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It’s that time of year again, the Pump Industry Awards are calling for your nominations! The BPMA’s annual awards programme has been recognising and rewarding the achievements of pump businesses, large and small for over two decades. Throughout that time it has become one of the leading events to serve the industrial and commercial arena.

Pentair plc, a provider of water treatment and sustainable solutions, announced that it has named Tanya Hooper to its executive leadership team as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer effective January 1, 2023. Hooper will report to John Stauch, Pentair President and CEO.

Oliver Hermes, President & CEO of the Wilo Group, met the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Germany, H.E. Nurlan Onzhanov, at the company’s headquarters in Dortmund, where he was congratulated on the 150th anniversary of the company and received an honour for his extraordinary commitment to German-Kazakhstani relations.

Sulzer is strengthening its collaboration with Blue Planet to continue the development of highly innovative carbon capture and storage technology. The ground-breaking mineralization process permanently stores carbon emissions captured from heavy industries in aggregate form, which can then be used to produce carbon-negative concrete.

CIRCOR International, Inc. announces a renewed service partnership with HMFT (formerly Howard Marten Fluid Technologies). HMFT’s Pickering, Ontario Service Center has been re-authorized to perform both minor and major repairs, rebuilds, and service on a diverse array of CIRCOR’s pump brands and models.

The Winners of the 2022 AEMT Awards were announced during a Gala Presentation Ceremony in Coventry. With a near record attendance, from right across the electrical and mechanical trades arena, the evening once again proved to be a wonderful evening of reward and celebration.

Edwards, part of the Atlas Copco Group, is building a new manufacturing facility for vacuum and abatement systems used in the global manufacture of semiconductors. The new factory will be situated in Asan City, located in the Chungcheongnam-do province.

Let the Alfa Laval Fluid Handling Application & Innovation Centre conduct trials under near-actual operating conditions to determine how to achieve the best outcomes.

On its way to becoming a global specialist for complex fluid management, NETZSCH Pumps & Systems has been working on a central plant at its location in Waldkraiburg for some time. The first employees have now been able to move into their offices.

Atlas Copco has acquired the operating assets of Northeast Compressor. Northeast Compressor sells air compressors, related equipment, and services to a broad range of industrial customers in upstate New York, USA.