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On the occasion of the Neftegaz 2014 in Moscow, an independent survey by the Russian Ministry of Energy selected Hermetic-Pumpen as the Russian oil and gas industry’s best centrifugal pump manufacturer for 2014. This is a confirmation of winning this award already in 2013.

Water and in particular waste water are environmental themes of great importance in mining in South Africa. These vital aspects are being addressed by IFAT Environmental Technology Forum Africa, the premiere of which takes place from September 15 to 18, 2015 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre.

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum celebrates the completion of a decade of its Indian subsidiary. Although vacuum technologies from Leybold Vacuum had been present in the Indian market before, the subsidiary was founded to deepen the engagement with local market. Since inception, the focus has been on offering complete application support along with an augmented service portfolio.

KSB has extended its range of high-efficiency glandless pumps and will present its new, large pump sizes of the Calio series at this year’s ISH trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany. The portfolio now covers flow rates up to 50 m³/h at heads of up to 18 metres of water and will eventually accommodate flow rates of up to 70 m³/h. The pumps are driven by electronically commutated canned synchronous motors.

Parker Hannifin announced that its Board of Directors has elected company veterans Thomas L. Williams as Chief Executive Officer and Lee C. Banks as President and Chief Operating Officer, each effective February 1, 2015.

Kirloskar Brothers inaugurated its Warehouse facility at Kirloskarvadi. The inauguration was done at the hands of Mr. Jayant Sapre, Director, Kirloskar Brothers.

Transferring liquids from sumps and open tanks is often regarded as a challenging pumping application due to the presence of solids, the possibility of aeration or foaming occurring, or simply due to the aggressive nature of the liquids being pumped. The new range of Arbo sealless thermoplastic immersible centrifugal pumps are ideal for these situations where metal pumps could suffer from the effects of corrosion.

The largest runner ever produced by Voith Hydro in Latin America was shipped to the hydropower plant Belo Monte. A 12-axle trailer left Voith Hydro’s manufacturing shop in Manaus, Brazil, transporting a 320 ton runner, impressive for its size – 8.5 meters in diameter and 5 meters tall –, the runner is heading to the Belo Monte hydropower plant.

With its new FDA-conforming air-operated diaphragm pumps of type RFM/RFML, the German-based pump manufacturer Flux presents pumps that are tailored to the needs of the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry.

In 2014, Industrial valve sales were less than $57 billion. By 2020, revenues will rise to between $65 – $75 billion, according to the latest forecast from the McIlvaine Company in Industrial Valves: World Market.