The structural modernisation of a building that can host up to 80,000 people is a major undertaking. When that building is a famous and prestigious sporting ground, its importance is greatly increased. Three of Ireland’s largest stadiums - Lansdowne Road, Croke Park and Donnybrook – are three such venues.

Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced it has received several orders worth more than $31.5 million USD from the solar power industry.

“We have followed a good way in the second quarter. With new products and the cost savings measures implemented already last year we were able to stabilize our earnings situation on a good level. At the same time, we have improved our balance sheet again reducing our debt,” says Andreas Weissenbacher, CEO of the BWT Group about the first half-year 2009.

Neptune Chemical Pump Co., Inc., a leading manufacturer of chemical metering pumps, announced today that it will exhibit in booth 3530 in the B Hall at the 82nd Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC). This year’s show, which is the largest water-quality event in North America, will be held from Oct. 10-14, 2009, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

Realizing that standard ANSI pumps are not ideal for low-flow, high-head applications, Griswold Pump Company has developed the Model 811LF (Low-Flow) line of ANSI pumps for use in the severe conditions that are found in many process and transfer applications.

Value engineering approaches to installation of building services have improved efficiency and reduced costs for a major new build project in the West Midlands.

At the end of last year Colfax Corporation delivered fifteen pumps and two pump skids to French oil and gas concern Maurel et Prom. The products are used in an oil field in Gabon.

Lowara Vogel Polska, part of ITT Group, received an award for its commitment to greater environmental protection through recycling. This acknowledgement confirms that we have been designated a “green” company for our effort in recycling all our production materials in the appropriate way.

Jet Edge, Inc., a leading manufacturer of ultra-high pressure waterjets, is pleased to introduce its new economical iP60-100S 100hp 60,000 psi (4,100 bar) waterjet pump.

Edwards, the global manufacturer of vacuum pumping equipment, has introduced a new flexible service for industrial and chemical pumps. The company can also now service any manufacturer’s vacuum pumps, allowing customers to make cost savings for maintenance and repair by having all their pumps serviced in the same place.