TORONTO (Oct. 5, 2016)—Armstrong Fluid Technology has launched a new employee recognition initiative that consists of a worldwide talent show for its workers to raise money for the charity WaterAid.
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TOPSFIELD, Mass. (Oct. 5, 2016) – The International Desalination Association (IDA) conferred the inaugural IDA Water Reuse and Conservation Awards at its International Conference on Water Reuse and Recycling “Turning Vision into Reality,” which took place in Nice, France.
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany & EHNINGEN, Germany (Oct. 4, 2016)—As part of its “Mobility for Tomorrow” strategy, Schaeffler is digitizing its entire organization.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Oct. 3, 2016)—The Hydraulic Institute announced that member company Xylem Applied Water System is the latest company to have its pump test laboratories approved through the HI Pump Test Lab Approval Program.
The approved pump test labs are Xylem Seneca Falls Research and Development Lab located at 2881 E. Bayard St., Seneca Falls, N.Y., and Xylem Morton Grove Research and Development Lab located at 8200 N. Austin Ave., Morton Grove, Ill.
COVINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2016) – Ashland is furthering its competitive strategy following its eventual separation from Valvoline, revealing its new “Always Solving” corporate identity and unveiling the organizational culture that will continue to differentiate the company as it continues its mission to become the premier specialty chemical company in the world.
BOSTON (Sept. 29, 2016)—Led by California and Florida, water reuse (the process of recycling wastewater) is taking off in states facing drought and scarcity. Municipal wastewater reuse capacity is expected to increase 58 percent from 2016 through 2026, according to new market forecasts from Bluefield Research. The estimate is based on a database of 607 currently planned reuse projects. CAPEX investment in reuse is expected to total $11 billion between 2016 and 2026.
NEW ORLEANS, La. (Sept. 28, 2016) – The Water Council of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for its BREW Accelerator program. The honor was presented at an awards ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 27, during the IEDC Annual Conference, which was held Sept. 25-28, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Cortland, New York (September 26, 2016) – Pall Corporation, a manufacturer of filtration, separation and purification technologies, announced that it has been selected as the membrane filtration provider for the City of Spokane, Washington’s Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility upgrade.
(Sept. 27, 2016) — MICRODYN-NADIR has announced the acquisition of specialty membrane company TriSep Corporation. The Goleta, California, based company has profound experience and expertise in the area of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration and has built a strong reputation for successfully customizing solutions to the need of their broad customer base. The acquisition will allow MICRODYN-NADIR to be a one-stop shop with a wide range of membrane filtration products.
AURORA, Ill. (Sept. 27, 2016) — Grundfos held its fifth annual Walk for Water charitable benefit in Kansas City, Missouri, and Aurora, Illinois, raising more than $35,000 for global water crisis relief.
Roughly 230 Grundfos employees and local participants joined the two events, designed to build awareness about the global water crisis and raise funds for safe, sustainable water solutions in developing countries.