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Global market intelligence firm Interact Analysis recently made some revisions to its global manufacturing outlook forecast. According to the company’s latest research, the outlook for global manufacturing is bleak, and this looks set to continue throughout 2024 into early 2025.

The global hydraulic pumps market size reached US$ 10.7 billion in 2022. Revenue generated by hydraulic pump sales is likely to hit US$ 11.2 billion in 2023. Sales are poised to soar by 4.0% CAGR over the forecast period between 2023 and 2033. Sales are anticipated to reach US$ 16.6 billion by 2033.

Water companies have set out 2025-2030 leakage ambitions that, if achieved, would put them among the top five performing countries in Europe. With higher operational costs and resource challenges to factor in, the supply chain can offer a more efficient route to success, writes Barbara Hathaway, Ovarro.

Plenary vote on the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive sets a difficult course for Europe’s water future as MEPS choose to significantly dilute Extended Producer Responsibility

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, global market leader for sophisticated and innovative applications in sealing technology and electromobility, offers a real alternative to traditional PTFE solutions with its innovative high-performance “98 AU 30500” material.

Over recent months, the membership of the Association of Electrical & Mechanical Trades (AEMT) has enjoyed further expansion with several key businesses coming into the fold.

A strong performance on contractual approach, collaboration and communication have catapulted Scottish Water to the top of the 2023 annual water company survey carried out by British Water.

Sustainable ingredients will help curb the carbon footprint of some polymer compounds at Freudenberg

The global industrial pump control panels market size is expected to cross a valuation of US$ 1.6 billion in 2023. It is anticipated to surpass a valuation of around US$ 2.6 billion by 2033.
The market for industrial pump control panels is projected to create an incremental opportunity of US$ 1 billion in the review period 2023 to 2033. It is set to record a decent CAGR of around 4.9% in the same time frame.

An R5 oil-lubricated rotary vane vacuum pump from Busch Vacuum Solutions has been in service since 1987 in the production area of bakery and cake shop Feinbäckerei Ruch. It is still in use twelve hours a day for flour conveying at the bakery in Rosdorf, in the German upland region of Harz.