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Sulzer’s advanced global engineering and manufacturing network has enabled the company to build, deliver and commission 289 high-efficiency desalination pumps to allow construction of the multiple sites in just 18 months.

When a critical water pipeline burst in Tarragona, a port city in Spain’s Catalonia region, the local water consortium needed to quickly assess the pipeline’s condition.

In Pembane, Mozambique, the prolonged drought forces the inhabitants to walk for miles to obtain clean water.

India’s Environmental Ministry recently set out to earn a Blue Flag accreditation for one beach in each of the country’s coastal states.

Operators in the oil and gas market are continuously streamlining their production and optimizing equipment performance.

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order – as part of a consortium with VINCI Construction – for the supply of electro-mechanical equipment for the new Sambangalou hydropower dam in the Senegalese region of Kédougou, bordering Guinea.

Voith Hydro has been awarded by Mitsubishi Corporation the electro-mechanical equipment contract for the Asahan 3 hydropower project in Indonesia, which will be operated by the state-owned utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN).

Companies involved in oil and gas production hold parts inventories to minimize downtime, especially when process-critical assets are involved. With so much capital invested in parts, any strategy that would allow this to be reduced without compromising reliability and productivity warrants in-depth examination. The ability to create complex components, such as pump impellers, within just a few days, has the potential to cut inventory costs significantly.

Tradener has just commissioned the small hydropower plant Tamboril, located on the São Bartolomeu River in the Brazilian municipality of Cristalina (state of Goiás) with the support of Voith. The power plant represents a milestone as the company’s first hydropower generation project.

Devon-based Moo Free Ltd is taking advantage of a 530 series process pump from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) to optimise the manufacture of dairy-free, gluten-free vegan and organic chocolate products.