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WEG supplied medium voltage synchronous motors to CEDAE at the Lameirão Pumping Station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. These motors will play a crucial role by pumping water to a significant part of the city, ensuring reliability and continuity for the state’s population.

The goals of protecting water resources and safeguarding health have inspired Caprari and Calpeda to undertake a major new initiative to tackle a major pressing issue, or rather per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are believed worldwide to be emerging ecosystem contaminants with significant environmental impacts.

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all living organisms, but its presence in excessive quantities in water bodies poses significant environmental challenges. Its runoff into lakes and rivers, as well as its discharge from municipal and industrial wastewater, can lead to serious environmental consequences. As countries tighten their legislation on water quality, wastewater treatment plants may need to install additional filtration equipment to comply with current as well as future standards.

SIMFLO, a US providers of industrial, municipal, and commercial-use pumps, has completed construction and officially opened the doors to its new, state-of-the-art, 40,500-square-foot facility in Southaven, Mississippi.

Jukka Tiitinen, Area President, North America, has decided to retire after a long and successful career at Valmet. Jukka Tiitinen will step down from his role on 31 December 2024 and handover to an interim Head of North America in January 2025.

As part of the international comparative study “AI-driven Product Development”, the Wilo Group has been recognised as an outstanding practical example of the successful use of artificial intelligence in product development. The study, conducted by the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University and the Complexity Management Academy, examined the use of AI in product development in over 150 companies.

Danfoss Drives A/S, a manufacturer of low-voltage drives, and Innomotics GmbH, a specialist in motors and medium-voltage drives, are pleased to announce their intention to enter into a cooperation.

NETZSCH Pumps USA highlights the availability of a wide range of complex fluid handling solutions for poultry applications, including progressing cavity, rotary lobe, multi- screw, and peristaltic pumps. Perfect for conveying meat trimmings, moving waste and discarded meat, and for use inside x-ray inspection piping systems, NETZSCH pumps are also ideal for sauces and chemical metering, blood pumping, transferring new or used cooking oils, and conveying dead on arrival (DOA) birds, water/waste sludge, and organs.

The new Bürkert production site in Pune, India, was officially opened at a festive inauguration on 16 October 2024. With the new building, Bürkert Fluid Control Systems is strengthening its position in the Indian market and will be able to serve local customers even better in the future with products, systems and solutions “Made in India”.

The demand for oligonucleotide-based drugs is constantly increasing. To meet the increased demand, pump and system manufacturer LEWA is supplying pharmaceutical supplier Bachem with a new inline dilution system to expand production capacities at the company’s main site in Bubendorf (Switzerland) in the company’s largest production building to date. The system enables precise and flexible dosing of dilution solutions.