Grundfos celebrates opening of new Florida facility
Grundfos expanded its U.S. footprint in Florida with a new facility in Deerfield Beach. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Nov. 8 to celebrate the occasion. The facility will serve as a distribution hub for water and wastewater pumps, controls and related accessories, and also will offer service and testing.

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Mueller Water Products acquires Krausz Industries
Mueller Water Products announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Krausz Industries for $140 million in cash. Once the transaction has closed, Krausz will become part of Mueller Water Products’ Infrastructure segment. Krausz’s product line of pipe couplings, grips and clamps are designed to address pipe connection or repair needs across a broad range of applications, pipe sizes and pipe materials.

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KMS Installs Puron Plus Package System in Canada
Koch Membrane Systems (KMS), a global leader in the development and manufacture of membrane-based filtration technologies, recently announced the commissioning of a Puron Plus packaged MBR system in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The system provides a compact and turnkey wastewater treatment solution that is fully automated and provides consistent high-quality effluent for safe discharge or reuse. 
Due to Canada’s challenging climate and dispersed populations outside of city areas, simple and reliable decentralized treatment systems are often preferred to treat municipal wastewater streams. As a differentiated membrane and system provider, KMS has been selected for this project due to its ability to provide a comprehensive solution with market leading technology. For this project, KMS partnered with Proteus Water Inc., a Canadian company focused on providing integrated wastewater treatment solutions for small communities.
Capable of treating an average design flow of approximately 100,000 gpd of wastewater, the Puron Plus P-100 system selected for this project features KMS’ latest innovative and patented Pulsion MBR technology. 

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Axine announces staff changes
Axine Water Technologies announced that Paris Neofotistos joined the company as vice president of sales and Chris Morrison joined the company’s board of directors. Neofotistos has over 20 years’ industry experience focused on municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. In his current role as VP of sales, he will be responsible for building and leading the commercial organization to deliver Axine’s solutions to market. Morrison has over 30 years’ success with water treatment leadership roles in North America, Asia and Europe.  Formerly VP at Ecolab, he has a proven track record of discovering high-impact technologies, extracting maximum value, building high powered teams and driving process improvements.

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