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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.

Satisfied employees, an open culture and an excellent management development program: for the fifth time, Endress+Hauser Conducta has been recognized as one of Germany’s best employers. ‘Top Job’ mentor Wolfgang Clement presented the award to the Gerlingen-based company at the German Small-to-Medium Enterprise Summit held on 27 June in Essen, Germany.

It has been a dry year in Australia. Very dry. Especially in Central Queensland, where the lack of rainwater is taking its toll. The land is thirsting, and the demand for groundwater is making record sales for submersible pumps.

At the specialized international Supply Chain Convention in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), which took place on 24 June 2014, GF Piping Systems, a division of GF, has won the 2014 Supply Chain Management Award for its outstanding end-to-end supply chain solution. The jury singled out the innovative services that have been developed for customers on the basis of the division’s supply chain management.

Wilo USA, a provider of pumps and pump solutions for water management, building services and groundwater, has named Steve Maney as Regional Sales Manager in the Midwest region for the Building Services segment.