satisfied employees, an open culture and an excellent management development program: for the fifth time, Endress+Hauser Conducta has been recognized as one of Germany’s best employers. ‘Top Job’ mentor Wolfgang Clement presented the award to the Gerlingen-based company at the German Small-to-Medium Enterprise Summit held on 27 June in Essen, Germany.

At the specialized international Supply Chain Convention in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), which took place on 24 June 2014, GF Piping Systems, a division of GF, has won the 2014 Supply Chain Management Award for its outstanding end-to-end supply chain solution. The jury singled out the innovative services that have been developed for customers on the basis of the division’s supply chain management.

World Pumps China, published by Ringier Trade Media Ltd., has announced Verder Liquids BV as the winner of the 2014 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the Pumps and Valves Industry.

The title of Heat Pump City of the year 2014 goes to Viborg Municipality, who, with The Joint Heating Plant, had the best project in the finals.

The GreenTec Awards were presented at the Internationales Congress Center München (ICM) on the evening of May 4. The green environmental summit attracted plenty of prominent personalities to the trade-fair center. The GreenTec Awards are the glamorous kick-off event for IFAT.

Xylem Inc. has been chosen to receive the 2014 Corporate Excellence Award from Charities@Work, an alliance of four nonprofit federations that serves as the cooperative voice for more than 2,000 international, national, and local charities.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Pentair Aquatic Systems as a 2014 Energy Star Partner of the Year for its outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient products and educating consumers about energy efficiency. Pentair s accomplishments will be recognized in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2014.

The new FBM-B 3100 battery motor has now won the renowned Red Dot Award: Product Design 2014. A record number of designers and manufacturers took part in this year s competition to impress the international panel of experts with the design quality of their products.

Pfeiffer Vacuum is the winner of the “INKA” 2013 Award for the best catalog in the Print category. The Pfeiffer Vacuum catalog called “The Vacuum Technology Book” won first prize in the “machinery/equipment” sector, and is also the overall winner.

At their annual kick-off conference in Berlin on 12 March 2014 the German DENEFF corporate initiative awarded KSB Aktiengesellschaft with a jury prize.