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Tencarva Machinery Company LLC, a distributor specializing in pumps, liquid process, and custom-designed systems for the industrial and municipal marketplace, opened a new branch office in Columbus, Miss., on May 11, 2017, with Trent Unruh both selling and performing service-related activities, and reporting to Collins Allen, branch manager in Brookhaven, Miss.

On 1 June 2017, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel together witnessed Mr. Lu Chun (Chairman of China Three Gorges Corporation) and Dr. Hubert Lienhard (President and CEO of Voith Group) signing an agreement in Berlin which enhances their further strategic cooperation in the hydropower business.

Cooperation between Universities and industrial enterprises are much more common in other countries, such as Great Britain and the United States. In Germany, cooperation is mostly restricted to the technology level and the subsequent transfer of basic research knowledge gained at the universities to the mass production opportunities of industry.

Following the announcement from June 1, 2017 that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Xylem, a global water technology company, issued the following statement:

The long-standing company Bitzer warns users against imitation oils. In Vietnam and Korea, counterfeiters partly disguised their imitations with the logo and name of the specialist for refrigeration compressors. These forgeries can lead to compressor breakdown, in contrast to the use of Bitzer Original Refrigeration Oils.

Tapflo in Montreal has appointed Simmtech Process Engineering Ltd. as a new dealer and service partner for Ontario.

Sulzer signed a binding agreement to acquire Simcro. Simcro is the market leader for pharmaceutical delivery devices such as injectors and applicators for livestock and companion animals.

Within the framework of the globalisation and digitalisation of business models, large-sized and high-priced investment goods are now also sold over the Internet. Unfortunately, this is also leading to a sharp increase in brand and trademark infringements regarding offers made on online platforms.

KSB France inaugurated its new Service Workshop Centre in Aix-en-Provence. The plant was formally opened on the 23rd March by Boris Lombard, Director General KSB Region for Western Europe, at a ceremony attended by local civic dignitaries, more than 200 customers and KSB France employees.

Atlas Copco inaugurates an expanded manufacturing plant in India that will further boost productivity for mining customers.