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East Asian purchases of valves for nuclear power plants will boost the market for valves in the nuclear industry to over $2.4 billion by 2017. This is the conclusion in Nuclear Power Plant Valve Forecast and Analysis published by the McIlvaine Company.

On the 25th of October 2014, the pump engineer study programme celebrated its 10th anniversary with more than 70 guests, graduates, participants and lecturers. The entity behind this programme – the Pumpenfachingenieur GmbH – may look back on a successful decade.

Kirloskar Brothers Limited has been recognized yet again at an international forum. The latest recognition comes for its all-women plant in Coimbatore. KBL’s Coimbatore plant has received the Best Employer Brand Award towards Women Talent Management at the fifth Asia Employer Brand Awards 2014 held in Singapore.

Attendees at the 2015 AHR Expo in Chicago, January 26-28, will have a wealth of educational opportunities to choose from as the leading associations, publications and organizations serving the HVACR marketplace have come together to create the industry’s most comprehensive educational program.

Siemens is extending the range of applications for its Sinamics S120 drives family with new, software-based Advanced Technology Functions. The specific functions concerned are synchronous operation (1:1 or with gear ratio), camming, and positioning of the synchronous axes.

Wilden is pleased to announce that its energy-efficient Pro-Flo Shift Air Distribution System (ADS) is now available in 316 stainless steel and polypropylene plastic materials of construction, joining the original aluminum and nickel-plated aluminum offerings.

To increase metalcutting capacity in response to an upturn in orders for automotive pumps, Concentric has installed three Fanuc Robodrill machining centres at its manufacturing facility in Erdington, Birmingham. The company’s oil, water and fuel pumps are used mainly in diesel engines that power light to medium duty trucks and off-road plant.

Xylem announced the appointment of Kelly McAndrew as Vice President of Global Public Affairs, effective immediately. She will report to Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer Angela Buonocore and will oversee global external communications efforts in support of the company s corporate strategy, financial performance and key corporate issues. She is based at the company’s global headquarters in Rye Brook, New York.

Bologna s ACCADUEO 2014, the XII International Exhibition of Technologies for the Treatment and Distribution of Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, has just drawn to a close and Caprari took part with satisfaction, having been rewarded by the great influx of public.

The world market for clarifiers, centrifuges and cyclones to purify liquids will exceed $7.5 billion next year. The fastest growing segment will be treatment of shale oil and gas wastewater. This is the conclusion of the McIlvaine Company in the continually updated Sedimentation and Centrifugation World Markets.