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Jul 13, 2020
Celeros Flow Technology has been up and running for three months following its launch on 1 April. The company was born out of the spinoff of the power and energy division of SPX FLOW, backed by the private equity company Apollo Global Management. We’re focused on the multiple markets of the flow control industry and myself and the senior leadership team are ready to take our operating brands…
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Pumps
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 for more than 120 years.…
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Pumps
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 BT switched on its first…
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Jul 10, 2020
Warren Controls, a leading manufacturer of control valves and specialty fluid handling products, has launched its ILEA 2800E Series valves. The 2800E series has a high quality, modulating, linear globe control valve with industrial electric actuator, featuring rugged bronze ANSI 250 Lb. or stainless-steel ANSI 300 Lb. bodies with NPT Ends and a variety of trim materials and port sizes. The…
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Jul 10, 2020
Flowrox has launched a new CF-V centrifugal pump with a vertical cantilever design. The pump is suitable for minerals processing, other industrial operations and mining - delivering reliable performance in sumps and pits. The CF-V centrifugal pump runs continuously in heavy-duty conditions. Wear-resistant components are fit for the most abrasive and corrosive slurries. The pump handles flow…
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Pumps
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 SPP Pumps (technical…
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Jul 9, 2020
Pumps
Tsurumi Pumps Global has just won an order for two KRS822 pumps in Japan. Hokkaido is an area thought of as a region where you saw comparatively little damage from heavy rain. However, fields have been threatened with flooding following heavy rain from frequent torrential downpours. So in addition to the pumps, the company also received orders for suction hoses, Sunny Hoses and generators to…
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Jul 8, 2020
The German pumps and valves manufacturer KSB is continuing with the restructuring of its French service activities by selling three of its companies specialising in maintenance for the nuclear sector to the Orano group. Employing around 200 staff KSB Service Énergie (KSE) and its subsidiary STII are recognised for their expertise in nuclear maintenance. Having continuously developed in a…
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Yorkshire Water will introduce a world first for wastewater treatment when it implements new technology that cuts greenhouse gases and recycles waste material. A partnership between Yorkshire Water and CCm Technologies will see a new ammonia and phosphorus recovery process at one of its wastewater treatment works. The pioneering technology will use carbon dioxide to stabilise nitrogen and…
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Jul 7, 2020
Pumps
The Latty Group in France celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Created in 1920, the family business managed by Mr Christian-Xavier Latty, pictured, the grandson of the founder, is now, a century later, the French market leader in research and innovation in industrial sealing. Latty's products ensure that complex industrial processes stay perfectly sealed and today have become…
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Southern Water has successfully secured £825 million (€912 million) in sustainable bonds in one of the biggest public market financing issues for the water sector. Earlier this year the company established an environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework which demonstrates a set of standards for a company's operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential…
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Jul 6, 2020
A major North American power utility needed to dewater ash ponds at old sites without permanent power. To ensure compliance with state permits as well as company ash pond procedures, several variables had to be monitored. Water levels could not drop more than 12 inches a week and had to stop before 3.5 inches of remaining water was left in the basin. Before a limit was exceed, alarms needed…
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International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from the Indian utility company Chenab Valley Power Projects worth €50 million. The contract is to supply the complete electro-mechanical equipment for the Kiru run-of-river hydropower plant (624 MW) located on the Chenab River in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir. The order comprises the supply, design, manufacturing,…
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Pipelines
United Utilities has installed its biggest ever water pipelines. The four 1600mm line valves were delivered to the site and installed successfully - all following social distancing regulations. The pipes will be connected to the water company’s Haweswater Aqueduct which keeps the taps flowing for 2.5 million people in Cumbria, Lancashire and Greater Manchester in the UK. The work was…
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Jul 2, 2020
The Middle East and African oil and gas pipelines sector has been impacted due to low oil prices and weak demand as a result of COVID-19. The pandemic has affected the progress of several projects, forcing operators to opt for alternative strategies such as delaying project completion or reducing capital expenditures. Haseeb Ahmed, oil and gas analyst at GlobalData, said: “One of the…
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Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, announced the successful closing of its inaugural green bond offering of $1 billion (€889 million). The proceeds will fund green projects that help improve water accessibility, water affordability and water systems resilience. “Solving the world’s toughest water challenges…
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Two leading organisations in the water industry are collaborating on webinars to demonstrate global innovation taking place in the field of water resources management. In a first for the sector, British Water is partnering the International Water Association (IWA) through its UK governing member, the IWA UK committee, on the live presentations, which will reveal technological developments to…
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Jul 1, 2020
If the first picture that pops into your head is that of a diesel-powered, generator-type unit, then fine; there will always be a need – but aside from diesel not striking the right environmental chords, what if your mobile pump has to meet the demands of ATEX? Chalwyn valves and Spark Arrestors certainly do their job to meet health and safety requirements, but they do not, for example,…
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