BATESVILLE, Ind. (March 22, 2013) – Elgin Fastener Group, LLC completed the acquisition of Telefast Industries, Inc., of Berea, Ohio.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (March 22, 2013) – Xylem Inc. commemorated World Water Day and the United Nations’ International Year of Water Cooperation by enhancing global partnerships to provide and protect safe water resources in communities around the world.

WASHINGTON (March 22, 2013) — Danfoss, the Alliance to Save Energy and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) have released a report developed from the Water Energy Future Workshop held in November 2012.

PABLO Nogués, Buenos Aires (March 22, 2013) – The 7,500 m² (80,730 square feet) facility features a testing laboratory with a capacity of 11,000 m³/hr (49,000 gpm) and has 50 and 60 hertz testing capabilities. Ruhrpumpen‘s newest property includes 3,000 m² (32,290 square feet) of office space and a well-equipped service center capable of repairing all types of pumps.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (March 21, 2013) – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) celebrated World Water Day 2013 by issuing a national call-to-action for WATER’S WORTH IT® Month to be adopted in communities across the United States.

HELSINKI (March 21, 2013) – Metso's Process Optimization Business Solution enables Klabin to significantly improve at the mill level production efficiency, increase synergy between different areas inside its mills, improve safety and reduce Klabin's environmental footprint.

DALLAS (March 21, 2013) – Flowserve Corporation announced the installation of Flowserve pumps has begun at the Mittelsbüren combined cycle plant (CCP) located near Bremen, Germany. All of the major pumps in the 440 MW gas turbine power plant are Flowserve pumps, including high-pressure, ring section boiler feedwater pumps; vertical, double-case, multistage, condensate extraction pumps; and vertical, mixed flow, circulating water pumps.

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (March 21, 2013) – LyondellBasell announced that OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim, the largest petrochemical company in Russia, has selected the Spheripol process technology from LyondellBasell for a new 400 KT per year single-line polypropylene (PP) plant to be built in Nizhnekamsk, Russia Federation. Start-up is projected after 2015.
 

EDINA, Minn. (March 21, 2013) – Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has entered into a collaboration agreement with Ahlstrom, a global high-performance fiber-based materials company, to use Ahlstrom Disruptor® technology for drinking water applications. The agreement combines DW&PS market, R&D and manufacturing expertise with Ahlstrom’s nonwoven fiber technology to address an unmet need in drinking water applications.

WINTERTHUR, Switzerland (March 20, 2013) – Sulzer Pumps has opened a new service center in Nova Lima, Brazil for configured pumps, mixers, agitators and aeration systems. With this new service facility, Sulzer Pumps will serve customers in the growing markets of wastewater, mining, general industry and agro-industry of Southeastern, Northern and Central Western Brazil.