Marcus Sander becomes President of VAG-Group
On August 8th, 2017 Marcus Sander was appointed as President of the VAG-Group.
Economy & Enterprise
Thermador Groupe bids on Sodeco Valves
As part of the strategy to develop its international and industrial valve business, Thermador Groupe acquired the Belgian group Sodeco Valves based in Ternat, in the surroundings of Brussels.
Hartmann Valves: New corporate film
Hartmann Valves offers insight into production of high performance valves and wellheads.
AUMA Foundation Fieldbus actuators support the world’s most efficient CCPP
AUMA supplied the electric valve actuation technology to EDF’s record-breaking Bouchain combined-cycle power plant.
Severe service north of the Arctic Circle
Swedish mining company LKAB relies on AUMA electric actuators to secure the outlet of a process water lake at its mine in Kiruna.
Dr. Thomas Steckenreiter appointed to SAMSON Executive Board
The Supervisory Board of SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT appointed Dr. Thomas Steckenreiter to the Executive Board as of 1 June 2017.
KSB sells US valves company
The German pump and valve manufacturer has divested the business activities of its subsidiary KSB AMRI, Inc. with effect from 31 January 2017.
Jörg Kiesbauer resigned from the SAMSON Executive Board by mutual agreement
On 31 December 2016, Dr.-Ing. Jörg Kiesbauer left the SAMSON Executive Board by mutual agreement and start independent activities in the field of industrial research and development in cooperation with SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT.
AUMA: Standalone solution for optimised process control at a water and wastewater treatment plant in Russia
AUMA actuators with integral PID controllers are successfully controlling dissolved oxygen concentrations in the activation basins at the water and wastewater treatment plant of the city of Podolsk, in the greater Moscow region.
Processing industry 4.0
The technical possibilities of digitalisation have great potential for the processing industry too. GEMÜ, manufacturer of valves, measurement and control systems based in Ingelfingen, Germany, is actively leading the way in this field.
SAMSON commits to UN Global Compact
German valve company SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT commits to making the ten universal principles stipulated under the Global Compact initiative established by the United Nations concerning human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption part of SAMSON’s corporate strategy, culture, and day-to-day operations.
Schroeder Valves: 36 high pressure valves for new Egyptian power station
It will be the world’s biggest gas-fired combined-cycle power plant complex: the currently built three power plants Beni Suef, Burullus and New Capital located 110km south of Cairo, Egypt.
