STAFFORDSHIRE, UK – Wilo UK has acquired Arfon Rewinds Limited (trading as Arfon Engineering Services) in a move that further increases the company’s water management pump servicing capability.

The acquisition will enable Wilo UK to extend its service capability in key water management operations, including installation, repair, condition monitoring and general pump maintenance.

HOUSTON – DXP Enterprises, Inc. has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Kappe Associates, Inc. Founded in 1946, Kappe is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, and operates out of three locations servicing Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and West Virginia.

WESTPORT, Conn. – The AHR Expo (International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition) returned to Chicago for a lively week of learning, reconnecting, perusing and demoing everything new coming to market in HVACR. Notable topics included all things decarbonization—from equipment on the floor to discussions in education programming, refrigerant regulation updates, the heat pump resurgence and the unveiling of many new products that are shaping the path forward for HVACR.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) was founded in 1997 by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to complement the Stockholm Water Prize. The SJWP is the world's most prestigious award presented to a high school student for a water-research project. 

Since the prize's inception, WEF has conducted the U.S. SJWP to send a national winner to the international competition.