HELSINKI, Finland (March 25, 2015) – Wärtsilä's first unit at Porto do Açu in São João da Barra (RJ), Brazil, is being inaugurated. This will be the first assembly plant and production unit for generator sets and azimuth thrusters in Brazil for Wärtsilä, a global provider of power generation solutions and services for ships and power plants. Covering 4,000 square meters of floor space, the unit will be able to receive up to 200 tons of equipment.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, USA (16 March 2015) – Pumps & Systems MENA, the voice of the pump and rotating equipment industry in the Middle East and North Africa, is forging stronger connections with customers in Europe and the Middle East by opening a new sales office in Germany.

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (March 24, 2015) – Xylem has won a contract to provide specialized mixer equipment and associated technology as part of a significant development of the Panama Canal.

HOUSTON (March 23, 2015) – ValvTechnologies, Inc., the global designer and manufacturer of zero-leakage severe service isolation valve solutions, has named Tony Majka director of engineering, announced company President Kevin Hunt.

DALLAS (March 23, 2015) - Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced that its operation in Brazil has been selected to supply all ball sector control valves, ball valves and butterfly valves for the new Klabin mill (Project Puma) located in the city of Ortigueira, Paraná state, southern Brazil.

EDINA, Minn. (March 19, 2015) – Water is the most precious resource, but in order to function efficiently, infrastructure must do the same. The Dow Chemical Company is proud to join leading public and private sector companies in the fight to revitalize the aging and underfunded water infrastructure in the United States.