Major acquisitions completed.

Two leading equipment solution providers in highly strategic Texas and Midwest regions (USA)

The acquisitions of Kodru-Mooney in October 2022, and Macaulay Controls Company in March 2023 have now been completed by United Flow Technologies.  UFT has completed nine acquisitions since its formation in July 2021.

The two acquisitions will accelerate UFT’s strategic position into the Midwest and Texas regions, add product categories to the platform and strengthen OEM partnerships. Kodru-Mooney and Macaulay are well respected for their regional expertise and solution-based customer service.

“We are very excited to partner with Kodru-Mooney and Macaulay, leaders and innovators in their markets. We believe that these outstanding companies will thrive as part of the UFT platform and be able to accelerate their long-term growth and value creation plans” commented Matt Hart, CEO of UFT.

Kodru-Mooney’s President, Matt Hillbrand stated, “Joining UFT will allow us to grow our business intelligently, provide more resources to deliver superior customer experience, and bring more opportunities for our employees.”

“I’m thrilled to announce our partnership with UFT and what that means for our customers and the entire team at Macaulay. New growth opportunities, additional employee programs, and expanded resources to deliver on our brand promise to exceed client expectations. We’re extremely proud of the company we’ve built and look forward to combining our collective resources to continue our growth and elevate our value propositions.” stated Kari Macaulay Hollway, President of Macaulay.

UFT will partner with the leadership teams to support their growth initiatives within an integrated and operationally cohesive business unit. Both executive teams and the company brands will remain to ensure the continuation of the companies’ proven success in serving their employees and customers.

@KodruEquip #PAuto #Municipal #USA #UFT

Sanitising drinking water.

A Municipal Water Treatment Plant is using Blue-White's FLEXFLO® Peristaltic Metering Pumps successfully to meter sodium hypochlorite to sanitize drinking water.

Chlorine has been used to disinfect drinking water in the USA, and in many other regions throughout the world, since the early 1900s, and it remains the most frequently used municipal water disinfectant worldwide due to its low cost and effectiveness at deactivating a wide range of pathogens. The two most common chlorine products for this application are chlorine gas (Cl₂) and sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), a.k.a. bleach. For the most part, both chlorine compositions function the same way, in that they dissolve in water to form free chlorine in the form of hypochlorous acid (HOCl) and hypochlorite ion (OCl−).

Despite this similarity, they are two very different products. Choosing which form of chlorine chemical to use is an important decision among municipal drinking water managers, and requires balancing many factors including the overall costs, safety procedures and risk management, and more.

The Challenge.
A Municipal Water Treatment Plant located in Indiana supplies drinking water to 60,000 city residents, as well as surrounding populations.

The treatment plant had been using Gas Chlorine to treat their drinking water however, for many reasons including the increased safety issues associated with using gas chlorine, transportation issues, and requirements for advanced emergency management plans to be in place, the decision was made to switch from the Gas Chlorine to less problematic Sodium Hypochlorite, liquid chlorine.

The change to Liquid Chlorine meant that the equipment being used to feed the chemical also had to be switched out. The preferred method for delivering the 12% concentration of Sodium Hypochlorite at 30PSI is Chemical Dosing / Metering Pumps.

Because sodium hypochlorite poses some of its own challenges, careful consideration was given to the type of pump to be used, Diaphragm or Peristaltic. One of those challenges is that, as the chemical begins to degrade during the treatment process it produces bubbles. Most often referred to as off-gassing. These bubbles will eventually cause diaphragm-style pumps to vapor lock and lose their prime resulting in increased maintenance, downtime, and added expense.

The Solution.

FLEXFLO® M4 metering pumps in situ

For this reason, the decision was made to install Peristaltic Metering Pumps to dose the hypochlorite. Peristaltic pumps are not affected by air bubbles, the bubbles simply move through the pump tubing, while the pump maintains a constant rate of flow with no potential for vapor lock. Because of this characteristic, Peristaltic pumps have been widely accepted as the preferred technology in many applications, including municipal drinking water.

Also taken into consideration was, other than occasional pump tube replacement, peristaltic units do not require regular maintenance. Diaphragm pumps, on the other hand, require ongoing maintenance as valves and pump heads must be regularly cleaned.

The Water Treatment Plant initially purchased a total of eight FLEXFLO® M3 and M4 Peristaltic Metering Pumps, manufactured by Blue-White® Industries. Seven of the pumps are used to meter the Sodium Hypochlorite to sanitize the drinking water. The eighth pump is used to dose Polymer into the blending system to get solids to settle at the bottom of the filters. There are a total of 11 FLEXFLO pumps now in service throughout the plant.

