ITT Flygt has received an order for USD 1,080,000 for 13 submersible pumps, which will be used in the City of Shanghais largest pump station. The station is due for completion in 2004.

Bob Went has joined ITT Flygt (UK) as Group Consultant. A respected and well known personality within the water industry, Bob has spent the majority of his 40 year career at Thames Water, most recently as its Principal Mechanical Engineer.

A new Service Centre in Limerick has been opened by ITT Flygt Ireland as part of its strategy to roll-out a network of support hubs aimed at service and aftermarket customers across the country.

ITT Flygt AB announced that Per-Inge Birgersson will become the company’s new President, effective from June 4th 2003.

ITT Flygt, the world’s leading supplier of submersible pump and mixer solutions, has launched the next generation of slurry pumps. Designed specifically to handle the most abrasive slurries in a wide spectrum of tough industrial environments, the pumps have the latest ITT Flygt technology incorporated, ensuring high efficiency, reliability and a long working life.

ITT Flygt was ranked number nine, in the prestige-filled international ranking of the world’s best sustainability reports, conducted by the British company SustainAbility Ltd. on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In the heavy industry category, ITT Flygt came in third place.

ITT Flygt will be supplying the submersible mixers, diffusers and piping system for the new biological treatment process at the City of Vienna’s main wastewater treatment plant. The plant is currently undergoing expansion, raising the capacity by 60% to serve the equivalent of 4 million people.

ITT Fygt is releasing two new slim line pumps from the hard working Bibo range, for use in active dewatering. The new models, which can handle up to 55 l/s and pump up to heads of 70 metres, can operate in pipes ranging between 300 and 500 mm in diameter.

ITT Flygt has received an order for twenty-nine specially designed ultra low head, high capacity submersible pumps, plus auxiliary equipment, at a total value of USD 8 million. The 90 kW pumps will be used as a part of a fish bypass system at the Rocky Reach Dam, on the Columbia River, in the north western region of the US.

ITT Flygt, has been chosen by Pump Supplies Ltd to provide mixers for a contract at Pembroke Dock, Milford Haven for Dwr Cymru Welsh Water.