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Since July 15, 2024, Sunil Pandiri is part of the global Board of Management of Voith Hydro. As Chief Service Officer he will continue to strategically expand the company’s service portfolio. The role was newly created in order to meet the requirements of customers and their hydropower plants in the best possible way; making service a priority on top level.

The Wilo Group has been named “Europe’s Climate Leader 2024”. For this accolade, the Financial Times and the statistics portal Statista evaluated hundreds of European companies based on their progress in reducing their carbon emissions.

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) is delighted to announce the addition of three companies to its membership roster: Innomotics Motors and Large Drives Limited, Bruynseels Ltd, and UK Flowtechnik. These new members bring a wealth of expertise and innovation, further strengthening the BPMA’s commitment to excellence in the pump manufacturing industry.

The major Wilopark construction project is one step closer to completion. The final construction phase of the Networking Cube has concluded. Wilo’s new market partner meeting centre will soon be in operation. In addition, construction of the new Health Cube health centre is about to begin.

Xylem (XYL) announced that teams from the Philippines and Algeria were the grand prize winners of its 2024 Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge. The annual program invites high school and university students worldwide to develop solutions to the world’s biggest water challenges.

Dr Thomas Buer will become the new managing director of Endress+Hauser Liquid Analysis on 1 October 2024. He succeeds Dr Manfred Jagiella, who is retiring at the end of September after 17 years at the helm of the competence center for liquid analysis.

QED Environmental Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative environmental products and subsidiary of Graco Inc., has appointed Mike Sebion as its new President. Mike makes the transition over to QED having spent almost 30 years with parent company Graco Inc., where he most recently served as Vice President of Global Industrial Engineering.

As part of the celebrations to mark the 248th Independence Day of the United States of America, Oliver Hermes, President & CEO of the Wilo Group, and US Consul General Pauline Kao met for discussions at the racecourse in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The agreement, signed on 15 July 2024, formalizes the acquisition of the entire capital of Zenit International S.p.A., the holding company of Zenit Group, by Tsurumi Manufacturing co., LTD, a leading multinational company in the production and distribution of electric pumps based in Japan.

EBARA Group companies Ebara (Thailand) Limited and Ebara Thermal Systems (Thailand) Co., Ltd have merged. Effective June 28, 2024, the new company name is Ebara (Thailand) Limited.