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Xylem has opened a new 87,000-square-foot (around 8,100 m²) Flygt distribution, service and training hub in Toronto, expanding local capacity to support municipal and industrial water customers across Canada.

Thordon Bearings has opened a third manufacturing facility in Burlington, Canada. Plant 3 will primarily produce TG100 water-lubricated mechanical seals and water quality packages for the marine and hydropower markets. The facility also houses the company’s New Product Development team.

Patriot Pumps, a provider of engineered industrial pump solutions, has opened a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Wolfforth, Texas. According to the company, the expansion is a response to rising customer demand in Texas, the Permian Basin and the Gulf Coast.

Endress+Hauser inaugurated its new company campus in Cernay, in the Alsace region of France, on 2 October 2026. The event was attended by customers, partners, company employees, and business and government representatives. Endress+Hauser has been manufacturing flowmeters in Cernay for customers worldwide since 1991.

Parker Hannifin has opened the Parker Motion Systems Experience Center in Offenburg, Germany on 15th September 2026, giving customers and channel partners a single location to test, compare and specify motion system technologies for mobile and industrial applications.

Endress+Hauser opened two new facilities in the United States in June 2026. With these locations in Greenwood, Indiana, and Edgmont, Pennsylvania, the company is further expanding its presence in the country and strengthening its collaboration with regional sales and service representative partners. The inaugurations were attended by customers, partners, and employees, as well as state and local city representatives.

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.

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.

By officially launching a new energy concept in Hof, Germany, the Wilo Group is driving forward the sustainable development of its sites. Together with representatives from the region’s political, business, academic and agricultural sectors, the water technology group celebrated the successful completion of a project that combines climate protection, security of energy supply and regional value creation.

Packo, a Verder company, announces that the production of Verdermag magnetic drive pumps is now fully integrated into its manufacturing facility in Diksmuide, Belgium.