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AxFlow has added Blackmer’s new XLW4A wear-resistant sliding vane pump to the Blackmer range of pumps for which it has exclusive distribution throughout the UK. The XLW4A is a 4” ported pump that has been field tested for almost two years handling an abrasive detergent/soap and has performed flawlessly.

The Chinese market for pumps is growing rapidly as is the ability to supply them domestically. Industrial pump sales in China will exceed $9 billion in 2015 according to the latest forecasts in Pumps World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.

VSX – Vogel Software has extended its Spaix 4 product family by a compact version for pump selection and performance curve optimization. The product Spaix 4 Quick&Easy is especially suitable for small and medium-sized companies who are focusing on performance curve management and pump selection while only having a limited budget available.

Xylem Inc. has provided ultrafiltration solutions as part of the upgrade of the Santa Eufemia municipal water treatment plant, north of Oporto in Portugal. As a result of the upgrade the plant has a new capacity of 24 million litres per day, providing clean drinking water to 80,000 people in the Guimarães and Vizela regions.

Gemü has developed the world s first Single-Use diaphragm valve. Gemü Sumondo represents the long-awaited paradigm change to Single-Use design: From manual systems to automation-capable and controllable plants for faultless operation and continual documentation by the plant monitoring system.

On 28th August 2014, Gebrüder NETZSCH Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Linz (Austria) will be renamed NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme Österreich GmbH. The change of name reflects the company s development over decades.

Two mandates to the Andritz AG Executive Board will expire at the end of 2014 and one at the end of the first quarter of 2015. At today’s meeting, the Andritz AG Supervisory Board passed the following resolutions:

Flowserve Corporation announced that it has completed engineering and is now heavily engaged in manufacturing key pumping systems for the Ouarzazate and Bokpoort solar energy projects.

For the first time, along with Berliner Wasserbetriebe, the project team of Wasser Berlin International extended an invitation to attend the Ambassadors’ Day on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds and to visit the water treatment plant in Ruhleben and the International Club Berlin on 16 September 2014.

Voith Hydro has been awarded the contract to rehabilitate and upgrade the turbines in the 10-unit powerhouse at Grant County (Washington) Public Utility District’s (PUD) Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River.