Hot water saving and innovation
24 Aug 2009 Plumbers and plumbing service providers know that millions of homes around Australia feature hot water reticulation systems that waste thousands of litres of water annually – because of the design of their hot water systems.

Building valves industry posts considerable decrease in first half-year
19 Aug 2009 The German building valves industry was hit by a nominal total drop in turnover of 17 per cent in the first six months of this year. That is the half-year balance of the branch organized in the VDMA Valve Manufacturers’ Association. The manufacturers of German building valves were unable to continue with the balanced results from the previous year.

X-valve stops leaks
09 Jul 2009 Methven’s long history of innovation is no better represented than by its latest product, X-Valve, a reverse thread valve that stops faucet leaks in their tracks.

Sensor-operated Sloan Lumino™
14 May 2009 The new Sloan Lumino™ sensor-operated faucet from Sloan Valve Company allows users to adjust water temperature, which is visually indicated by an illuminated color ring. Red indicates hot water; white is for tempered, or mixed, water; and blue is for cold.

Green tap technology
15 Apr 2009 John Green has spent years refining tap technology with his family-run New Zealand business Greens Tapware. The company is in the process of developing a new range of products with a particular focus on health and safety.

Technology in fire sprinkler systems
12 Feb 2009 Whether residential fire suppression systems are stand-alone or multi-purpose, the insurance industry may be the final arbiter.

Protection against product copying
12 Feb 2009 Manufacturers and trade show organizers have strategies to counter the pirating of designs and brands, but the best defence is to refuse to buy copies.

Aircraft plumbing design
10 Feb 2009 Imagine the equivalent of a large cinema crowd needing bathroom access 30,000ft in the sky. Aircraft plumbing designers are turning to distributed systems for solutions.

Constructing Beijing's olympic pool
03 Feb 2009 In preparation for the Olympic Games, a massive blue 'plastic clad' cube, which resembles a giant block of soapy bubbles, is under construction in Beijing.