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Petri Rasinmäki has been appointed Business Line President, Paper, at Valmet as of September 1, 2023. In his new position, Petri Rasinmäki will be a member of Valmet’s Executive Team reporting to President and CEO Pasi Laine. Jari Vähäpesola, the current Business Line President, Paper, has decided to retire after a long, successful career at Valmet as of December 1, 2023.

Dover is pleased to announce the appointment of Lara Kauchak as General Manager for PSG Grand Rapids. Kauchak joins Blackmer from Dimplex Thermal Solutions, where she served as the company’s president, overseeing its industrial chiller business in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

Spring, the UK & Ireland centre of excellence for water innovation, has announced the appointment of three new board members to help steer the organisation into its next phase. Graeme Wright, Christian Inglis and Anthony David King take up their positions as Spring moves forward with an enhanced programme to support the water sector with its innovation strategy.

Sulzer introduces a closed impeller to the AHLSTAR A single-stage pump range. The novelty offers enhanced performance and improved efficiency. AHLSTAR is a comprehensive series of end-suction single-stage centrifugal pumps designed to work with all types of liquids in demanding industrial applications.

The anticipated size of the end suction pump market in 2022 was US$ 3.93 billion and is estimated to be US$ 4.2 billion in 2023. The market for global end suction pump market is important with the rise in improvement in business and infrastructures worldwide. Further, demand for the end-suction market has hugely expanded with the modernization of agriculture and wastewater treatment in vegetation.

Xylem has launched the “Series e-SVI” immersible multistage pump line in North America to meet growing demand from the industrial, Original Equipment Manufacturer, and commercial building markets. The e-SVI is an energy-saving, vertical multistage pump with an immersible hydraulic end that provides an ideal solution for top-mount applications.

Amarinth associated equipment, primarily for the offshore and onshore oil & gas industries; nuclear and renewable energy generation; defence; desalination; process and industrial markets, has secured another order for North Sea projects, this time for API 610 12th Edition OH2 pumps destined for the Brodger field expansion project.

In 2023, the smart water meters market is anticipated to be worth US$ 3695.82 million. By the end of 2033, the estimated market value for smart water metering will be US$ 9586.02 million, up 10% CAGR from current levels. The demand for efficient water usage is rising worldwide, fueled by the threat of water scarcity due to climate change and population growth.

TECHINDIA is a leading Business Exhibition on Engineering and Manufacturing. The 11th edition scheduled during 1-3 September 2023, at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai (India) will showcase the exhaustive range of innovations and technological refinements in the complete product segment of “Pumps, Valves & Compressors”, “Gears, Motors & Controls” and “Bearings, Shafts & Couplings” and other allied sectors.

KTR supplies its oil-water coolers series TAK/TP also as a modular cooling-pump unit with immediate effect. The unit CS-TAK/TP is composed of a tube bundle heat exchanger, a Kracht pump and an electric motor and is optionally available with filtration. Main fields of application are gearboxes, stationary hydraulics, marine applications and wind power.