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The Waneta Expansion Limited Partnership (WELP), between Fortis Inc., Columbia Power Corporation and Columbia Basin Trust, has connected the Waneta Expansion Project near Trail, British Columbia to the electrical grid. The plant is located on the border between Canada and the USA and is now generating power on the BC Hydro grid.

Capable of pressures up to 12 bar, the KPHX also features low noise levels and reduced vibration running. Locating the bearings and mechanical seals outside the pump enables the pump to operate with higher reliability while reducing the need for maintenance.

Jukka Koskela, the new CEO of Flowrox Oy started his work on 15th May 2015. Mr. Koskela came to Flowrox from Outotec, where he had responsibilities as the Vice President of Global Product Management. His main task was to turn well known project oriented house into a customer oriented product house with a competitive product and service offering.

With the release of the new Saferun pump monitoring system, Richter launches an innovative system for continuous monitoring of magnetic pumps.

Within a thermal power plant, condensate extraction pumps are crucial to its efficient operation by optimising the steam and water loop on the turbine island. The ClydeUnion Pumps CUP-CEP condensate extraction pump is designed for sub and supercritical applications, meeting the demands of modern power plants, regardless of fuel type or pressure requirements.

Veolia has chosen Caprari as Preferential Partner for water pumping solutions with a three-year worldwide agreement.

Ebara Corporation held seminars on pumps under the theme “Irrigation and Drainage” on May 27 and 28, at Royal University of Agriculture in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Approximately, a total of 40 participants attended, 20 participants from government agencies and around 20 participants from the university.

Industrial valve sales will be $68.4 billion in 2015 according to the latest forecasts in N028 Industrial Valves: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.

The extensive MZR range of low flow, miniature, positive displacement micro annular gear pumps provide precise, accurate and smooth, low pulse pumping and dispensing of a wide variety of liquids, including low and high viscosity fluids. Designed and manufactured to the highest standards by HNP Mikrosysteme in Germany and distributed in the UK by Michael Smith Engineers, the ultra-compact size and low mass of these pump and motor units ensure that they can be easily incorporated into the designs of many systems and are well suited to OEM applications.

Xylem has been awarded a $1.7 million contract with Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to design and supply advanced water pumping technologies as a key component of a significant irrigation project in Vietnam. Xylem will help to provide a reliable water supply at the Phu My pumping station in the Bắc Ninh province for 5,600 hectares (ha) of cultivated land in the area.