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Pentair plc announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pleatco, a manufacturer of water filtration and clean air technologies for pool, spa and industrial air customers. Pleatco is a current portfolio company of Align Capital Partners, a private equity firm with investment teams in Dallas, TX and Cleveland, OH.

Armstrong Fluid Technology marked the latest phase in its UK expansion with the official opening of a new Systems Manufacturing Centre at Pointon Way, Droitwich.

Pfeiffer Vacuum’s new “Virtual Service Management” (VSM) is a free web app that makes it possible to manage vacuum equipment from different manufacturers. The app is integrated into Pfeiffer Vacuum’s new Select & Request Portal, so that interested parties who register in the portal can access the new service directly.

Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, is launching PFX30-05, a DN8 ultra-high-pressure hose that offers improved service life in industrial water-jetting/blasting applications across sectors that include construction and shipbuilding.

Cutting-edge filling equipment, environmentally-friendly packaging and ambitious sustainability targets: Carlsberg is one of the beverage industry’s technological pioneers. The KHS Group consistently supports the brewery in the concrete implementation of its strategies.

With dosing systems for chemicals, Alltech Dosieranlagen GmbH provides the essential basis for the treatment of regeneration water and the production of ultrapure water and deionate, and supports customers in the crude oil and natural gas processing industries.

An increasing number of companies are caught between the fronts of geopolitical disputes – the motto ‘change through trade’ seems to be the order of the day. For this reason, the Wilo Group organised an international industry conference on the topic of ‘Decoupling – Rethink Value Chains’ for around 150 high-ranking guests from business, science and politics on 9 September 2021.

The Fluid Sealing Association (FSA) has announced the launch of their newly updated website. The website has been redesigned with the end users of fluid sealing products in mind. It features easier navigation to find the information they need on mechanical seals, expansion joints, pump and valve packings, and gaskets.

With a festive groundbreaking ceremony, Flender officially started work on the expansion of production capacities for wind drive systems at its site in Tianjin, China.

Simone Angster has taken over as Head of Communications at DECHEMA on September 1, 2021. She is responsible for the internal and external communications of DECHEMA e.V. and is press spokesperson for ACHEMA, the world’s leading exhibition for the process industry.