TORONTO - Echologics, a provider of permanent leak detection technology, announced it will deliver an Internet of Things (IoT) Smart City solution over Bell’s broadband wireless network for the City of Medicine Hat, Alberta. The solution will wirelessly monitor the city’s water pipeline network to help reduce water loss and mitigate the cost of infrastructure failure.

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – Brian Halstensgaard, lead customer service technician for SJE, won the Employee Owner of the Year Award on April 12 at the annual meeting of the Minnesota/Dakotas ESOP Association chapter. This award honors a non-management employee owner who has taken the initiative to learn about the ESOP, helped educate and motivate their colleagues, and actively promoted an employee ownership culture.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – To further expand its service network in the United States of America the KSB Group has bought the U.S. company DUBRIC Industries Inc. The company was founded in 1974 in Comstock Park, Michigan, about halfway between Detroit and Chicago. It is specialized in servicing and selling pumps, other rotating equipment and the corresponding spare parts. The new company operates under the name of KSB Dubric Inc.