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Neptune Chemical Pump Co. announced that its Series 500 hydraulic diaphragm metering pumps improve the accuracy and reliability of drip and center-pivot irrigation systems by applying fertilizers and chemicals in the most precise, timely and cost-effective manner.

Some of the world’s most environmentally efficient and profitable green energy technologies are being specifically tailored to the needs of the beef, poultry, pork, rendering and stockfeed industries.

A fluent process without any distractions is the ultimate goal for any modern plant. One of the distractions can be caused by pulsation, which is a common issue with several positive displacement pumps and can result to annoying noise and vibrations in the process pipeline. It can also potentially lead to breakages over time.

A farming community in Africa is now able to irrigate its crops on a reliable year-round basis, thanks to a solar pumping solution from NOV Mono. The Sun-Sub submersible pump system is located on the banks of the Mereb River in Eritrea, where the community now has greatly improved access to water.

Jung Process Systems will show the new developed hopper pump Hyghspin H at AnugaFoodTec. With this new screw spindle pump the company presents its capability again to react to the market requirements by means of intelligent solutions applicable for the food industry because the feeding of non-flowable products generates considerable challenges to the food producers.

Colfax Fluid Handling will demonstrate its new intelligent platform for condition and operation monitoring at Hanover Fair. Known as IN-1000, the platform was developed specifically for Allweiler pumps that are used in operationally-critical and environmentally-sensitive applications. IN-1000 improves safety while reducing operating costs. The core of the system is a software program developed by Allweiler.

Travis Horak, formerly the manager of Planning, will be the new manager of the Procurement/Planning Group. Travis will continue to report to Dan Kaplan, Operations Manager for Canby, Oregon.

On 15 January 2015, Eveline Lemke, Minister for Economics, Climate Protection, Energy and Spatial Planning presented Munsch Chemie-Pumpen GmbH with the Innovation Award 2014 of Rhineland Palatinate.

The newly developed FPC pump series is particularly suitable for transporting media with a high gas content, for handling intermittent product inflow and for CIP-return applications. The new hybrid pump scores with a high degree of efficiency, low sound emission and low energy consumption.

In 2014, Endress+Hauser increased net sales by approximately 11 percent, exceeding the 2 billion euro mark. The Swiss measurement and automation engineering specialist also improved operating profit as well as profit before taxes and net income.