Landia has secured a major new order for its biogas digester mixing system in Luannan County, which has been committed to significantly developing agriculture in China. About 250 km east of Beijing, Luannan County is already generating a total annual value of more than €348 million from about 13,000 hectares of land – and with a growing demand from the Chinese for... [Read More]

Following the successful installation two years ago of Landia Chopper Pumps and a Landia Aeration System, MSE Systems is set to install a further three units from Landia for one of the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes. During an upgrade to the customer’s potato processing factory, Chesterfield-based MSE Systems found that the addition of a high-efficiency Dissolved... [Read More]

Valmet has received an order from Stora Enso in Sweden to convert an existing feed system in a cooking plant to its pump feed system. By upgrading to a Valmet Pump Feed System, the Skoghall mill intends to improve availability and reduce maintenance costs. The upgrade also includes a Valmet Chip Feeder specially designed to connect to the existing system and secure... [Read More]

Rotork Site Services have installed actuators with gearboxes at a development in the Houston area to prevent the threat of flooding. Sluice gates were constructed following discussions caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which caused over $125 billion (€105 billion) of damage in the US state. During this time many locations in the seven-county region experienced serious... [Read More]

South East Water is set to build a new £5 million (€5.6 million) treatment station in Hampshire, UK. Based at the company’s existing Woodgarston Water Treatment Works, in Upper Wooton, the new equipment will futureproof the water supply against forecasted increases in nitrate levels in the area. Project manager Mark Gelinski  said: “As a company, we adhere to... [Read More]

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has extended its direct sales and technical support to customers in the Nordic region with the opening of offices in Finland and Norway. The new offices bring further strength to the Nordic sales territory and will work alongside existing operations in Denmark and Sweden. Opening officially from 1 September, this is the latest... [Read More]

Landia has been chosen to supply two of its 25m3 pasteurizers for a new waste-to-energy biogas plant in Romania. The Landia BioChop units will play a crucial role in eliminating biohazards by heating biomass to a minimum of 72°C for one-hour batch processes – allowing the final digestate to be utilized safely as a high-quality fertilizer. Equipped with a Landia chopper... [Read More]

Italian pump manufacturer Argal Pumps has been chosen as the official supplier of more than 350 fibreglass pumps for the biggest theme park in the world. The park will host an advanced aquatic life structure, including the world’s biggest aquarium; mega attractions; close-up experiences with animals; a research centre; and a rescue and rehabilitation for the centre... [Read More]

FS Bioenergia is the first corn-only ethanol plant in Brazil. The production, at the plant located near Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso, started in 2017 and the annual capacity is 250 million litres. The facility utilises the latest process technologies from ICM, an innovative company headquartered in Colwich, US, that has become one of the world leaders in biorefining... [Read More]

A new wastewater treatment system installed in a town in Czechia will protect valued fishing ponds and raise the quality to EU standards. Packaged wastewater treatment plant provider WPL installed a below-ground system in Klimkovice, in the country’s Moravian-Silesian region, as part of a municipality-led project to construct a first-time sewerage network. Around 110... [Read More]

Tsurumi Pumps have delivered 10 submersible pumps to be used in the building of a new hospital in Singapore. The hospital will be the largest in the country with four levels below ground and 19 above ground and it will play a key role in supporting the growing ageing population in the South East Asian nation. Tsurumi’s KT-Z series pumps were used to pump slurry from... [Read More]

ANDRITZ has installed its P-RC APMP technology at a thermos-mechanical pulping system in China. The technology will ensure optimum pulp quality at the plant in Yancheng. The system processes eucalyptus wood chips for the production of folding boxboard. The global pump and solid/liquid separation firm has received the final acceptance certificate from Jiangsu Bohui. The... [Read More]

Constructor J. Murphy & Sons Limited turned to its long-term supplier Atlas Copco for an integrated solution of frame mounted compressors with an inbuilt generator to eliminate inefficiencies. The construction and engineering company, with its headquarters in London, decided that one activity with room for improvement was the use of compressors in piling, during foundation... [Read More]

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) – the trade organisation representing the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and related equipment – has recently partnered with Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation. Make UK is the largest force backing UK manufacturing and has been helping the sector to compete, innovate and grow... [Read More]

Yorkshire Water and its partners are nearing completion of the deployment of almost 4,000 acoustic, flow, pressure and water quality monitors in what is the UK’s largest smart water network pilot. Final installations of the latest NB-IoT (Narrow Band Internet of Things) pilot technology are underway, thanks to the BT, Yorkshire Water and Stantec collaboration, after... [Read More]

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) - the organisation which represents the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and related equipment - held its first ‘virtual’ technical committee meeting. Conducted using Microsoft TEAMS, the meeting took place on 2 July, with 25 members registering to attend. Chaired by John Hollins, of... [Read More]