MANAMA, Bahrain (June 12, 2012) – The Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. has chosen GE to design and supply a membrane bioreactor (MBR) system for its oil refinery wastewater treatment plant in Sitra, near Manama.
ZURICH, Switzerland (June 11, 2012) – ABB, a power and automation technology group, recently won an order from Rickmers Group in Germany to supply advisory systems for dynamic trim optimization and fleet management solutions for five multi-purpose vessels. Trim optimization means ballasting or loading the ship to achieve the floating position that consumes the least propulsion power.
FRANKSVILLE, Wisc. (May 4, 2012) – AW-LAKE Company announced a new partnership with POMTAVA, Europe’s premier pump manufacturer based in Switzerland. The family-owned company is known for their superior gear pumps machined with extremely tight tolerances. AW-Lake Company will be POMTAVA’s first Master Distributor serving North America.
NORTHFIELD, Ill. (June 15, 2012) – Revenues for pumps, valves, treatment equipment, chemicals and monitoring for municipal water and wastewater plants around the world will exceed $52 billion in 2012. This is the latest forecast in Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.
Municipal Water and Wastewater Flow Control and Treatment Revenues Worldwide 2012
ROSEMONT, Ill. (June 14, 2012) – WILO USA announced that it has received an equity investment of $61.6 million from its parent company, WILO SE, in a combined effort to increase visibility and drive growth in the U.S. marketplace.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (June 12, 2012) – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) supports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recently-released Clean Water Act (CWA) Integrated Planning Framework.
HANOI, Vietnam (June 12, 2012) – Xylem Inc., a global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, announced that it has opened a new office in Hanoi, Vietnam, to promote and market its technologies and solutions and support the growth of its Water Solutions business in the south east Asian state. Xylem’s new presence in the country is part of the company’s long-term strategy to grow business within high-potential emerging markets like Vietnam.
BALTIMORE (June 11, 2012) – The “Energy Efficiency Sweep of Europe,” launched in November 2011 by the Alliance to Save Energy and the U.S. State Department’s League of Green Embassies, is nearing completion. In its wake, building makeovers are helping residences and offices of 10 U.S. ambassadors across Europe save energy and money.
FRESNO, Calif. (June 6, 2012) – Global pump manufacturer Grundfos celebrated the groundbreaking of a three-part project to recover and reduce irrigation water.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (June 6, 2012) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI), under the approval of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is seeking qualified individuals to participate in the review process of a newly completed standard for the design and application of Rotodynamic (Vertical) Pumps.