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ITT's subsidiary, Lowara, has recently launched an efficient grinder pump for the domestic sewage market. The DOMO GRI has been designed to deliver domestic sewage, liquids containing solids or fibres, and wastewater from residential buildings to the sewer mains or a pressurized sewer network.

Lowara reports that the DOMO GRI is of particular use in farm areas, small villages and homes built in remote areas where the conventional gravity sewage network is too expensive to commission. The company says the pumps are particularly effective where the sewer mains is located at high level or where the ground level is variable.

The Freedonia Group has recently released World Pumps to 2012, a report that predicts global pump demand is to climb 4.4% per year to US$47 billion (including price increases) through to 2012.

The study suggests that generally, healthy economic conditions will support gains in global pump demand, especially in rapidly developing areas such as China and India where rising energy consumption and infrastructure development projects will provide key applications for fluid handling pumps.

Sulzer Pumps has been awarded a major order for a total of 36 pumps for the Hongyanhe and Ningde nuclear power plants in China.

CNPEC (China Guangdong Nuclear Power Engineering Company Limited), LHNP (Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd) and NDNP (Ningde Nuclear Power Co. Ltd) placed an order for the supply of conventional island main boiler feed water pumps and associated boosters. First deliveries are expected in June 2010.
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ITT Corporation has opened its new world headquarters in White Plains, New York, USA.

Approximately 185 ITT employees from the company's Fluid Technology and Motion & Flow Control groups will occupy nearly 100,000 ft2 in the facility. The group headquarters were previously located in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA, while the corporate headquarters had been based in nearby Harrison, New York.

In addition, the global headquarters will be home to the ITT Learning Centre, an educational facility for employee training and leadership development.
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The CC-Booster, a switchgear for pressure boosting systems from Wilo AG, has been voted Product of the Year at the recent Building Services Awards held in London.

The CC-Booster can control up to six single pumps of a pressure boosting system in a fully automatic way. Its core piece is a specially programmed control (SPS) which influences the base-load pump's speed by means of a frequency converter, switching additional peak-load pumps on or off when required. The pumps are operated in a silent and energy-saving way. It can be integrated into building management systems by means of available modules.

The Building Services awards, now in their 11th year, reward products in 17 different categories, acknowledging the strongest companies in building services.

Mono® NOV has launched a new range of hygienic rotary lobe pumps that has been developed to improve the process efficiency of food and beverage manufacturers.

The Luna™ range of rotary lobe pumps is the latest addition to Mono's hygienic pump offering for food and beverage applications. It consists of high efficiency positive displacement pumps, which feature a modular and simple design which,Mono says, can minimize maintenance requirements and deliver longer life.