The Result.
The results have been outstanding. The Water Treatment Plant Manager appreciated the excellent outcome achieved with the switch to Sodium Hypochlorite and FLEXFLO Chemical Feed Pumps. In addition, they were grateful for the expert consultation and service they received from Paul Hayes at Living Waters.

FLEXFLO® Chemical Metering Pumps dependably deliver smooth and accurate chemical dosing to the system. Operators appreciate the pump’s bright, easy-to-access, and highly responsive 5-inch display screen, and the intuitive screen is as simple to work as a cell phone and features easily recognizable icons.

They have a wide 10,000:1 turndown ratio to meet a broad range of dosing requirements and are equipped with a brushless DC motor for trouble-free and energy-efficient service.

M3 remote control signal options include Pulse, 4-20mA, and as technologies advance, these metering pumps are field upgradable.

@BlueWhiteInd #Water #Automation

President for systems integrator appointed.

Hamid Sarshar has been named President of TESCO Controls, a United Flow Technologies (UFT) company. Sarshar will lead the 50-year-old company into the next strategic phase of growth and innovation within the UFT platform. Hamid Sarshar joined UFT in October 2022 as EVP of Operations focused on operational optimization efforts at TESCO.

Hamid Sarshar

“I am honored to be named President of TESCO,” said Hamid Sarsher. “TESCO has established itself as a leader in the water/wastewater systems integration space providing essential solutions to critical infrastructure, expanding its national footprint, and leading in process control design-build for large-scale projects. As President, I will be focused on our people and business processes so TESCO can deliver on its commitments to customers and stakeholders alike.” 

"I am personally thrilled Hamid has accepted the position of President of TESCO Controls and I am confident in his ability to immediately step into this leadership role at this important moment in TESCO’s history. Hamid is an exceptional leader who is respected for driving a people first culture, improving operational performance, mentoring talent, and delivering exceptional consolidated growth while upholding the highest safety standards,” commented Matt Hart, CEO for United Flow Technologies. Hamid’s extensive leadership background and industrial experience will accelerate the organizational and process improvements already underway, including expanding capacity to better serve our customers, creating efficiencies, and driving synergies between TESCO and the rest of the UFT organization.”

Sarshar has over 20 years of experience working for OEMs across multiple industries. Prior to joining UFT, Sarshar was Vice President & General Manager of Flowserve’s $550M (€524M) Global Isolation Valve business for four years. At Flowserve, Sarshar, led over 1,500 people and nine production locations worldwide growing operating income over 24%, improving on-time delivery, and establishing AGILE product development for Flowserve’s most strategic R&D projects. Prior to Flowserve, Sarshar was a senior executive with General Electric Oil & Gas, last serving as Executive Director of Offshore Engineering, where he led a team of 200 subsea drilling system engineers in 7 countries responsible for GE’s $800M ( offshore business unit. Sarshar earned his Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering degrees from the University of Washington and holds thirteen patents.

@tescocontrols #PAuto #Municipal #UFT

Serving Northeast US municipal markets.

Water and wastewater industry expertise for new northeast markets.

The representative partner of seven years of Endress+Hauser, Eastern Controls, is now the exclusive authorized sales and service provider for the municipal markets in east Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware (USA), effective Dec. 1, 2022.

“We are pleased to announce Eastern Controls is now our municipal representative for our east Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware markets,” said Shaun Beauchesne, Area Vice President (East Central Area) at Endress+Hauser. “Eastern Controls is no stranger to this market. They have a team of sales and service professionals who have been working in this market for decades. They understand this market and have a great team to support our existing and future customers.”

With years of experience and vast industry knowledge, Eastern Controls aims to continue solving customers’ challenges and meeting their instrumentation, valves, heat trace and gas detection needs to optimize processes in the water and wastewater industry and other process industries. Eastern Controls specializes in calibration and maintaining high-quality service capabilities.

“For more than 40 years, Eastern Controls has supported the Mid-Atlantic's water and wastewater industry with world-class services, instruments, gas detection, valves and actuators,” said Cliff McLaughlin, President of Eastern Controls. “Our comprehensive solutions are growing further with the expansion of our Endress+Hauser water and wastewater territory. We are extremely pleased to include Endress+Hauser's water/wastewater instrumentation and analysis portfolio with Eastern Controls' gas detection, valves, actuators, and services to provide the highest level of solutions and support.”

@Endress_US @Endress_Hauser @EasternControls #Pauto #Water #USA