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Vesconite Bearings’ Hitemp 160 vanes have shown outstanding performance and durability under extreme operating conditions in Zambia’s sanitation sector. Since their installation in June 2024 on two 10,000-litre septic tank trucks operated by Lunem Enterprises, these high-temperature-resistant vanes have demonstrated resilience and efficiency in daily high-demand applications, enabling Lunem to tackle sanitation needs in Zambia’s peri-urban areas.

Amarinth has successfully delivered a state-of-the-art cryogenic pump replacement to Air Products at its Didcot facility in the United Kingdom.

A tunnel builder is relying on Japanese pump technology for the construction of the underground power line between France and Spain, part of the European INELFE project. The new line should help prevent massive blackouts, such as the one that occurred at the end of April 2025.

The more different suspensions and solutions are conveyed, the greater the challenges for the pumps. For example, Honeywell Specialty Chemicals GmbH at the Seelze site in Lower Saxony, Germany, had to contend with heavy wear and cost-intensive system downtimes.

A water efficient, low energy, phosphorus reduction technology from wastewater treatment specialist WCS Environmental Engineering (WCSEE) and sustainable filtration specialist Flocell has been trialled and purchased by United Utilities to help deliver tightened phosphorus removal consents at one of its wastewater treatment works.

There is a growing trend towards moving wastewater pumping equipment out of an underground environment to increase equipment lifecycles, reduce labor and replacement costs, and increase worker safety. The trend away from submersible pumps toward above-ground pump stations eliminates the frequent pulling and replacement due to clogs and failures and reduces hazards and costs of accessing confined spaces. Read on for an overview of key advantages, as well as examples of how communities have achieved cost savings by moving towards above-ground systems.

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from the Canadian utility BC Hydro to supply four 60 MVA generators for the Bridge River 1 hydropower plant in British Columbia. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

Clean water, the most important raw product in the world, is increasingly becoming a luxury good. Water treatment is therefore becoming more and more important. A chemical company produces sulfate granules at its site in Sweden for this purpose.

ABEL has started 2025 with three significant pump orders. An Indian energy company recently placed an order for six HMQ pumps.

Hitemp 160 line shaft bearings have demonstrated reliability in a high-temperature vegetable oil pump application.