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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has appointed Chunyuan Gu as head of its business in China and the North Asia region as of Jan. 1, 2014.

The pharmaceutical industry demands for UPW for injection (WFI) and UPW for cleaning process equipment and other uses will result in purchases close to $500 million in 2017 up from $425 million this year. This is the latest forecast in the continually updated Ultrapure Water: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.

Starting 1 September, 2013, KMT Waterjet Systems has hired two new service technicians and reorganized the service team for the sales area Germany, Austria, Switzerland as well as the Netherlands and Luxemburg.

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, one of the leading global manufacturers of vacuum pumps and systems, signed a contract with a distributor for the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS region. This contract will be the basis for a strategic partnership with Vacuummash, the leading vacuum pump and -systems suppliers in Russia and will facilitate the access to the CIS States.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) and Pump Systems Matter (PSM) will host its 2014 Annual Meeting at the Wigwam in Litchfield Park, Arizona from February 6-11, 2014.

Grundfos is partner in a development project, which, in time, can lead to recycling of the scarce and essential resource, phosphorus.

The Tapflo twinpump is developed from the company’s effective membrane pumps. The new double-action pump is mainly intended for printing presses and other industries where ink, glue, or other liquids must be transported from one point to another.

Xylem Inc. has reduced the energy consumption at Heathrow Airport’s cargo centre pump station by 50 per cent.

With the foundation of the Regional Section North America and its merger with the Regional Section Mexico, German Water Partnership (GWP) expands its international activities to North America and concretely pushes ahead with initiations of business in the region.