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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.

ABS in China has delivered wastewater pumps and a large number of mixers for a new wastewater plant in Nan jing, the old capital of China. The city of Nan jing is upgrading its wastewater system by building a new plant.

BOC Edwards, a leading provider of vacuum pumps, exhaust management systems and specialty gases for the microelectronics industry, has announced a seven-year contract with United Solar Systems Corporation (USSC) to provide bulk atmospheric gas systems, gas cabinets, process gases and on-site service support for USSC’s solar cell manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

At the end of July this year, 20 Flygt heavy duty submersible propeller pumps will go into operation in the Grand Canal and the Rio Hondo River as part of Mexico City’s improved wastewater pumping system. The total value for the order, which consists of pumps, discharge columns, spare parts and onsite verification tests, is over USD 3.5 million.

Intensive trials and hard series of tests by means of a pilot plant have qualified the hose diaphragm piston pump of the FELUWA Pumpen GmbH, Mürlenbach, for the wet oxidation process for waste-water treatment.

Arauco, one of the world‘s largest forestry companies, has placed an order of 300 ABS process pumps for a new pulp mill in Valdivia, Chile. The greenfield mill will have a production of 600,000 tons/year of bleached kraft market softwood and hardwood pulps made from eucalyptus and pine.

Grundfos in India has supplied SP submersible pumps to the Indian mining industry. The first concrete results can now be seen – in the form of a hi-tech solution for the state-owned mining company Singareni Collieres Company in Kothagudem.