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Czech brewery Velké Popovice relies on technology from KHS: at the heart of a new glass line is the Innofill Glass DRS ECO filler. Velké Popovice uses the unfilled beer to cool the vacuum pump and thus save energy. With the installation of the rest of the line’s dry section planned for the start of the coming year, the brewery is thus relying solely on KHS technology – that also includes a number of holistic digital service solutions.

Xylem water technology solutions enable Manchester City to improve water usage and efficiency by saving up to 1,000 cubic meters of drinking water every day.

The Malaysia International Water Convention (MIWC) 2023, the region’s premier event for water industry professionals, is poised to gather over 650 thought leaders, innovators, and practitioners from diverse sectors to address the critical challenges facing the water industry and explore sustainable solutions for a water-secure future.

Sulzer is launching a new end-to-end licensed technology – CAPSULTM – for the continuous manufacturing of polycaprolactone (PCL), a biodegradable polyester often used in the packaging, textile, agricultural and horticultural industries.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions starts production at its first ever manufacturing facility in Vietnam, an advanced 8,000 square meter facility strategically located in Long Thanh.

Pentair plc and the Pentair Foundation announce the twenty-fifth consecutive year of giving to strengthen communities around the world, increase access to quality education, and provide safer, cleaner water those who lack access.

Back to his old domain: on January 1, 2024, Tobias Wetzel will become the new managerial head of Sales and Service at KHS. This has now been confirmed by the company’s supervisory board. The 50-year-old switches from the Mannesmann Stainless Tubes group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of seamless stainless steel and nickel-based alloy tubes and pipes, to the systems provider.

Anniversary at Tsurumi: The pump manufacturer came to Europe exactly four decades ago. What started small in Düsseldorf, Germany, became big. Today Tsurumi is considered the global market leader.

The need to intensify collaboration, integration and digitisation, to deliver a vast programme of works in AMP8 – the asset management plan period 2025-30 – was one of the themes under discussion at British Water’s first annual conference, which took place in Manchester on 21 November 2023.

Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels are used for processing oil and transferring it to tankers or pipelines. Positioned close to an oilfield, they remain there until the field is exhausted. Originally designed with a service life of over 20 years, FPSOs represent a huge investment for international oil companies (IOCs) and to maximize their potential, they are refitted and relocated once a project is completed.