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Rapid growth in the market for air and water monitoring in China will result in supplier revenues exceeding $5 billion by 2019. This is the latest forecast in Air and Water Monitoring: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.

ABB Chairman Hubertus von Grünberg and Michael Treschow have decided not to stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at the next Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Board of Directors of ABB unanimously nominated Peter Voser to succeed Hubertus von Grünberg as Chairman.

Bitzer announces Helmut Meyer as the new Chief Sales and Marketing Officer.

Armstrong Fluid Technology has been presented with a prestigious Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award in recognition of world-class performance in business strategy, operations and customer service. At a gala ceremony in Toronto on December 2nd, 2014, members of the senior leadership team were presented with the Customer Value Award in recognition of the outstanding return on investment provided by Armstrong solutions.

East Asian purchases of valves for nuclear power plants will boost the market for valves in the nuclear industry to over $2.4 billion by 2017. This is the conclusion in Nuclear Power Plant Valve Forecast and Analysis published by the McIlvaine Company.

Kirloskar Brothers Limited has been recognized yet again at an international forum. The latest recognition comes for its all-women plant in Coimbatore. KBL’s Coimbatore plant has received the Best Employer Brand Award towards Women Talent Management at the fifth Asia Employer Brand Awards 2014 held in Singapore.

Xylem announced the appointment of Kelly McAndrew as Vice President of Global Public Affairs, effective immediately. She will report to Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer Angela Buonocore and will oversee global external communications efforts in support of the company s corporate strategy, financial performance and key corporate issues. She is based at the company’s global headquarters in Rye Brook, New York.

Bologna s ACCADUEO 2014, the XII International Exhibition of Technologies for the Treatment and Distribution of Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, has just drawn to a close and Caprari took part with satisfaction, having been rewarded by the great influx of public.

The world market for clarifiers, centrifuges and cyclones to purify liquids will exceed $7.5 billion next year. The fastest growing segment will be treatment of shale oil and gas wastewater. This is the conclusion of the McIlvaine Company in the continually updated Sedimentation and Centrifugation World Markets.

On November 21, 2014, Sulzer signed an agreement to form a joint venture with the Unaoil Group dedicated to the service of all rotating equipment for oil and gas, and power customers in Southern Iraq.