Ajay Bairagi

Asia’s only exclusive quarterly magazine on valves, actuators and other flow-control industry products and services in India, now in 17th year of publication. Pumps India Newsletter – July.2023 Flowserve to acquire Canadian valve maker Velan Flowserve Corp has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Velan Inc, the Canadian manufacturer of highly engineered industrial valves, […]

WSG Eftech has secured a raft of Australian contract valued at approximately AUD 60M. The work scopes range from the LNG and oil and gas sectors to major urban infrastructure projects.Planning is underway and mobilisation is due to start in Q2/23 and the seven-figure value contract is expected to last up to two years. WSG

Sigma Group has specified Thordon Bearings’ grease-free bearings for its specialized pumping sets for flood defence and irrigation projects across Egypt.  Thordon Bearings is supplying 64 of its water-lubricated composite bearings for use in 49 Sigma BQBV vertical diagonal pumps specified for projects along the Nile River and the Sinai Peninsula.Sigma has already delivered nine 800-BQBV

The Danish marine pump specialist Svanehøj has acquired Complete Cryogenic Services (CCS), a specialist in the service and overhaul of submerged pumps on LNG tankers.  Tustin, California, USA-based CCS has more than 30 years of experience in the service and overhaul of submerged cargo, spray, and high-pressure pumps for cargo containment systems on LNG tankers.In recent

The Wilo Group has had a successful financial year in 2022. The multinational technology group generated a new record turnover of around 1.9 billion euros in the year marking its 150th anniversary. Wilo thus increased its sales revenues by 14.2 percent  Despite big global challenges and uncertainties, the Wilo Group continued its profitable and sustainable growth

  Asia’s oldest exclusive magazine on pumps, now in 28th year of publication, widely circulated all over India and abroad among end user industries, consultants, EPC companies, distributors and manufacturers. Pumps India Newsletter – May.2023 Krones to acquire Ampco Pumps German machinery manufacturer Krones Group has signed an agreement to acquire 90% of Ampco Pumps

Curtiss-Wright Corp has signed an agreement with Shell Exploration & Production Company to manufacture, test and provide operational support for an Electro-Submersible Pump (ESP) for a Shell offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico.This joint initiative is designed to demonstrate Curtiss-Wright’s canned motor technology as an effective and reliable alternative to current subsea pump technologies

ABB announced it has completed its acquisition of the Siemens low voltage NEMA motor business. The transaction was originally announced August 11, 2022, and financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The business employs around 600 people and generated revenues of approximately $63 million in 2021.The acquisition of this business is part of the

 German machinery manufacturer Krones Group has signed an agreement to acquire 90% of Ampco Pumps Company LLC. The company has been providing centrifugal and positive displacement pumps worldwide for more than 70 years. In 2022, Ampco Pumps generated revenue of approximately US$50 million.Wisconsin, USA-based Ampco Pumps supplies sanitary pumps and applied products like mixing and

Asia’s only exclusive quarterly magazine on valves, actuators and other flow-control industry products and services in India, now in 17th year of publication. Valves India Newsletter – April.2023 Rotork electric actuators  at Hong Kong sewage plantOliver Valves secure £890k order for valves in Alloy 625 Rotork IQ actuators have been installed at a sewage pumping