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As a global company with the resources, technologies and values to make a positive impact in the world, Pentair is proud to support the Fish 2.0 business competition through the Pentair Foundation. Fish 2.0, which gives sustainable seafood businesses an opportunity to gain visibility, find strategic partners and, ultimately, garner new investments, aligns with Pentair s efforts to help provide reliable and efficient solutions for the global food industry.

Colfax Fluid Handling will introduce and demonstrate the latest version of the company’s Smart Technology CM-1000 Series smart controller for seawater cooling systems.

Cat Pumps supplied the valve to the Wolverhampton-based company Ovivo UK Ltd. Ovivo called on the resources of Cat Pumps when they were awarded the contract by a leading international oil producer to supply the Fresh Water Maker Package for two projects located in the West of Shetland area of the UK Continental Shelf. The packages use the reverse osmosis process to produce fresh water from seawater.

ASV Stübbe pressure relief valves open up diverse application options from use as an overflow valve in a bypass, to safe reduction of pressure peaks in plants with oscillating pumps, to back pressure-resistant injection valves in chemical dosing.

Voith Hydro has been awarded to overhaul three hydro power plants in Italy till the mid of 2016. The value of the three awards sums up to a total of around 16 million Euros. The modernization projects will safeguard 13 megawatts of renewable capacity to the Italian grid for many decades in the future.

IFAT Eurasia, which took place at the Congresium International Convention & Exhibition Centre in Ankara from April 16 to 18, celebrated its successful conclusion with 11,000 visitors. Overall, 243 exhibitors from 19 countries participated in the premiere of the new environmental technology trade fair for the Eurasian market.

Overspeed protection is a key requirement in the power generation industry where failure of the turbine or pump speed governing system can lead to rotor damage with expensive consequences. Independent speed monitoring and protection is therefore an essential requirement to minimise these risks as far as practicable.

The Board of Directors of Franklin Electric Co. announced that Chairman of the Board, R. Scott Trumbull, will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Friday May 8, 2015. Upon Mr. Trumbull s retirement, the Board has appointed Mr. Gregg C. Sengstack to serve as Chairman.

The Gorman-Rupp Company reports financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015.

Mixing and pumping both wet and dry ingredients into a homogenous blend can – depending on viscosity – require up to four separate electric motors, consuming a lot of energy.

The Alfa Laval Hybrid Powder Mixer can accomplish the same using only a single motor drive, including efficient mixing in the associated production vessel, when used in combination with the Alfa Laval Rotary Jet Mixer.