TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 1, 2016) – In July, the WateReuse Association, a national trade association representing the interests of water utilities, issued a challenge to Florida homebrewers—turn recycled water into the best beer on the planet. More than 100 homebrewers from the Tampa area accepted the challenge. On Sept. 10 in Tampa, Florida, two dozen certified beer tasters will determine whose homebrew rose to the challenge—making the best tasting beer from recycled water.
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TUCSON, Arizona (Aug. 31, 2016)—Carbide Derivative Technologies Inc. has been named the 2016 Entrepreneurial Company of the Year in Mechanical Seals Frictional Surface Treatment as part of Frost & Sullivan’s annual Best Practices Award competition.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Aug. 31, 2016)—The International Society of Automation (ISA) announced that Beamex, ISA’s Premier Strategic Partner for calibration, has donated $4,155 to ISA’s Process Measurement & Control Division (PMCD) educational scholarship fund.
RYE BROOK, N.Y. (Aug. 31, 2016) — Xylem Inc. congratulates Sureeporn Triphetprapa, Thidarat Phianchat and Kanjana Komkla of Thailand, the winners of the 2016 Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP), the most prestigious international student competition for water-related research.
DUBLIN (Aug. 30, 2016)—The firm Research and Markets announced the addition of the "Global Internet Of Things Market Insights, Opportunity Analysis, Market Shares and Forecast 2016-2022" report to its offerings.
MANSFIELD, Ohio (Aug. 29, 2016)—The Gorman-Rupp Company announced in a statement that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Patterson Pump Company, has completed a letter of intent for its acquisition of Morrison Pump Company, which is based in Hollywood, Florida. The terms of the planned asset purchase were not undisclosed.
SAN DIEGO, California (Aug. 29, 2016)—Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, announced that its Wedeco LBX 850e and LBX 1500e ultraviolet (UV) disinfection systems have received acceptance from the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Drinking Water.
POQUOSON, Va. (Aug. 29, 2016) – Effective August 1, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Measurement, Control & Automation Association (MCAA) appointed Teresa Sebring as president of the association.
As she transitions to retirement, Immediate Past President Cynthia Esher will continue to be involved with MCAA in an advisory capacity as executive consultant to the president.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Aug. 26, 2016)—Tencarva Machinery Company LLC, based in Greensboro, N.C., has acquired Dixie Pump & Machine Works in Brookhaven, Miss., plus part of Predictive Maintenance Consultants in Brookhaven, from owners Reggie Allen and Collins Allen, Tencarva President Edwin W. Pearce III announced in a press release.
KEMPEN, Germany (Aug. 26, 2016)—Richter Chemie-Technik GmbH, a market leader in fluoropolymer-lined pump and valve solutions, announced a new partnership with LEWA-Nikkiso America Inc., a US-based supplier of pumps and systems solutions.