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Morrison Pump Company has been awarded the contract to supply eight high capacity Morrison Axial Flow Pumps for the US Army Corps of Engineers Picayune Strand Restoration Project.

Originally, this specially sealed version was developed from the GEMÜ 601, 612 and 673 basic types to suit particular customer requirements, and the new GEMÜ 673P9 version will now extend the current portfolio

A high level of accessibility and personal communication between customers and suppliers are of decisive importance for the corporate success of technical products. For this reason, Wangen Pumpen has now founded a sales and distribution company in Wood Dale, Illinois. From there, the company will be developing a nationwide network of dealers and representatives for all states in the USA.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has announced the dates of the upcoming Variable Speed Drives 4-part webinar series. Webinar participants will be led by leading industry experts. The opening session will be held September 9, 2014. Participants who complete the full series earn 4 Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits directly from HI.

A high efficiency diary effluent pump from NOV Mono has delivered significant benefits to the end-user on an agricultural irrigation project in New Zealand. The Mono progressing cavity pump has helped increase the efficiency of the irrigation, and also minimised the time spent on the process at the farm in Te Awamutu, on the country’s North Island.

Armstrong Fluid Technology has announced the expansion of its Astro wet-rotor circulator offering with the introduction of the Astro 2 Series. Featuring four new sizes, the Astro 2 Series now offers flange-to-flange and bolt-to-bolt compatibility with 100% of competing models in terms of performance.

After the retirement of its CEO of many years, Burkhard Schmedding, Lewa GmbH has purchased Ingenieurbüro Schmedding KG, which acts as a sales and consulting office for pump systems in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

With the VariA, Biral has brought a completely reworked range of inline pumps onto the market. The VariA, produced in three versions and in different designs, is available as the VariA-E with the AQVAtron frequency converter, which is also new. This will also be offered separately from 2015 and can be used on all dry-running pumps, even on products other than those from Biral.

The world fabric filter systems market will be much larger in 2017 if catalytic filter technology is adopted. This is the conclusion of the McIlvaine Company in World Fabric Filter and Element Market.

Xylem Inc. has launched a cutting-edge, ozone-enhanced biologically active filtration system and multi-barrier solution for municipal wastewater treatment. Xylem’s Leopold Oxelia combines ozone, filtration and analytical instrumentation to deliver optimal wastewater treatment for water reuse and discharge into sensitive waters.