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Xylem is recognizing World Water Day 2019 by launching its third annual “Make Your Mark 30-Day Challenge.” While Xylem colleagues, customers and partners volunteer every day, the company welcomes this specific opportunity each year to raise awareness and invite others to join the cause.

Sulzer is enhancing its rail repair capabilities by opening a Rail Competence Center in a new and dedicated facility, which will be located on the same site as the existing Nottingham Service Center. The primary objective of the center is to support the current and future customer demands by offering increased production capacity and enhanced reliability.

Sulzer and Tamturbo will together bring the benefits of high-speed technology in air compression to customers that need intrinsically safe oil-free air. The target is to replace existing technologies such as oil-free screw compressors in these applications. The global agreement between the companies covers sales to all industries, focusing on Sulzer’s key industries such as pulp and paper, food, metals, mining and chemical processing.

Finder Pompe announces the opening of its new pump-testing facility at its headquarters in Merate, Italy. Finder Pompe designs and manufactures API-engineered centrifugal and plunger pumps, and liquid ring vacuum pumps and systems for more than 65 years.

EurEau supports the General Approach on the Drinking Water Directive, as adopted by the Environment Council on 5 March 2019. The negotiations led by the Romanian Presidency assure the human right to water through safeguarding public health and the affordability of water services. The resultant Council position improves the Commission’s proposal concerning the provisions on the risk-based approach, on the quality parameters and on information to consumers.

The deeper the pit, the more difficult the dewatering process: When conventional pumps reach their limits, often only a multi-level solution can help. The global race to secure scarce resources is well underway. Deposits are now being mined that could not have been reached or were not economically viable a few years ago. Also, infrastructure projects are becoming increasingly ambitious, one example being the Gotthard base tunnel. This poses great challenges with respect to the dewatering processes.

Reducing the time to complete a repair or refurbishment of high voltage equipment minimizes downtime and increases productivity. Sulzer is continuing to invest in its design, manufacturing and testing facilities to enable faster turnarounds for customers. To keep up with growing demand, Sulzer is also increasing the capacity of its Falkirk Service Center, where the test-bed load capacity has been doubled.

Three different types of oil-free vacuum pumps from Atlas Copco have been measured and certified with zero risk of oil contamination by the safety and quality organisation TÜV Rheinland. The oil-free claw vacuum pump DZS, oil-free screw vacuum pump DHS VSD+ and the latest oil-free liquid ring pumps LRP VSD+ have all been awarded ‘Class 0’ status. This assures users of their safety in sensitive industry sectors such as food processing and packaging, electronics, pharmaceuticals and paper.

Richter Chemie‐Technik announces a strategic cooperation with Sodeco Valves for the Benelux region. The agreement applies to distribution of Richter pumps and valves for the Benelux region which will be covered together with Richter personnel.

SPX Flow has announced the appointment of Lighthouse Process as its new distributor in New England territories for its Waukesha Cherry-Burrell (WCB), APV components and Seital Separation product lines. Lighthouse Process is a new company with a focus on providing efficient customer service through online purchase of process equipment and spares.