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Xylem Inc. demonstrated the company’s new Flygt cloud-based supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system at the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) 2014.

Caprari launched Desert series 4” borehole pumps for the first time in 2011 to provide a solution for applications with high percentages of sand and solid contents. The results achieved and growing requests for Desert borehole pumps encouraged Caprari to add new 4” models to the line and to extend it to include the 6” size.

Shimadzu Corporation announces an expansion in turbo molecular vacuum pump business with the launch of the new compact and robust hybrid-bearing TMP-B300 turbo molecular pump for vacuum industries and analytic scientific applications.

Blackmer is pleased to announce that its XL, TX and SGL Series Sliding Vane Pumps provide numerous design and energy efficiency advantages that are ideal for operators in the shale oil industry.

The Lowara ecocirc XL bronze range has been granted Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) approval, and now meets all strict byelaw regulations set out by UK water companies.

Federal Pump, an 87 year old Brooklyn, NY manufacturer of centrifugal pumps for the buildings industry, was awarded several prestigious high rise projects in NYC after introducing its newest stainless steel pre-engineered and packaged variable speed potable water system along with its recent upgrade to its MSC chopper pumps for wastewater applications.

The outstanding features of the new Mink claw vacuum pump range are optimised noise emission levels and a smaller floor area. The new range will be introduced at the Fakuma plastics processing trade fair in Friedrichshafen (Germany).

Portable and stationary devices for medical, analytical and other applications require an extremely low sound and low vibration level of all functional parts. In the past individual adaptions have been created by customers in cooperation with the component manufacturers.

Flowserve Corporation announced it has attained NSF 61-G certification for certain pumps comprising its line of commercial potable water pumps and the facilities that manufacture them. This certification, including Annex G for low-lead content water products, immediately puts these Flowserve pumps in full compliance with the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act.

The new range of Arbo thermoplastic mechanically sealed centrifugal pumps are available in a choice of polypropylene, polyethylene, PVDF and PTFE so they resist the effects of aggressive chemicals which can cause corrosion problems for metallic pumps.