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The Wilo Group and DP World have expanded their strategic partnership through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aimed at advancing sustainable infrastructure, smart logistics solutions and AI-based innovations in the global water sector.

Morten Christian Larsen will succeed Søren Kringelholt Nielsen as President of Svanehoj. Having held several leadership roles across the company, Larsen has built deep insight into Svanehoj’s global business in marine pumps and tank safety solutions.

The next step in a successful collaboration: the Wilo Group has acquired a majority stake in systems engineering company PreFab, thereby strengthening its strategic position in the digital and AI age.

Uniwater has appointed Johan Falk, CEO of Asker Health Care Group, as new Chairman of the Board. The addition strengthens Uniwater’s Board of Directors with international experience and contributes to the Group’s continued development as a leading group of water infrastructure specialists.

The KHS Group has taken a further important step towards international decarbonization. With the commissioning of a new photovoltaic system at its production site in Ahmedabad, India, in the future the company will save up to 1,000 metric tons of indirect carbon emissions from purchased energy (scope 2) a year.

UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR), the independent research organisation for the UK and Irish water sector, has announced a comprehensive restructuring of its governance model.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the Eta production facility took place on June 9 at KSB’s headquarters. In the presence of the State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Rhineland-Palatinate, Simone Schneider, the Lord Mayor of Frankenthal, Nicolas Meyer, Mayor Bernd Knöppel, and around 400 employees from the Eta production facility and the departments involved, Stephan Timmermann, CEO, opened the ceremony and welcomed the attendees.

Wateralia and Hypercube have entered into a ten-year strategic partnership to develop advanced industrial models for sustainable water resource management, based on Water Credits and the integration of water footprint measurement and offsetting tools across industrial value chains.

In the first months of 2026, the Australian, internationally active water and wastewater treatment company De.mem was able to position itself well in the market. This was due in part to the strong performance of Core Chemicals, a new subsidiary of De.mem, which the company acquired last autumn.

Siemens has appointed Markus Grabmeier as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Electrical Products (EP) Business Unit at Smart Infrastructure, effective June 1, 2026. He succeeds Andreas Matthé, who will remain available in an advisory capacity until his transition into retirement at the end of September 2026.