The current EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is more than 30 years old, and it has made dramatic improvements to the water quality in European rivers, lakes and seas. However, several pollution challenges remain and are not covered by the current legislation.

At the upcoming Annual Shareholder’s Meeting on 17 April 2024, the GF Board of Directors is to propose Annika Paasikivi for election as new board member.

ViscoTec works with more than 30 distributors worldwide. Some of them have been important partners for ViscoTec for a long time, including the Danish company Scanmaster which has been distributing ViscoTec products since 2017. Henning Pedersen, Managing Director of Scanmaster, has familiarized himself with ViscoTec’s pump and dosing technology in a very short time.

Countries in the Middle East face a constant challenge with delivering sufficient water for an increasing population, both for drinking water and irrigation for agriculture.

Atlas Copco Group has appointed Christina Malmberg Hägerstrand as its new Media Relations Manager.

The water and wastewater group Uniwater grows further with the acquisition of Tonisco. Tonisco is based in Finland and offers maintenance services and products for hot tapping and line stopping within water, water treatment, district heating and cooling, and industry.

+30 pumps have been installed in the recently constructed production hall at Sashimi Royal in Hanstholm, Denmark, where Yellowtail Kingfish are cultivated in 24 tanks.

In many applications, metering ingredients in the pharmaceutical or food industry for example, pumps are required that not only can be precisely controlled in terms of flow rate and dosing time, but also convey the ingredients particularly gently.

Updated research from Interact Analysis shows the geared motors and industrial gears market experienced strong growth in 2021. The market expanded by 16% last year, with the sharp rise driven by price increases. On average, the selling price for geared motors and gearboxes increased by 7.8% in 2021, with further price rises forecast in 2022.

The Danish-German Chamber of Commerce has named Danfoss as ‘Danish Company of the Year’ in Germany. The award was presented for Danfoss’ long-standing efforts in the German market, where the company continues to contribute to the green transition through sustainable production and technological developments.