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15.07.2019 (2644 Clicks)

90 Years of Pleuger: Hamburg pump manufacturer briefly looks back

• German developer of submersible motor pump celebrates 90-year success story
• Medium-sized company structure promotes innovative spirit
• Pump technologies and ship drives from Hamburg in industrial use worldwide

Pleuger Industries, the Hamburg specialist for submersible motor pumps, turns 90. Pleuger's recent repositioning as an independent mechanical engineering company and its continuing expansion provide Pleuger's long-standing workforce with plenty of reasons to celebrate: at the end of June, the Pleuger family celebrates a success story with its new private equity partner, which began in the Golden Twenties of Berlin and is currently being continued at the company's headquarters in Hamburg-Wandsbek. To this day, Pleuger Industries manufactures its submersible motor pumps, plunger pumps and thrusters in Germany. The local product depth of the company is unique and proves that the label 'Made in Germany' maintains a worldwide quality status.

What do Tesafilm, Hansaplast and Pleuger have in common? Over decades, the Hamburg brands developed into general generic terms that are seen as synonyms for entire product categories. When we talk about the Pleuger pump, we mean water-filled motors with multi-stage pumps in today's sense, which are used, among other things, as deep well, cavern and pumping station pumps. Renowned customers in the mining industry such as the Chilean Collahuasi copper mine in the Atacama Desert rely on the original from Hamburg. Whether for pumping industrial process water, separating solids or dewatering open pit mines - Pleuger pumps are regarded as fail-safe machines with low maintenance requirements. For example, the municipal administration of the French metropolis of Montpellier relies on specially developed deep well pumps from the Hamburg pump manufacturer to supply drinking water to 400,000 citizens. The most prominent of all Pleuger pumps is installed in Hamburg's landmark, the Alster Fountain. With a capacity of 216,000 liters per hour, Pleuger's 8-inch underwater motor pump has been pumping water to a height of over 60 meters since 1983. For more than two decades, its improved energy efficiency has helped them operate both economically and ecologically.

The patent on which Pleuger's modern Submersible Pump Units are still based dates back to 1929. Friedrich Wilhelm Pleuger, an engineer from Bonn on the Rhine, developed the glandless motor. This was a groundbreaking alternative to the conventional borehole shaft pumps and piston pumps. For the first time, the water-filled engine made it possible to pump water from great depths and particularly narrow wells. The most important novelty was a liquid-proof, wet insulation of the stator winding, which enabled the motor to be coupled vertically in the intake area below the pump. The patent on the glandless pump formed the basis for Pleuger's later success. First used in the construction of the Berlin subway in the prosperous 1920s, the submersible motor pump helped to bring the Hamburg company to worldwide success by the end of the 1970s. Since then, pumps from Wandsbek have been used for municipal water supply, flood protection, mining, offshore wind farms and oil rigs. Thousands of ships and platforms worldwide are equipped with Pleuger technologies in the form of pumps or ship maneuvering systems.

Pleuger was recently part of the American Flowserve Group, but Flacks Group, a private equity company, bought Pleuger out of the US parent company in 2018. Since then, management of the traditional German company has been operating from its attractive headquarters in the heart of Hamburg's Wandsbek district. Pumps and pump motors are still manufactured there today, from the planning sketch to the last screw. Such a depth of production is atypical for the Hanseatic city and underwater motor pumps 'Made in Germany' continue to be in great demand. The demand for modern pump solutions in US industries created a need for us to set up a subsidiary in the USA. Pleuger owes this success to its employees, whose loyalty to the company keeps the expertise within the company.

About Pleuger Industries

Pleuger Industries GmbH is an international quality supplier of submersible motor pumps, thrusters and plunger pumps with headquarters in Hamburg and Orléans. Since its takeover by the private equity company Flacks Group in 2018, Pleuger has been operating independently. Its products are used worldwide in the energy industry, in mining, on the water market and in the oil & gas industry and are characterized by absolute reliability and outstanding longevity. Due to its high manufacturing depth and many years of engineering expertise from Germany, Pleuger offers customized solutions for practically every industrial application. A worldwide network of distributors and service contractors ensures a precise after-sales service and ensures fast customer contact around the globe. Pleuger Industries GmbH is certified according to ISO 9001 and has several quality assurance systems. The products are continuously tested and further developed according to the latest procedures. At its German location, Pleuger can look back on a 90-year tradition in the manufacture of industrial submersible motor pump aggregates.

Source: PLEUGER Industries GmbH

                     

15.07.2019 (2586 Clicks)

AIMS 2019 Conference fostered international exchange on “Mines of the Future” in Aachen

The Second International Conference “Mines of the Future” took place in Aachen in June 2019. Due to the great interest in the topic „Mines of the Future“, Professor Bernd Lottermoser, conference chair of the renowned AIMS conference series, deepened the theme.

15.07.2019 (8625 Clicks)

Increased concrete performance with Sika's Reinforcing Fibers

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10.07.2019 (2482 Clicks)

Skanska to construct new Entrance to Pennsylvania Station in New York City, USA

Skanska has signed a contract with Vornado Realty Trust to construct an additional entrance to New York City’s historic Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station). This contract is worth USD 119 M, about SEK 1.1 billion, which will be included in US order bookings for the second quarter of 2019.

10.07.2019 (2357 Clicks)

Vale informs on the Decision of the Minas Gerais State Court

Vale informs on the decision by the Lower Public Treasury Court of Belo Horizonte (6ª Vara de Fazenda Pública e Autarquias de Belo Horizonte), on July 9th, 2019, within the scope of the lawsuits 5010709-36.2019.8.13.0024 and 5026408-67.2019.8.13.0024 proposed by the State of Minas Gerais and the lawsuits 5044954-73.2019.8.13.0024 and 5087481-40.2019.8.13.0024 proposed by the State Public Prosecutors of Minas Gerais, which declared Vale responsible for reparation of damages caused by the breach of the tailing dam in Córrego do Feijão, in extension and form to be subsequently defined.

10.07.2019 (2814 Clicks)

Kent von Maubeuge honored with Top Annual Award from ASTM International Geosynthetics Committee

ASTM International’s committee on geosynthetics (D35) presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Kent P. von Maubeuge, director of corporate identity and corporate communication and senior product manager with Naue GmbH & Co. KG in Espelkamp, Germany. The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for individual contributions to developing standards.

10.07.2019 (2404 Clicks)

Statement from QRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane on Mine Fatality

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) is deeply saddened by the death of a worker at the Baralaba mine and the injury of a miner in a separate incident at Collinsville.

06.07.2019 (3266 Clicks)

Fugro to support Climate Change Research in the Caribbean with coastal Mapping Data using RAMMS Technology

Fugro is embarking on a coastal mapping project in Jamaica and Haiti to support The Investment Plan for the Caribbean Regional Track of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience.

06.07.2019 (3059 Clicks)

Milan M4 Metro Line: TBM Arrival at Solari Station completes Excavation of one Tunnel on western End

A new milestone has been reached on the M4, the metro line being built in Milan by a consortium led to Salini Impregilo. The arrival of the first tunnel-boring machine (TBM) at the future site of Solari Station marks the end of the excavation work and laying of precast concrete segments in one of two parallel tunnels on the western end of the line.

06.07.2019 (3382 Clicks)

DMT joins German Water Partnership (GWP) Network

German Water Partnership e. V. is a network in which around 350 private and public companies from the water sector, as well as related professional associations, scientific and research institutions and businesses have joined together.