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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has acquired the MasoSine sinusoidal pump manufacturing and distribution business from PRIMIX Corporation in Japan, through its parent company Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, for £2.8 million.

Sales of filter elements to separate particles from air, gases, water, oil and other liquids will exceed $28 billion in 2015. There is a potential for “Solutions Providers” to increase this market by $3.5 billion. This creates a potential for Solutions Providers of $32 billion. This is the latest forecast in the McIlvaine Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets.

EagleBurgmann, a Joint Venture of the Freudenberg and EKK Group, acquired Tianjin Nibot Seal Technology Co. Ltd., the Chinese company in Tianjin, to 100% on June 19, 2015. Tianjin is a major industrial center and an important seaport in the northeast of China, approximately 145 kilometers from Peking.

Xylem congratulates Perry Alagappan of Houston, Texas, as the 2015 winner of the United States Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP), the world’s most prestigious youth award for water-related science and technology projects.

The announced joint venture with Saudi Pump Factory was completed on June 29, 2015. Sulzer signed the agreement for the acquisition of a 75% stake in Saudi Pump Factory in February 2014.

GEA has acquired Hilge, a supplier of hygienic pumps, especially stainless steel pumps for food and beverage applications. The company is based at Bodenheim, Germany and generated with about 150 employees revenues of more than EUR 35 million in fiscal year 2014.

Coal-fired power plants are being forced to give up their traditional ash ponds to prevent repetition of recent ash spill incidents in Tennessee and the Carolinas. In the U.S. and elsewhere, the discharge limits on effluents are becoming more stringent. As a result, this is generating a new opportunity for suppliers of pumps, valves, filters and centrifuges. This opportunity is being continually analyzed in a number of McIlvaine publications.

Xylem announced that Jayanthi (Jay) Iyengar has joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, effective June 12, 2015. In this newly created position, Iyengar will lead the Company’s global R&D, technology and innovation activities.

Verder International BV has acquired Ponndorf Gerätetechnik GmbH (Kassel, Germany), manufacturer of peristaltic pumps for industrial applications.

HMS Group plc announces its financial results for 3 months ended March 31, 2015.