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Franklin Electric Co., Inc. has approved a plan to close its Wittlich, Germany manufacturing facility. As part of this action, the Company will transfer the existing Wittlich manufacturing activity to its Brno, Czech Republic facility. The transfer should be completed by the middle of 2016.

A leading UK supplier of dipping plant and ancillary equipment to the world’s latex, nitrile and PVC industries has underlined their confidence in NOV Mono by ordering four Epsilon high pressure progressing cavity pumps. The pumps have been fitted to the balloon-making equipment manufactured by Greenbrook Automations of Chesterfield, and have helped to transform the company’s reputation with its customers.

Following the successful launch of the revolutionary Qdos 30 peristaltic metering pump, Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is now introducing the larger Qdos 60 model. This versatile new pump is designed to save costs in chemical metering applications thanks to its inherent higher accuracy metering.

Pump manufacturer Wilo UK has once again brought home an award from the Pump Industry Awards. This year it was shortlisted for two awards and won the gong for the Technical Innovation of the Year – Projects category for its integrated pumping installation at the huge Palm Papers Newsprint factory near Kings Lynn.

WEG has extensively updated its portfolio of standard industrial motors with the W40, W50 and W60 series. Thanks to the optimised design, the new compact three-phase induction motors deliver reliable high performance even under adverse conditions.

Tapflo Group is proud to announce its incorporation of Tapflo Japan KK, タプフロー株式会社.

With the theme “A New Century of CPI Innovation”, Chem Show management announced that November 17-19 will be the official dates of the 2015 100th Anniversary event at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.

A water treatment plant in the US state of Georgia uses several wells to provide its residents and industries with fresh water. Each well site had to be equipped with the appropriate treatment equipment to ensure that the water meets and exceeds regulatory requirements.

The benefits of using sealless, magnetic-drive pumps as opposed to conventionally sealed pumps for transferring hazardous and reactive fluids are well documented, and the Viking Universal Mag Drive Series of Internal Gear Pumps, is a good example of this type of pump. Available from Michael Smith Engineers the proven and reliable Universal Mag Drive series comprises nine sizes of pump providing flows up to 114m³/hr at pressures up to 14 Bar.

Xylem has won a Ringier Technology Innovation award in China for its Flygt The Optimal Pump station (TOP) technology. A panel of experts from across the pumps and valves industry, scientific research institutions and user enterprises gave the award to Xylem in the centrifugal pumps category of the 2014 awards.