TORONTO - Echologics, a provider of permanent leak detection technology, announced it will deliver an Internet of Things (IoT) Smart City solution over Bell’s broadband wireless network for the City of Medicine Hat, Alberta. The solution will wirelessly monitor the city’s water pipeline network to help reduce water loss and mitigate the cost of infrastructure failure.
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TULSA, Okla. - Matholding Group announced the acquisition of 51 percent of the shares in U.S.‐based OCV Control Valves LLC. The group is rounding out its portfolio in hydraulic control and air valves by merging Dorot Control Valves’ expertise with OCV’s know‐how and experience in the U.S. and Canadian markets.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Pump Systems Matter (PSM) announced the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors: Jen Muir, P.E., president of JKMuir and Gary Cavey, president and CEO of Dynamatic- Drive Source International, Inc.
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – Brian Halstensgaard, lead customer service technician for SJE, won the Employee Owner of the Year Award on April 12 at the annual meeting of the Minnesota/Dakotas ESOP Association chapter. This award honors a non-management employee owner who has taken the initiative to learn about the ESOP, helped educate and motivate their colleagues, and actively promoted an employee ownership culture.
HOUSTON & OSLO, Norway - Arundo Analytics, a software company enabling advanced analytics in heavy industry, announced a partnership with Acteon Group, an integrated global provider of subsea services, to deliver machine learning models for subsea applications on the Arundo Enterprise platform.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – To further expand its service network in the United States of America the KSB Group has bought the U.S. company DUBRIC Industries Inc. The company was founded in 1974 in Comstock Park, Michigan, about halfway between Detroit and Chicago. It is specialized in servicing and selling pumps, other rotating equipment and the corresponding spare parts. The new company operates under the name of KSB Dubric Inc.
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Effective immediately, Watermark Engineered Product Sales is CSI Control’s new manufacturers’ representative for Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. The addition of Watermark increases CSI Controls’ growing distribution network into areas previously unrepresented and will provide a higher level of service to customers in that region.
EL CENTRO, Calif. – Schneider Electric announced it has secured a $1.6 million grant to help fund a facility improvement project at the El Centro Wastewater Treatment Plant in Imperial County, California. Representatives from Schneider Electric presented a check to El Centro city officials during a recent City Council meeting to mark this important occasion.
ROTHERHAM, England - Chris Rea, founder and Managing Director of AESSEAL, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the pump industry.
Fellow professionals in the British Pump Manufacturers' Association (BPMA) selected Rea for the honor in the prestigious Pump Industry Awards, citing his ‘significant and consistent contribution the pump industry’ over his 39-year career.
ASHLAND, Ohio – SJE broke ground last Tuesday on a new 51,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Ashland, Ohio. The ceremony went on despite rain, mud and winds that blew their tent across a field shortly before it began.
“I like to think that anyone can do a groundbreaking on a sunny day, but our day shows our resilience and determination to not let anything stop us from kicking off such a major event for our company,” Chief Financial Officer Taunia Suckert said.