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ABU DHABI, UAE (June 30, 2014) – The Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations, ADCO, has become the first oil and gas company in the Arabian Gulf to achieve the new ISO 55001 standard certification for its Asset Management System.

This follows the completion of an external audit conducted by the relevant international certification body. ADCO had previously used the BSI PAS 55 system.

Dubai, UAE (June 24, 2014)— His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president, prime minister and ruler of Dubai, has launched the UAE Suqia Initiative to provide clean water to 5 million people worldwide.

The initiative will be implemented through digging wells, provision of water pumps and water purification equipment to the needy areas. The campaign will start in the beginning of the month of Ramadan.

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (June 26, 2014) – CAMCAD Technologies provides manufacturing solutions. Most of CAMCAD's customers, when asked the first name they think of when considering CAMCAD’s services, would answer, Darin Weatherbee.

As manager of CAMCAD’s support desk, Weatherbee is the first stop on the path to answering technical questions. Weatherbee learned everything he could about SURFCAM computer technology, CAMCAD’s database, the Internet and Microsoft software.

BUXTON, England (June 25, 2014) – Xylem announced that it is expanding its bank of Godwin brand high head dewatering pumps to cater to increased rental demand for these water removal pumps. Xylem made the announcement at the opening day of the Hillhead 2014 trade show at Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, U.K. Xylem’s range of Godwin and Flygt brand dewatering pumps were on display at the show.