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For many years the companies Bänninger, Reiskirchen and ASV Stübbe, Vlotho cultivate good business connections. Both companies are members of the Group AZ. To be close to the Romanian market both decided to set up a common marketing company in Romania, BAENNINGER STUEBBE ROMANIA SRL.

Taking into consideration the size of this country, the population and the industrial development the Peoples Republic of China represents a enormous market potential. With its products this is a potential where the company can find its benefits.

The “Community Benefit/Clean Water” Bicentenary Foundation, which the shareholders of Georg Fischer AG have made possible, also enjoys broad public acceptance and has attracted numerous additional donations. Working together with international charities, the Foundation was able to put the CHF 3.6 million at its disposal to good use, successfully completing five projects for the supply of clean drinking water in Cambodia, Niederurnen, Cameroon, Mozambique, Ecuador and Moldavian.

Anti-corrosion coating and engineering specialists Corrocoat have been awarded a contract worth £360,000 to provide corrosion protection and fluid efficiency systems for the concrete volute pumps, vertical turbine pumps and associated pipework making up the world’s largest irrigation and pumping scheme in Gujarat State, India.

Following successful trials at a number of network pumping stations, Engenica has purchased a fully mobile 100mm pump set from Hidrostal. The diesel driven self-priming unit is intended for emergency applications and over pumping duties in Thames Water north-western region.

Manpower is required for building a 1,420-kilometer long railway through one of the most arid and inhospitable regions in the world. And the men who will be laying the track will need water. Therefore, Grundfos pumps will be playing a vital role in one of Australia’s largest ever infrastructure projects.

Enormous time and cost-savings on site after installation of a VERDERFLEX VF 25 peristaltic hose pump. IMF, who manufacture copper fittings and valves which cover a variety of jointing techniques and applications for plumbing and heating, needed a more reliable pump to remove waste floor washings, through copper piping, to a waste tank which would then be taken from site.

Researches on the quality of the work environment show that optimum air conditioning helps significantly to improve the creativity and productivity of employees. A fundamental requirement of an efficient air conditioning system is to provide a comfortable thermal climate. This is best ensured by conditioning systems that are integrated in the ceiling.

Increased production at Jenapharm GmbH made it necessary to increase the capacity of the technological cooling circuit.

Moreover, it was necessary to make sure that the pressure at the single users remained constant even in the presence of highly fluctuating operating conditions.

Due to the expected growth in demand for plastics particularly in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific in the future, the Board of Directors of Coperion Holding GmbH, Konstanz, has set up a project to re-evaluate all the Groups’s worldwide production capacities and supply chain.