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EurEau welcomes the inclusion of water in the new plans for Europe’s sustainable economic future.

GF Machining Solutions, a division of GF, has sold its existing facility in the canton of Geneva to Procimmo Swiss Commercial Fund 56, Lausanne (Switzerland). GF Machining Solutions will stay in the same premises on a rental basis.

When you are upgrading one of Europe’s largest sewers which currently serves 3.5 million people, increasing capacity by 60% and taking into account a predicted population increase of 10% by 2021, it’s understandable why they are regarded as ‘Super sewers’. These are the scale of the upgrades being undertaken by Thames Water at their Beckton and Crossness sites in East London.

GF and its employee representatives have agreed to lift the increase of the weekly working hours at the Swiss sites as per 31 December 2015. As of 2016, the working time of 40 hours per week will apply again.

Minesto has entered into a technology partnership with German tidal turbine manufacturer Schottel Hydro. The objective is to supply Minesto with hydrokinetic turbine components in 2016 and 2017. ”

Encouraging participation from qualified academics, industry consultants and end-users was the driving force behind this new initiative to recruit individual experts to work alongside HI Members in developing technical materials for the pump industry.

Pumps may not be the first things you think of as a target for non-compliance issues. However, pump specialists in the UK who are part of the industry body, the BPMA, have been in active dialogue for two years about such imports with the NMRO (National Measurement Regulatory Office) who are the responsible UK Market Surveillance Authority.

They have come to stay: even though the miners may have long since left the mines after they closed down, the pumps continue to perform their duties.

Pune-headquartered Kirloskar Ebara Pumps has successfully commissioned its indigenously-developed first API 611 Steam Turbine ‘K-TUR’ at PT. Pemukasakti Manishindah, Indonesia.

Japanese boiler manufacturer, Miura, and Grundfos have entered into a global framework agreement. This makes it easier for them to collaborate across borders.