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Trelleborg Sealing Solutions starts production at its first ever manufacturing facility in Vietnam, an advanced 8,000 square meter facility strategically located in Long Thanh.

Pentair plc and the Pentair Foundation announce the twenty-fifth consecutive year of giving to strengthen communities around the world, increase access to quality education, and provide safer, cleaner water those who lack access.

Back to his old domain: on January 1, 2024, Tobias Wetzel will become the new managerial head of Sales and Service at KHS. This has now been confirmed by the company’s supervisory board. The 50-year-old switches from the Mannesmann Stainless Tubes group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of seamless stainless steel and nickel-based alloy tubes and pipes, to the systems provider.

Anniversary at Tsurumi: The pump manufacturer came to Europe exactly four decades ago. What started small in Düsseldorf, Germany, became big. Today Tsurumi is considered the global market leader.

After 35 years with the Group, and almost seven years as CEO, Mats Rahmström has informed the Board of Directors of Atlas Copco AB that he wishes to step down. Mats Rahmström will leave Atlas Copco and its Board, April 30th 2024.

Pump manufacturer LEWA and its partner for digital product development generic.de were honored with this year’s Allianz Industrie 4.0 Award for their jointly developed Smart Monitoring IoT solution.

The drive specialist Flender has been awarded the German Sustainability Award 2024 in the mechanical engineering category. The challenges posed by climate change, resource scarcity, species loss, and social division are intensifying, while business and industry skills in Germany are growing to combat these challenges.

Manabu Tsujimura, a Fellow* of EBARA CORPORATION (EBARA) and former Chairman of the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ), has been awarded a Medal with Blue Ribbon at the 2023 Autumn Decoration conducted by the Cabinet Office of Japan.

Celeros Flow Technology has appointed Dawcul as the authorised distributor for its Copes-Vulcan brand in Central and Eastern Europe. The agreement, which was formalised recently at ADIPEC 2023, means Dawcul becomes the official supplier of OEM valves, spares and replacement parts to Copes-Vulcan customers in the region.

On 1st November Leybold UK was honoured with two prestigious industry awards “Best Organisation Culture 2023” from the LAB Awards, and “Employer of the Year 2023” from Composites UK. Each award recognising Leybold’s core values of interaction, commitment and innovation, and commitment to making Leybold a Great Place to Work.