SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Oct. 17, 2014) – Xylem Inc. has won a contract to supply Flygt propeller pumps to two pumping stations in key areas of metropolitan Manila. Benefiting more than half a million people, Xylem’s Flygt technology will increase the flow capacity of the stations by 25 percent, helping to protect residential areas from severe monsoon flooding and improve environmental and sanitary conditions in the city.

HELSINKI (Oct. 13, 2014) — Six new ethane carriers (VLECs) with a capacity of 87,000 cubic meters, which are being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea, will feature Wärtsilä gas-handling systems. The contract was signed in September, and this series has an option for additional vessels. Deliveries of the Wärtsilä solutions will commence in 2016.