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Flowserve holds first Desalination Technology Conference for customers

28 July 2010

About 80 people participated in Flowserve Corp’s first annual Desalination Technology Conference held in the Canary Islands.

The event was designed for Flowserve desalination customers with presentations covering Flowserve DWEER pressure exchanger solutions and LifeCycle Advantage program; recent technological breakthroughs in rotating equipment design; long-term Flowserve service and LifeCycle Advantage contracts; and Flowserve upgrade and technical assessment solutions for desalination plants.

The conference also featured a site tour of a local desalination plant on the island of Gran Canaria. Tour participants had the opportunity to view the plant’s equipment, systems and processes in operation.
 
Flowserve donated all registration fees for the conference to UNICEF.

 

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