German industrial pump specialist Lutz Holding expands into Italy

Operations have commenced at the new branch office “Lutz-Jesco Italia S.r.l.”

13-Apr-2026 - Lutz Holding GmbH, a German group of companies specialising in professional fluid management, is expanding its international presence. The new branch office "Lutz-Jesco Italia S.r.l." in Milan is set to become the foundation for long-term growth in one of Europe’s key regions. The new branch ...

Li-Cycle and Glencore Announce Plans for a Significant European Recycling Hub

Would be the largest source of recycled battery-grade lithium as well as recycled nickel and cobalt in Europe

24-May-2023 - Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, and Glencore International AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore plc, a leading producer, recycler, and marketer of nickel and cobalt for the ...

New wood-based technology removes 80% of dye pollutants in wastewater

Method can also be used against other types of pollutants

31-Mar-2023 - Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new method that can easily purify contaminated water using a cellulose-based material. This discovery could have implications for countries with poor water treatment technologies and combat the widespread problem of toxic ...

Xylem To Acquire Evoqua

Creates Transformative Platform to Address World’s Most Critical Water Challenges

25-Jan-2023 - Xylem Inc. and Evoqua announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Xylem will acquire Evoqua in an all-stock transaction that reflects an implied enterprise value of approximately $7.5 billion. As water risks rise in global importance, this transaction unites two companies ...

Mat baits, hooks and destroys pollutants in water

23-Mar-2018 - A polymer mat developed at Rice University has the ability to fish biologically harmful contaminants from water through a strategy known as "bait, hook and destroy." Tests with wastewater showed the mat can efficiently remove targeted pollutants, in this case a pair of biologically harmful ...

Combating sulphuric acid corrosion at wastewater plants

Microbial induced concrete corrosion causes massive damage to wastewater plants

26-Feb-2018 - Wastewater systems are integral to infrastructure in every community. In an ideal world, they operate smoothly and are long-lasting. But biogenic transformation processes in sewage and water treatment systems are a “natural enemy” of conventional plants, frequently causing damage to concrete and ...

Freshwater from salt water using only solar energy

21-Jun-2017 - A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded an off-grid technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to turn salt water into fresh drinking water. The desalination system, which uses a combination of membrane distillation technology and light-harvesting ...

Textile dyeing without effluent

Reverse osmosis and ion exchange go hand in hand

14-Feb-2017 - Bleaching and dyeing textile fibers and fabrics without causing any environmental pollution through effluent may sound too good to be true. And yet “minimal liquid discharge” (MLD) and “zero liquid discharge” (ZLD) – i.e. the minimization or complete avoidance of liquid waste – are already a ...

akvola Technologies Secures Series A Financing Round

08-Aug-2016 - akvola Technologies, a water technology company providing solutions for the removal of oils and suspended solids from hard-to-treat industrial effluents, has announced the completion of its Series A financing round. In addition to the private investors and industry experts Bruno Steis (ex-CEO of ...

inge GmbH and Aquasource enter into long-term cooperation agreement

08-Apr-2014 - inge GmbH, a subsidiary of BASF SE and a world’s leading supplier of ultrafiltration (UF) membranes and Aquasource, a leading supplier of membrane systems, have agreed to enter into a strategic cooperation effective April 1st, 2014, with each company focusing on their respective competences. ...