PARSIPPANY, N.J. (March 6, 2017)—Calculating the Pump Energy Index (PEI) to comply with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) pump energy conservation standard released in January 2016 will become a bigger challenge as manufacturers prepare to meet the 2020 compliance and labeling requirements.
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BADEN, Switzerland (March 6, 2017)—GE announced its new global Powering Efficiency Center of Excellence (COE), which brings together cross-business experts in its energy businesses to boost the efficiency of new and existing coal-fired power plants and significantly reduce their emissions.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (March 6, 2017)—The Motion Control and Motor Association (MCMA), the largest association in North America dedicated to advancing the global understanding and use of motion control and related automation technologies, has launched the MCMA Certified Motion Control Professional program.
DUBLIN (March 6, 2017)—Analysis firm Research and Markets has announced the addition of the report “Global Smart Water Meter Market Size, Share, Development, Growth and Demand Forecast to 2025” to its offering.
The global smart water market is expected to grow with double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) during 2016-2025, according to the report.
BARCELONA, Spain (March 2, 2017)—Cutting-edge, smart water solutions are gaining traction with municipal water utilities, which see data and analytics as critical tools for overcoming the age-old issue of crumbling water infrastructure, according to Bluefield Research.
More than $20 billion is slated for metering, data management and analytics from 2016 to 2025 globally, Bluefield Research said in a statement.
WINTERTHUR, Switzerland (March 1, 2017)—Sulzer has announced the change of the legal name from Dowding & Mills (U.K.) Limited, which encompassed the electrical service offering and general mechanical repairs (formerly known as Bootham Engineers), to Sulzer Electro Mechanical Services (U.K.) Limited.
MILWAUKEE (Feb. 28, 2017)—Gardner Denver Holdings Inc. announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.
Dr. Attila Bilgic has been appointed as a new member of the KROHNE Group Management. (Courtesy of KROHNE)DUISBURG, Germany (Feb. 27, 2017)—Effective Jan. 1, 2017, the Advisory Board of the KROHNE Group has appointed Dr.-Ing. Attila Bilgic as managing director of Ludwig KROHNE GmbH & Co KG.
PITTSBURGH (Feb. 27, 2017)—Metso will develop the next generation of its flow control equipment faster and more economically under a new agreement with ANSYS that expands its access to engineering simulation software and services.
RUEIL-MALMAISON, France (Feb. 27, 2017)—Schneider Electric and ENGIE have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore and deploy new digital solutions for operational efficiency of renewable assets (wind and solar PV), leveraging Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Historian and related application software powered by Schneider Electric’s Wonderware brand.