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Messe München is expanding its international trade fair network in the environmental technology sector with an additional event in South Africa: The “IFAT Environmental Technology Forum – Water, Sewage, Refuse and Recycling – Solutions for the Mining and Construction Industry” will take place for the first time from September 15 to 18, 2015 co-located with BAUMA CONEXPO AFRICA. Messe München International and its subsidiary MMI South Africa (Pty) Ltd. are organizing the event.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has entered a Training Partner Agreement with Iwaki America Incorporated that allows both organizations to leverage high quality, co-branded educational and training programs designed for pump end-users, distributors and engineering consulting firms.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has announced the date of the Fundamentals of Rotodynamic Centrifugal Pumps webinar. The August 28, 2014 session will begin at 1:00pm EDT and will be led by David Stover, Americas Turbine MDM, Applied Water Systems, Xylem, Inc.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) 2014 Fall Meeting will take place October 8-10, 2014, at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri. Registration is now open to HI Members, Associate Members, Standards Partners, and Utilities & Energy Efficiency NGOs who are sponsors of Pump Systems Matter. Eligible prospective members are welcome to attend with advance approval.

As last year, IFAT India will in 2014 again be supporting the Indo-German Environment Partnership (IGEP) of the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and, on October 9, hosting the award ceremony for the “All India Environmental Journalism Competition”. The “Clean Ganga Award”, a special prize for reporting on the rejuvenation of the Ganges, will be presented by Michael Steiner, the German Ambassador in India.

Submissions for the 2015 AHR Expo Innovation Awards Competition are being accepted now through September 8th. Considered one of the most prestigious industry honors, the Awards are presented to companies displaying the most innovative new products that provide safer, healthier, more efficient and/or more comfortable environments at the world’s largest HVACR event.

Indonesia’s largest international water and wastewater trade show – Indowater 2015 will be held again from 27-29 May 2015 at Jakarta Convention Center in conjunction with Indorenergy and Indowaste.

Ebara Corporation, with its proven record of delivery in Southeast Asia, organized seminars　on “Applications of Pumping Equipment” for civil service workers, engineers of private companies, students and university personnel at Royal University of Agriculture in Phnom Penh on July 8-9, 2014.

Following its debut as the region partnering Wasser Berlin International 2013 the Middle East is due to play an important role at Wasser Berlin International 2015

In answer to the great demand, Achema 2015 offers as per now additional exhibition space for Pharmaceutical, Packaging and Storage Techniques. Almost eleven months before the start, Achema 2015 is thus well on target. The organisers anticipate similar participant figures as for 2012 when around 3,800 exhibitors and 167,000 participants flocked onto the Frankfurt exhibition grounds. The deadline for submitting lectures for the Congress programme is 31 August 2014.