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Valmet announced on July 24, 2026 that Pia Aaltonen-Forsell had been appointed Chief Financial Officer and member of the Valmet Executive Leadership Team, with a planned start date no later than the end of January 2027.

Data is transforming how pumps are made, run and maintained. BPMA CEO Wayne Rose looks at how Digital Product Passports, real-time monitoring and AI are pushing the UK pump industry toward a connected, data-driven future — and why skills and culture matter as much as the technology itself.

Zenit Italia has recently achieved the IEC CB Scheme certification for the UNIQA and GREY series submersible wastewater electric pumps, in three-phase configurations from 1.1 kW to 4 kW, in accordance with Standards IEC 60335-1:2020 and IEC 60335-2-41:2024.

The UK water sector’s AMP8 programme will invest more than £100 billion in infrastructure over five years. In this guest comment, BPMA Technical Officer Gary Wilde argues that success will depend on more than capital alone — whole-life procurement, resilient supply chains and investment in skills and technology.

Valmet has appointed Max Luedtke as Executive Vice President, Pulp, Energy and Circularity business area and a member of Valmet’s Executive Leadership Team. He will start in his position on September 1, 2026, and will be based in Tikkurila, Vantaa, Finland.

NETZSCH Pumps USA, a provider of complex fluid handling solutions, announces that James Brown has joined NETZSCH as LACT Pipeline Territory Sales Manager.

Lutz-Jesco is expanding its research and development in safe chlorine gas technologies. The aim is to improve the handling of chlorine gas further and to make drinking water disinfection even safer. Although chlorine gas is classified as a hazardous substance, it remains indispensable in many regions of the world for the safe and economical disinfection of large quantities of water.

As organisations across industry continue to seek ways to reduce operating costs and improve sustainability, the importance of regular energy audits has never been greater. For many industrial, commercial and manufacturing facilities, pumping systems represent one of the largest consumers of electricity, making them a prime target for energy reduction initiatives.

VSX – VOGEL SOFTWARE GmbH, a company of the Everfield Group and the European market leader in selection and configuration software for the pump industry, announces a change in leadership. Dr. Ulrich Dümichen has assumed the position of CEO, effective August 1, 2026.

Valmet has appointed Pia Aaltonen-Forsell (M. Soc.Sc. (Econ.), MBA) Chief Financial Officer and member of the Valmet Executive Leadership Team. In this position Aaltonen-Forsell will report to the President and CEO Thomas Hinnerskov and she will start in the position at the latest at the end of January 2027.