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At ACHEMA 2009, KSB will be showcasing the latest addition to its control valve range: the new BOA-CVE H series. These control valves are destined for use in all industrial applications which require liquid flows to be regulated.

The team at Hidrostal Ltd, Newbury has much to celebrate. During February 2009 they were re-certified to the prestigious, internationally recognised standards ISO 9001 2008 & ISO 14001 2004; a UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) certification carried out by SGS.

The supervisory board of WILO SE (Dortmund) informs that the chairman of the executive board Dr. Thomas Schweisfurth will leave the company as of 30 June 2009 in order to seek out new professional challenges.

Tsurumi pumps have been called on by the Norwegian Maritime Museum to provide site drainage at a rare archaeological find in Oslo harbour.

The environmental trade fair, IFAT, the 16th International Trade Fair for Water – Sewage – Refuse – Recycling, will now not be taking place in spring 2011, but earlier, from 13 to 17 September in 2010. From 2012 onwards, IFAT will be returning to its spring slot. The 2012 dates have already been fixed – they are 7 to 11 May 2012.

At the ACHEMA trade fair 2009, KSB Aktiengesellschaft, Frankenthal, Germany will exhibit some major innovations and developments to its Microchem pump.

The 49th Europump Annual Meeting will be in Stockholm June 3rd to 6th 2009 and it will focus on Energy Efficiency and the EuP Directive. The Meeting gathers the leading pump manufacturers from Europe and United States. The meeting will be held at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.

The Finnish Thompson range of plastic magnet-drive centrifugal pumps has recently been expanded following the addition of a new DB22 model, which is capable of handling capacities up to 50m3 /hr at maximum differential heads up to 45 metres.

Edition 11 of the Lee Technical Hydraulic Handbook, is now available from miniature components specialists Lee Products and provides engineers with a valuable reference for its wide range of fluid control products including many new products.

Jet Edge, Inc., a leading manufacturer of ultra-high pressure waterjet and abrasivejet systems for precision cutting, coating removal and surface preparation, is pleased to announce that Automation Solutions, Inc. (ASI) has been selected as its new waterjet systems distributor for the Mid-Atlantic region, including eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, metro New York and Long Island.