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The Hydraulic Institute introduces member company, PSG a Dover Company, as the latest company to have their pump test laboratory approved through the HI Pump Test Lab Approval Program. The approved pump test lab is located at 22069 Van Buren Street, Grand Terrace, CA.

In February 2019, Elliott Group (“Elliott”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebara Corporation, opened a new manufacturing facility and started the operation in Bengaluru, India.

Over the last years, Georg Fischer (GF) implemented various measures to improve sustainability. Thanks to these initiatives, emissions have been reduced and in particular, the CO2 footprint was improved again.

The MX range has been available throughout the entire Pumpenfabrik Wangen sales network since 1 April 2019. The hygienic progressing cavity pump, which was once part of the Knoll Maschinenbau range, has now been successfully integrated into the product range of the South German pump manufacturer.

Ebara Corporation announces that it invested 100 million yen in Ridge-i Inc. with INCJ, Ltd. (former Innovation Network Corporation of Japan) and Ricoh Company to form a basic business alliance with Ridge-i to plan, research, and develop in terms of using AI and IoT technologies.

A number of advanced pumps offered by Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) have been certified to the NSF/ANSI 61 standard, a move that provides further assurance for water industry companies seeking safe and accurate chemical metering. Models in the Bredel and APEX ranges have become the first chemical metering hose pumps worldwide to achieve accreditation for drinking water chemicals.

Xylem has unveiled a new dry test pit for large capacity pumps at its global manufacturing plant in Emmaboda, Sweden. The new facility will enable testing of wastewater pumps up to 20,000 pounds (lbs) in horizontal and vertical configurations, in a dry environment on-site at Emmaboda, providing customers with in-depth and exact performance data for their intended application.

Global water treatment company Pentair announces a strategic collaboration with SunTech Drive to deliver simplified solar pumping solutions. The first innovation resulting from this collaboration integrates SunTech Drive’s state-of-the-art solar control platform into Pentair’s Pentek variable speed drive technology.

The European Parliament voted to improve the European Commission’s proposal on the Drinking Water Directive by protecting consumers’ health and keeping drinking water affordable.

Siemens is extending the range of sizes and communication flexibility of the innovative Sirius 3RW5 soft starters. The new size 5 range of the 3RW55 provides a soft start for motors with an output of up to 1200 kilowatts.