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Weir Minerals extends its service centre network
Weir Minerals Europe is adding three new service centres to its existing Europe-wide network during 2014.
United Rentals expands in pump rental with National Pump acquisition
United Rentals Inc is to buy the North American pump rental company National Pump in a US$780 million deal.
Daikin Europe’s VRV R-22 replacement and water cooled VRV ranges upgraded
Daikin’s VRV Q heat pump replacement system, which enables R-22 system replacement, and its water cooled VRV-W series for taller buildings and geothermal applications, both incorporate the latest VRV IV technology.
Book your place now for the Pump Industry Awards
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WAPS to showcase its products and services at WAMPEX 2014
West Africa Pumping Services looking to event to 'increase end-user awareness'.

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Advanced hollow fiber UF membranes improve performance in tertiary water treatment
Growing global demand for clean water and increasing environmental concerns make membrane filtration the technology of choice for municipalities and industries seeking to reuse wastewater and reduce their water footprint. But how is the technology developing in this field?
Advanced Conversion: Maximising the Potential for Energy from Waste
One of the most readily-available and viable solutions to help address the challenge of our growing energy needs is Energy-from-Waste (EfW) – which has the potential to take a multitude of waste streams (such as municipal solid waste) and convert them into energy. We look at how modern techniques can make the technology more efficient.

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Russian-Ukrainian alliance began joint construction of pumps for nuclear power plants
Posted by Alan Burrows • 07 February 2014
Vladislav Vorotnikov writes: Russian concern Ruselprom has carried out the first supply of electric motors for pumps used in the construction of nuclear power plants to the PJSC Sumy M...
tags: Russian-Ukrainian, nuclear power plants, Ruselprom, Sumy Machine Building Scientific Production Association
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Large Russian oil pumps producer increased exports to Kazakhstan
Posted by Alan Burrows • 03 February 2014
Vladislav Vorotnikov writes: In 2013 a group of companies Perm Oil Engineering increased volume of sales of oil well pumps by 49% following the rapid rise in the volume of exports of p...
tags: Kazakhstan, Perm Oil Engineering , Russian oil pumps , Oil well pumps , Russian oil market
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An approach to fluid handling challenges from Verder
Posted by Alan Burrows • 10 January 2014
The worldwide brewing industry is expected to reach an annual value of $630 billion by 2015. Despite the simplicity of basic brewing principles, manufacturers worldwide often face a variety of challen...
tags: Verder, Brewing, Peristaltic pumps, Flexible hose, Mag drive pumps
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2013 in review: pump mergers & acquisitions
Posted by Roisin Reidy • 03 January 2014
2013 proved to be another year of consolidation for the pump industry. Here we list 12 acquisitions that took place within the pump space during the year – one for each month. A complete l...
tags: pump, mergers, acquisitions
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Russian exporting oil pumps to Mexico
Posted by Alan Burrows • 30 December 2013
Vladislav Vorotnikov writes: Perm Oil Engineering Company (PKNM) has recently announced that it began shipping the pumping equipment to Mexico. Downhole sucker rod pumps that are speci...
tags: Russian pump market, Oil pumps, Mexico, Perm Oil Engineering Company, PKNM, Mexico Yuri Chumak
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Features

A brief history of pumps A brief history of pumps
Five years ago, World Pumps put together a brief history of pumps since 200BC. Now we need your help to bring it up to date with some of the main industry events of recent times – and add some of the events we missed.
Abrasive fluid handling in steel manufacture
Bernd Reitemeyer, the regional manager – Western Europe for Almatec and Pump Solutions Group (PSG), looks at AODD pumps in steel manufacturing.
Tapping a valuable resource Tapping a valuable resource
The benefits of recycling the vast amounts of grey water that air conditioning units create are huge. Serge Becker, Sales and Marketing Director at Aspen Pumps explains
New pumping station to alleviate flooding problems in UK
Multimillion pound project to design, manufacture and install Archimedes screws in a new pumping station.

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Evaluating the impact of chemical waste: How safety and the bottom line can both benefit
This paper demonstrates that it is possible to reduce chemical costs by identifying and limiting the wastes found in dispensing, storage and application. Reducing these hidden costs will also improve productivity and health and safety in the workplace.
Improving efficiency in electric motors
This article discusses the rules, guidelines and the best practices to reduce losses in induction electric motors.
Feeding the grid from river water
The German Federal Government supports the use of regenerative energy. Two prototype river turbines were installed in the river Rhine, near the German town of St Goar. The turbines successfully provided the town with electric power from river water, prompting the company who designed them to put them into commercial operation.
Reducing avoidable pressure losses
Industrial plants frequently employ oversized pumps out of caution. Pressure losses, and consequently energy consumption, may thus be unnecessarily high. Dr Walter Schicketanz explains in detail how such avoidable pressure drops can be determined both theoretically and in the field, as well as examining how to reduce them.
Waste & Hazard Walk Workbook
The Waste & Hazard Walk is a systematic facility tour which looks for ways to improve productivity and safety, with a specific focus on industrial supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE). This free download outlines how your company could benefit from a Waste & Hazard Walk.

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