ALEXANDRIA, Va. (March 21, 2013) – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) celebrated World Water Day 2013 by issuing a national call-to-action for WATER’S WORTH IT® Month to be adopted in communities across the United States.
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WINTERTHUR, Switzerland (March 20, 2013) – Sulzer Pumps has opened a new service center in Nova Lima, Brazil for configured pumps, mixers, agitators and aeration systems. With this new service facility, Sulzer Pumps will serve customers in the growing markets of wastewater, mining, general industry and agro-industry of Southeastern, Northern and Central Western Brazil.
NEW YORK (March 19, 2013) – Aeromix Inc., one of RWL Water Group’s subsidiaries, has acquired the major assets of Tipton Environmental. This addition brings with it Tipton’s 15 years of experience designing and manufacturing activated sludge packaged wastewater treatment plants, three of Tipton’s top engineers and 1,000 wastewater installations.
MUNICH (March 19, 2013) – Littelfuse, Inc. has signed a new distribution agreement for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with Arrow Electronics Inc., a global provider of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions.
The new agreement builds on the already strong global relationship between Littelfuse and Arrow. It consolidates the presence of Littelfuse across the EMEA region and opens new markets to Littelfuse, including the Middle East and Africa.
HOUSTON (March 19, 2013) – ABB announced that its Onboard DC Grid will receive a Spotlight on New Technology Award at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) to be held May 6-9 in Houston. The awards honor innovative technologies for the oil and gas industry and related energy sectors that have the potential to significantly impact offshore exploration and production.
GERMANTOWN, Md. (March 19, 2013) – Meggitt has added a new reseller for Kentucky and Illinois. Heartland Industrial Solutions LLC will promote and sell Meggitt’s Wilcoxon Research® line of vibration monitoring sensors and accessories in the Midwest region.
Heartland Industrial Solutions LLC was founded in 1998 by Jim Jackson, David Jackson and Tim Jackson, who combined have more than 50 years of experience in alignment, maintenance and customer sales and support.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (March 18, 2013) – IDEX Corporation announced the acquisition of FTL Seals Technology, Ltd
Located in Leeds, England, FTL has annual revenues of approximately £15 million. FTL will operate with Precision Polymer Engineering, acquired in April 2010, within IDEX’s Health and Science Technologies segment. FTL was acquired for cash consideration of approximately £24 million.
FRANKENTHAL, Germany (March 15, 2013) – KSB Aktiengesellschaft is scheduled to supply a new, state-of-the-art coal-fired power plant located south-east of Pune in the West Indian state of Maharashtra with 16 pumps by November 2014. India's national energy authority is building the supercritical power plant comprising two 660-megawatt units in Solapur.
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (March 15, 2013) – Pump Solutions Group (PSG®), a business unit within Dover Corporation announced that Jeff Zhang has been appointed general manager for PSG’s Shanghai facility in Lingang, China. He will report to David Wang, PSG’s Vice President of Asia-Pacific.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (March 14, 2013) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) recognized the 2012 Standards VIP (Very Important Participant) recipients at the 2013 HI Annual Meeting in Fort Myers, Florida. The VIP program, which began in 2010, recognizes individual HI members who go above and beyond in their contribution to the development of ANSI/HI Pump Standards, guidelines, and education & training programs.