HELSINKI (Oct. 1, 2013) – Metso Corporation's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) approved the Board of Directors' proposed plan for partial demerger and decided to demerge Metso into two companies. Metso's Pulp, Paper and Power business will be transferred to the new company, Valmet Corporation, and Mining and Construction and Automation business will remain part of Metso.

(Oct. 1, 2013) – SEAL Analytical announced the acquisition of Thomas Cain, a manufacturer of automated chemical addition, sample preparation and digestion systems for the analysis of mercury and metals in environmental laboratories.

LAFAYETTE, La. (Sept. 26, 2013) – Frank’s International N.V. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new operations facility, located at 708 Beau Pre Road in Lafayette. The 175,000-square-foot facility will consist of a combination of shop, warehouse and office space to house the company’s operational departments and approximately 200 employees. Construction is planned to be completed by October 2014.

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (Sept. 27, 2013) – The 2013 FISA Annual Conference was recently held in Savannah, Ga. FISA brings together independent distributors and manufacturers serving high purity and sanitary processing industries in food, beverage, personal care, pharmaceutical and Bio-pharm. At the conference, FISA featured a seminar from Allen Sayler, managing partner for the Center for Food Safety and Regulatory Solutions (CFSRS).

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 30, 2013) – An impressive lineup of high profile national and international speakers have been confirmed to headline some of the most highly anticipated events of WEFTEC 2013. The Water Environment Federation’s 86th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference will be held Oct. 5-9, 2013 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Sept. 27, 2013) — Xylem Inc. won a contract worth RMB 11.48 million (U.S. $1.87 million) to provide an ozone generation and introduction system to help ensure a safe municipal water supply in the Jinshan district of Shanghai.