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Steel manufacturer NLMK Europe is expanding its program to monitor the health of critical assets after completing a successful pilot with new machine learning technology at its hot strip mill in NLMK La Louvière, Belgium. The company plans to roll out the SAM4 system from Dutch tech company Samotics across its other sites in Europe.

Endress+Hauser has invested roughly 46 million euros in the expansion of its Maulburg, Germany location. The project, which took nearly two years to complete, includes a new production and office building with more than 17,000 square feet of space, plus a parking garage. The expansion was in response to strong growth in the area of level and pressure measurement technology.

At the Innovation Days at this year’s interbad, Herborner presented the new and revolutionary HP.INTELLIGENCE technology.

Grinding Solutions, a leading metallurgical laboratory and consultancy service, is using a 500 series peristaltic pump from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) as part of a new pilot plant for Cornish Lithium. The pump features six pumpheads to dose reagents into all six streams of the flotation process simultaneously.

Xylem Inc., and Dragos, Inc., the global leader in cybersecurity for industrial controls systems (ICS)/operational technology (OT) environments, announced they have partnered to bring best-in-class industrial cybersecurity to critical infrastructure in the water sector.

As part of an asset deal, WILO USA LLC, a subsidiary of WILO SE, has acquired the operating business of QuantumFlo, Inc, a specialist in pressure boosting systems and intelligent pump systems. The company, based in Sanford, Florida/USA, offers high-quality products and innovative, user-friendly software solutions for the design and control of pressure boosting systems.

Armstrong Fluid Technology has announced the availability of new Parts Kits for more than two dozen pumps and circulators. This includes all Design Envelope pumps (Permanent Magnet Motors, Intelligent Vertical Multistage and Intelligent Variable Speed) and select models of Fire Pumps and circulators.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Monica Barry as Chief Human Resources Officer.

Since this year, GEMÜ has been offering customers a new service with GEMÜ Systems. As a supplier of systems, GEMÜ Systems offers customized solutions that go beyond the provision of standard products. The new department specializes in combining various components into systems.

Waste management and recycling, water/sewage technologies and municipal vehicles—the participants of the next IFAT Eurasia from 21 to 23 October 2021 in Istanbul will be able to enjoy an extensive range of environmental solutions. This year, a special focus will be on combating the impending environmental disaster in the Sea of Marmara.