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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.

Flender has officially started operating its new location in Brazil, strengthening its presence and service offerings in South America, especially in the wind energy sector, but also in the broadly diversified industrial business. This move follows the successful acquisition of the service business for wind turbine and assimilated industrial gear units from Wärtsilä Brasil Ltda., which started as a partnership in 2018 and represents the natural progression of this collaboration.

Valmet is strengthening its flow control capabilities in Australia with the inauguration of a new service center and a manufacturing unit in Sydney. The new facility enhances the availability of mission-critical flow control solutions and services for customers in process industries across the region, with a particular focus on Australia’s pulp, paper, mining and metals, refining, chemicals, and renewable energy sectors.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions in India announces the development of its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, Karnataka, a greenfield investment that increases production capacity by 30%.

Lutz Holding GmbH, a German group of companies specialising in professional fluid management, is expanding its international presence. The new branch office “Lutz-Jesco Italia S.r.l.” in Milan is set to become the foundation for long-term growth in one of Europe’s key regions. The new branch office builds upon an established sales partnership with the renowned Italian pump manufacturer ARGAL.

SMC has officially begun operations at its new Japan Technical Center (JTC), located in the Kashiwa City of Tokyo’s metropolitan region. The centre becomes SMC’s main global hub for research and development, designed to accelerate innovation and reinforce the company’s technological leadership worldwide.