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Amarinth has secured a $1.5M order from Petrofac for 12 API 610 OH2 super duplex pumps with Plan 53B seal support systems for the produced water treatment plant that will serve the increased capacity of the Zadco Upper Zakum oilfield following a $4B development project.

Montevideo is well-known for its white beaches and vibrant life along them. However, tourists visiting the South American city and its 1.3 million inhabitants haven’t had the same pleasure from the beaches in recent years. Dating back 163 years, the city’s sewage system no longer matched the growing need, which left a significant mark on the city, especially at the beachside.

At the end of August 2015, KSB Pumps Ltd. India won a substantial order for the supply of six boiler feed pumps to be installed in the new, ultra-modern fossil-fuelled power station located in Tanda in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

HMS Group announces that it has signed a Rub 3.5 bn contract for delivery and installation of compressor units.

Xylem has been awarded a $1.25 million contract to provide advanced treatment technology to the South Wastewater Treatment Plant in the city of McAllen, in Texas, USA. The plant provides 240 million gallons of reclaimed, treated wastewater annually to the McAllen Palm View Golf Course for irrigation purposes.

Qdos peristaltic pump technology from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, is delivering a significant reduction in maintenance time – from 1.5 hours to just 5 minutes – at the local authority effluent plant in Selters (Westerwald), Germany. The Qdos pump is being used in preference to traditional diaphragm pumps for metering precipitants that help eliminate phosphate in wastewater.

Kirloskar Ebara Pumps has announced the successful dispatch of its high-speed and high-pressure API BB5 Pumps to Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s leading base oil company.

One of the leading European manufacturers of luxury yachts is Galeon, which operates two production facilities near Gdańsk, Poland. Galeon motor yachts are up to 25 m long, with main components such as the hull, deck and the superstructure constructed of glass fibre reinforced plastic. This material is either hand-laminated or produced by a vacuum infusion process.

After enlarging one of its company branches, a leading French producer of food packaging asked Calpeda to install a new pressurisation system for cooling in its premises in Ravenna.

The Romagna Acque water utility company supplies more than 1.1 million people in Northern Italy with clean drinking water. The supply is based on surface water, so treatment is necessary.