The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) was delighted to return to the famous St George’s Park in Staffordshire on 14th March for the staging of its 2024 Pump Industry Awards presentation evening. With a record number of submissions across the eight categories, this year’s awards programme again produced some truly exceptional entries from right across the pump manufacturing and distribution arena.
The Greek company TERNA S.A., construction branch of GEKTERNA Group, awarded the international technology group ANDRITZ a contract for the supply of electromechanical equipment for the new Amfilochia Pumped Storage Complex in the Central Greece region.
ITT, Inc.’s i-ALERT® and Hexagon’s j5 Operator Rounds will integrate their machine health data tracking and analysis features to help heavy industries reduce maintenance costs and unplanned downtime. The new offering can identify operational risks in advance, which significantly reduces the possibility of failure in pumps, motors, and other industrial equipment – as well as the costly repairs they require.
Fireworks, as a sign of good success, greeted Sami and Kaya Busch as they toured the site where Busch Vacuum Solutions’ eighth production facility worldwide will be built. Now the investment contract has been signed.
Seed Group, a company of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, has entered into a strategic partnership with Samotics, a provider of real-time actionable insights to eliminate industrial energy waste and unplanned downtime, to bring enhanced condition monitoring and energy optimization services to the Middle East.
Once again, Busch Vacuum Solutions was distinguished as world market leader by the German business news magazine “WirtschaftsWoche”.Germany’s business magazine and the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, award the “World Market Leader” prize to companies that inspire their industry with trendsetting technologies as well as innovative products and services.
TURBOdesign1 was introduced at ANDRITZ for hydraulic development of a new vertical line shaft pump. This type of pump is typically used for irrigation and the cooling water supply to thermal power plants.
International technology group ANDRITZ received an order from Greenko MP01 IREP Private Limited, for the electromechanical works at the Gandhi Sagar pumped storage project (1,440 MW) located in Kheemla block village in Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh, India.
The pump world has reason to celebrate. SEEPEX turned 50 on June 6. The beginnings of the mechanical engineering company from Bottrop clearly shows the technical pioneering spirit that has always prevailed in the Ruhr region.
EKKI announced the appointment of Dr. Sujit Banerji, Emeritus Professor, WMG, University of Warwick, UK as chief advisor.
