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Seed Group, a company of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, has entered into a strategic partnership with Samotics, a provider of real-time actionable insights to eliminate industrial energy waste and unplanned downtime, to bring enhanced condition monitoring and energy optimization services to the Middle East.

Lantmännen’s result for 2022, after net financial items and adjusted for items affecting comparability, amounted to 2 536 MSEK – the highest result ever, and an increase compared to the previous year’s result of 2 202 MSEK. ”Despite high economic uncertainty and a generally unstable external environment, Lantmännen delivered its highest result ever in 2022, and is proposing a record dividend of 1 080 MSEK to our members.

PRO-QUIP is replacing Stover Sensor Controls and Jobe & Company as KROHNE’s representative in the area.

Low-friction seals ensure that engines and machines run with greater energy efficiency and thus contribute to climate protection. Freudenberg Sealing Technologies wants to live up to its responsibility as a manufacturer of such seals and is now developing a method to determine the carbon footprint from the production of seals and other components.

Following a detailed selection process, ABB’s Board of Directors has nominated Denise C. Johnson, group president of Caterpillar Inc, as a new member for election at the company’s upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Zurich on March 23, 2023. At the same time, current member Satish Pai will step down from the Board.

Pentair plc announced fourth quarter 2022 sales of $1.0 billion. Sales were up 1 percent compared to sales for the same period last year. Excluding currency translation, acquisitions and divestitures, core sales declined 3 percent in the fourth quarter.

In 2022 the measurement and automation technology specialist increased consolidated sales by almost 17 percent to more than 3.3 billion euros. Nearly 16,000 people are employed worldwide by the Group. The family-owned Swiss company also has a confident outlook for 2023, a year in which it is celebrating its 70th birthday.

Atlas Copco has agreed to acquire the cryopump service and distribution business of ZEUS Co., Ltd. The business provides service and sales distribution for the Vacuum Technique business area’s CTI and Polycold products in South Korea.

A change is taking place at the top at Analytik Jena. Managing Director Ulrich Krauss has decided to assume other responsibilities outside of Analytik Jena. The Endress+Hauser Group is therefore handing over the management of the subsidiary specializing in laboratory analysis to Oliver Klaeffling as of 1 February 2023.

Which pumps do companies rely on when it comes to removing dirty water? The pump manufacturer Tsurumi has taken a look – these are the best-sellers of 2022.