Ajay Bairagi

Based in Coimbatore, India, Hydro Prokav has annual revenue of approximately US$6 million, with more than 80% coming from aftermarket parts.Hydro Prokav will expand Ingersoll Rand’s presence in progressive cavity pumps and serves as a complementary addition to the recent Seepex acquisition to further penetrate the growing market in India and southeast Asia. The company […]

 Atlas Copco has acquired Lewa GmbH and Geveke BV and their subsidiaries from Japan’s Nikkiso Co Ltd for a combined enterprise value of €670 million.Founded in 1952 and based in Germany, Lewa manufactures diaphragm metering pumps, process pumps and complete metering systems for a wide range of industries. The company has around 1200 employees and

 With manufacturing operations in Guadalajara, Mexico, the business employs around 600 people and generated revenues of approximately US$63 million in 2021. The acquisition extends ABB’s low voltage NEMA motor portfolio, brings a longstanding North American customer base, and adds an experienced operations, sales and management team.This transaction will enhance the product offering of ABB’s NEMA

Amarinth has delivered two separate orders of API 610 pumps, together worth £1.2 million, for the West Qurna-2 expansion project in Iraq.The first order, from Cannon Artes, was for seven super duplex API 610 OH1 pumps. The bespoke designed pumps are for a low shear application and required specialist Plan 53B seal support systems incorporating

Asia’s oldest exclusive magazine on pumps, now in 27th year of publication, widely circulated all over India and abroad among end user industries, consultants, EPC companies, distributors and manufacturers. Pumps India Newsletter – September.2022 Amarinth supplies API 610 pumps for  project in Iraq Amarinth has delivered two separate orders of API 610 pumps, together worth

The Indian government is reportedly planning to build  ten nuclear power plants in the country over the next three years.The first pour of concrete (FPC) is planned for next year at the 700MW Kaiga atomic power station, which is located in the Indian state of Karnataka. The FPC process marks the start of nuclear power reactor

The Water & Effluent Treatment Business of L&T Construction has secured a repeat EPC order from the Department of Water Resources, Government of Jharkhand, to execute the Masalia Ranishwar Megalift irrigation scheme on a turnkey basis. The scope includes survey, design, and construction of a 158 m long barrage across the Sidheshwari river. The scope also

Grundfos is putting on hold all of its production and sales activities across Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.  This decision means that no products will be delivered in Russia, and no new orders will be accepted for the time being. Ukraine and Russia are both important markets for Grundfos.The Danish pump manufacturer has a sales

KSB has announced the completion of its US$44 million multiphase expansion of the GIW facility in Grovetown, Georgia, USA. KSB went ahead with the project’s completion, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.With the completion of the project, KSB has quadrupled its capacity to mold castings over 20,000 lbs (9000 kg), increased its maximum

Sulzer has opened a new state-of-the-art service centre for rotating equipment in Vadodara, Gujarat, India.Using cutting-edge machinery and advanced digital technologies, Sulzer’s new centre will offer repairs, upgrades, retrofits and parts manufacturing for a wide range of equipment including pumps, steam turbines, compressors and expanders regardless of the original equipment manufacturer (OEM).Sulzer has also invested