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Control Engineering Europe, December 2011
Korsnäs Gävle is using Emerson’s Smart Wireless conductivity and temperature transmitters to collect critical leak-detection monitoring data at its board and paper production unit at Gävlebukten, Sweden.

Nuclear Engineering, December 2011
A robotic pipe crawler has been used to spray molten metal on pipe interiors at Mexico’s Laguna Verde nuclear power plant. The robot improves uniformity of application and protects workers from radiation.

Audible and visual signaling devices are designed to conform to SIL 1 and SIL 2 safety requirements.

Stockholm, Sweden, December 15, 2011: Atlas Copco North America LLC has agreed to acquire Houston Service Industries, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of low-pressure blowers and vacuum pumps. The company has a strong domestic position in equipment for the wastewater treatment and industrial process sectors, offering sales synergies with Atlas Copco’s existing products in these market segments.

Stockholm, Sweden, December 16, 2011: Atlas Copco AB has agreed to acquire the underground business of GIA Industri AB from Vätterledens Verkstad AB. With the acquisition, Atlas Copco broadens its offering with products including electric mine trucks, utility vehicles and ventilation systems.

A squad of 47 Tsurumi pumps are providing a complete wastewater solution at a military training base in Bulgaria. The pumps, which were installed in March 2011, are a mix of aerators, agitators, cutte...

QM Environmental Services is for many years now a supplier of MicroCat®, microbial additives, in the European wastewater treatment market. Through its network of distributors many European countries h...

A new study, using predicted climate and land use change scenarios between 1990 and 2090, has estimated that 40 per cent of the continent's streams will no longer have good ecological status by the cl...

Open and interoperable data bus networks are becoming increasingly important for supervisory systems monitoring pumps systems. Grundfos (Denmark) offers communication and control solutions using a new...

Oceansaver has achieved a milestone for the ballast water treatment industry with the commissioning of the first treatment system to include filters on a crude oil tanker in Korea. The 159.000 DWT Sue...