Work to overhaul Keadby pumping station in the UK has taken a significant step forward thanks to the arrival on site of the first two of six new pumps. It is all part of a £35 million (€40 million) investment to upgrade the 80-year-old pumping station near Scunthorpe, which will bring both flood-risk and environmental benefits to the Isle of Axholme area which takes... [Read More]

With global business travel looking so uncertain for the foreseeable future, a leading pump and mixer manufacturer says it is seeing considerable time and cost-savings with online meetings. Landia reports that it has been pleasantly surprised by the efficiency of online meetings and the number of positive outcomes. Thorkild Maagaard, Landia’s export sales director,... [Read More]

Wanner International’s seal-less pumps are helping with the production of effluent water with drinking water quality from a contaminated landfill site. Wanner has supplied three, T100 ultra-high-pressure reverse osmosis (RO) process pumps to APATEQ, manufacturers of custom water treatment systems. APATEQ required high-pressure pumps at a treatment plant run by the... [Read More]

Borger has created a new partnership with long-established engineering business Panks. This partnership concerns the sales, repair and installation of Borger pumps, macerators, separators and feed technology. Panks, established 1842, will cover all of East Anglia for Borger, with whom they have already established a close working relationship after many years of successful... [Read More]

Grundfos, a global leader in water technology, has launched its Large SP Submersible Quick Ship Programme. Designed to help customers increase productivity, Grundfos will now ship all qualifying in-stock Grundfos 6ins, 8ins and 10ins submersible pumps and motors within 24 hours after the order is placed. Matt Barton, Grundfos regional supply chain director, said: “We’re... [Read More]

FLI CAP Technology, a company that designs and delivers a comprehensive range of process technologies for wastewater treatment, is introducing a range of Landia pumps and mixers for the upgrade of a food factory’s effluent plant. Two balance tanks (1500m3 and 1800m3) will be served by 11kW external Landia AirJets, which are powered by the same Chopper Pump design that... [Read More]

A UK filter and housings manufacturer has increased the capabilities of its welding fabrication shop as part of a major programme of investments designed to boost future growth. Amazon Filters has invested £500,000 (€572,000) in the enhanced welding capability at its European production centre in Camberley, Surrey. The spend includes automated welding equipment,... [Read More]

With the news that Denmark is one of first European countries aiming to slowly put the Coronavirus lockdown into reverse, leading pump and mixer manufacturer Landia has won significant new orders from Asia. The first order is to supply pumps for a new biogas project in Japan, while the second order is to provide submersible mixers for an industrial WWTP in Malaysia. Landia... [Read More]

Yorkshire Water is calling for contractors to bid for places on its £800m (€909m) clean water network repair and maintenance services contract. The contract by the water company will be tendered in five lots. The initial contract term for lots 1 to 4 is four years, with a further four-year extension option. For lot 5, the term is three years, with a two-year extension... [Read More]

Warren Controls, a leading manufacturer of control valves and speciality fluid handling products, announces its new ARIA Series electrically actuated, modulating, globe control valves. The valves are ideally suited for challenging, modulating, industrial processes that require electric actuation with the actuation speed and reliability of pneumatics. Warren Controls... [Read More]

Severn Trent has revealed the trial of fibre optic cables inside its pipes as part of its efforts to cut down and reduce the number of leaks and bursts across its network. The UK-based water company has installed 750m of fibre optic cable inside a live section of its network. This was done to test its ‘listening’ capabilities over a four-hour period, where the impacts... [Read More]

The introduction of five Landia mixers has brought improvements to the biological and dewatering processes at a wastewater treatment plant in Pennsylvania. Serving six municipalities in Northern Northumberland County, the new-look Milton Regional Sewer Authority (MRSA) wastewater treatment plant has been designed so it is powered by anaerobic treatment of wastewater... [Read More]

The KSB Group has announced it will present its new borehole pump at this year’s IFAT trade fair from 4 to 8 May. The UPA S 200 submersible new pump series,  has been designed for water supply, irrigation and groundwater management as well as pressure boosting applications. With its optimised hydraulic design, the pump series achieves very high levels of efficiency. The... [Read More]

The construction division of India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has recently secured a number of orders, including for works on a water and effluent treatment plant. The water infrastructure order was secured from a customer in the United Arab Emirate and includes the execution of a recycled water transmission pipeline project. The scope of this contract include... [Read More]

Germany’s KSB Group has added a new submersible motor pump to its Amarex type series, suitable for applications including wastewater, sludge treatment and the transport of storm water. The pump can handle wastewater containing long fibres, solid substances, fluids containing gas and sludge, service water and grey water. It is equipped with either free-flow impellers... [Read More]

Lead contractor for the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power project has enlisted the help of Sykes Pumps to provide varied pumping solutions across the site’s six water management zones (WMZ). One of the first tasks for Sykes was to provide a solution to manage the large surges in flow caused by the tide during construction of the sea wall at the site, which is located... [Read More]