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Atlas Copco’s “VSD for Life” campaign has resulted in a forest of 250 000 trees, covering an area of 600 acres. During this worldwide sales campaign, Atlas Copco donated trees to WeForest, a non-profit association, and to their reforestation project in Burkina Faso.

The Afriso stainless steel diaphragm pressure gauges PF100CP and PF160CP have no filling liquid. They can be used instead of chemical seals for pressure measurement in gaseous, liquid, corrosive and highly viscous media in hygienic processes, e.g. biotechnology, food or pharmaceutical applications, if the filling liquid contained in chemical seals is unwanted for some reason.

Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has opened a new regional distribution center that will benefit customers in China and the Asia Pacific Region.

The new measurement and control device Dulcometer Compact COND_I to measure the inductive conductivity celebrated its premiere at the IFAT 2014. ProMinent enables a convenient and affordable entry-level measuring and control solution to verify the inductive conductivity up to 2,000 mS/cm in residue-forming or chemically aggressive media.

The new Afriso HWSC domestic water system centre is a complete solution for the distribution of drinking water. It combines all functions of conventional drinking water distribution systems in a small unit that is easy to integrate into equipment rooms, cellars or utility rooms.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced that its board of directors has given final approval for the spin-off of its distribution business. The resulting company will be known as NOW Inc. (“NOW”) and will be headquartered in Houston.

“For Tapflo Group this is an important step in our expansion in Oceania and New Zealand is a really important component in our growth strategy for the region”, says Hakan Ekstrand, CEO of Tapflo in Sweden.

Metallized Carbon Corporation announces the availability of custom vanes, rotors, and end plates for use in rotary vane pumps pumping both liquids and gases.

Global fluid management solutions Kirloskar Brothers has taken its Engineering capabilities and expertise to the shores of Nile in Egypt. For over 50 years Kirloskar Brothers has had a strong presence in Egypt where it recently set two major pumping stations on the banks of the Nile River.

Trust is good, control is better: This ancient saying fits especially well to the sense and purpose of test benches – because their effectiveness stands and falls with the us of optimized couplings which are required to master even multiple days of continuous running under the most arduous operating conditions without causing any problems. The modular design-oriented TOK system from Reich Kupplungen allows for the manufacture of tailormade, yet costeffective, couplings for a wide variety of test benches.