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Two leading water organisations have strengthened their relationship as part of a shared mission to positively impact the sector, support the entrepreneurial business ecosystem and create value through innovation, investment and technology.

Atlas Copco has acquired Ovity Air Comprimé. The company is specialized in distribution of industrial air compressors and solutions for compressed air.

The Supervisory Board of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG has resolved to change the Management Board and expanded the management structure effective January 1, 2021.

The Voith Group continued to show solid results in the first six months (October 2019 through end of March 2020) of the current fiscal year 2019/20, despite a very challenging market environment.

Sulzer has made an investment to acquire 25 percent of Tamturbo Plc. Founded in 2010, Tamturbo is a technology company that develops and manufactures oil-free industrial air compressor systems.

Over the past two decades, Rotamec has grown from a single engineer to an organisation of 65 employees providing responsive electromechanical repair services across the UK.

British Water has announced the appointment of three non-executive board members who will take up their posts with the trade association in July.

Xylem Watermark, the corporate citizenship program of global water technology company Xylem Inc. announced support for UNICEF’s COVID-19 relief efforts.

With the coronavirus crisis affecting operating business only to a very minor extent in the first quarter of 2020, technology group GEA began the current financial year with significant increases in both order intake and EBITDA before restructuring measures.

Continuing to drive its strategy of increasing local product availability and support in China and the Asia-Pacific market, CIRCOR has opened for business at its expanded 6,000 sqm plant in the city of Weihai, Shandong province.

GEA and SAP today announced a strategic partnership which will drive forward GEA’s digital transformation and fast-track the development of SAP’s product portfolio for leading engineering, technology and industrial companies.