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Franklin Electric expands in filtration with First Sales acquisition
NEWS into our Aspiral products in Yiyang City,” said Fluence managing director and CEO Henry Charrabé. “Coupled with the potential orders from Kaitian, this represents a very capital efficient way to secure future business and will also help to improve MABR production efficiencies in our Changzhou manufacturing facility.” For further information, visit www.fluencecorp.com
Franklin Electric expands in filtration with First Sales acquisition
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ranklin Electric Co Inc has completed the acquisition of First Sales LLC, an Indiana manufacturer of water treatment and filtration equipment for residential and commercial markets. First Sales designs, manufactures and distributes its products under the Sterling Water Treatment and Avid Water Systems brand names, primarily for customers in the United States. In fiscal 2018, First Sales had annual sales of approximately US$14 million. First Sales’ operating results will now be reported in Franklin Electric’s Water Systems segment beginning in the third quarter of 2019. Don Kenney, president of Franklin’s North America Water Systems business unit, said: “First Sales has developed industry leading products for the professional installer of in-home and commercial water treatment systems. These products are sold through some of the same channels as Franklin’s existing products, and we look forward to continuing to serve First Sales’ customers with best in class quality, service, availability, innovation and cost.” For further information, visit www.franklin-electric. com, www.firstsales.org, www.sterlingwatertreatment. com and www.avidwatersystems.com
August 2019
Biwater relocates to larger facility in California
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s membrane technology provider Biwater Inc continues to expand, the company has relocated to larger premises in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. The new state-of-the-art facility is equipped with advanced fabrication capability to deliver membrane technologies for water filtration, water reuse and desalination. The new facility is three times the size of the previous operation and will enable the US company to increase its delivery capacity and range of products and services. Jorg Menningmann, president of Biwater’s Water Reuse and Desalination Sector, Biwater Inc, said: “Having bid and won a number of projects over the past year, we continue to grow our market share and this relocation is key to supporting our expansion.” For further information, visit www.biwater.com
Andritz purchases Sweden’s Kempulp
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ndritz Group has bought Kempulp, a Swedish specialist provider of process technologies for the chemical pulping industry. Kempulp, which is based in Karlstad and employs around 30 people, designs and markets technologies used in chemical pulping, including pulp washing, oxygen delignification and bleaching technologies. The acquisition includes all of Kempulp’s intellectual property rights, technical expertise, tools, systems and inventory. Kempulp will now be fully integrated into the Andritz Pulp & Paper organisation. “Kempulp’s products and process technologies will continue to be a strong player on the market, providing solutions
that complement the Andritz technologies and equipment for specific chemical pulping processes – both for new plants and upgrades to existing installations,” said Joachim Schönbeck, executive board member of Andritz AG and responsible for Pulp & Paper Capital Systems. “As a result, Kempulp’s process technologies and products will enable Andritz to offer optimised solutions to the benefit of its customers.” For further information, visit www.andritz.com and www.kempulp.se
Grundfos opens new sales office in Indonesia
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T Grundfos Pompa, the sales company of Grundfos Group in Indonesia, has inaugurated its new office building in Surabaya, the country’s second largest city and the capital of the East Java province. The new branch office will help Grundfos serve customers across key segments including industry, water utility, commercial building services and domestic building services. Kim Jensen, regional managing director – Grundfos Asia Pacific Region, and Giancarlo Roggiolani, general manager – Grundfos Indonesia & Philippines, attended the inaugural event, along with key management team members from Indonesia, customers and partners. “Our new branch office in Surabaya has been designed keeping efficiency at its core,” said Roggiolani, “In addition to being comfortable, it is also equipped with supporting facilities such as service workshops (after sales service), training rooms and product displays. All this will further support our reach and service to the eastern Indonesian market more freely.” PT Grundfos Pompa, which was established in 1990, has its head office in Jakarta.
For further information, visit www.grundfos.com
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Franklin Electric expands in filtration with First Sales acquisition
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ranklin Electric Co Inc has completed the acquisition of First Sales LLC, an Indiana manufacturer of water treatment and filtration equipment for residential and commercial markets. First Sales designs, manufactures and distributes its products under the Sterling Water Treatment and Avid Water Systems brand names, primarily for customers in the United States. In fiscal 2018, First Sales had annual sales of approximately US$14 million. First Sales’ operating results will now be reported in Franklin Electric’s Water Systems segment beginning in the third quarter of 2019. Don Kenney, president of Franklin’s North America Water Systems business unit, said: “First Sales has developed industry leading products for the professional installer of in-home and commercial water treatment systems. These products are sold through some of the same channels as Franklin’s existing products, and we look forward to continuing to serve First Sales’ customers with best in class quality, service, availability, innovation and cost.” For further information, visit www.franklin-electric. com, www.firstsales.org, www.sterlingwatertreatment. com and www.avidwatersystems.com
August 2019
Biwater relocates to larger facility in California
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s membrane technology provider Biwater Inc continues to expand, the company has relocated to larger premises in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. The new state-of-the-art facility is equipped with advanced fabrication capability to deliver membrane technologies for water filtration, water reuse and desalination. The new facility is three times the size of the previous operation and will enable the US company to increase its delivery capacity and range of products and services. Jorg Menningmann, president of Biwater’s Water Reuse and Desalination Sector, Biwater Inc, said: “Having bid and won a number of projects over the past year, we continue to grow our market share and this relocation is key to supporting our expansion.” For further information, visit www.biwater.com
Andritz purchases Sweden’s Kempulp
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ndritz Group has bought Kempulp, a Swedish specialist provider of process technologies for the chemical pulping industry. Kempulp, which is based in Karlstad and employs around 30 people, designs and markets technologies used in chemical pulping, including pulp washing, oxygen delignification and bleaching technologies. The acquisition includes all of Kempulp’s intellectual property rights, technical expertise, tools, systems and inventory. Kempulp will now be fully integrated into the Andritz Pulp & Paper organisation. “Kempulp’s products and process technologies will continue to be a strong player on the market, providing solutions
that complement the Andritz technologies and equipment for specific chemical pulping processes – both for new plants and upgrades to existing installations,” said Joachim Schönbeck, executive board member of Andritz AG and responsible for Pulp & Paper Capital Systems. “As a result, Kempulp’s process technologies and products will enable Andritz to offer optimised solutions to the benefit of its customers.” For further information, visit www.andritz.com and www.kempulp.se
Grundfos opens new sales office in Indonesia
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T Grundfos Pompa, the sales company of Grundfos Group in Indonesia, has inaugurated its new office building in Surabaya, the country’s second largest city and the capital of the East Java province. The new branch office will help Grundfos serve customers across key segments including industry, water utility, commercial building services and domestic building services. Kim Jensen, regional managing director – Grundfos Asia Pacific Region, and Giancarlo Roggiolani, general manager – Grundfos Indonesia & Philippines, attended the inaugural event, along with key management team members from Indonesia, customers and partners. “Our new branch office in Surabaya has been designed keeping efficiency at its core,” said Roggiolani, “In addition to being comfortable, it is also equipped with supporting facilities such as service workshops (after sales service), training rooms and product displays. All this will further support our reach and service to the eastern Indonesian market more freely.” PT Grundfos Pompa, which was established in 1990, has its head office in Jakarta.
For further information, visit www.grundfos.com
Filtration Industry Analyst
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