V.G. Sakthikumar, MD, Schwing Stetter Sales & Services, with the new sludge pump

Schwing Stetter India, one of the leading concrete equipment manufacturing companies in India has announced Its entrance into the Industrial Equipment Segment with the launch an exclusive range of the Sludge pumps and muck pumps. This product was launched at IFAT 2015, India's Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Refuse and Recycling.

The market for sustainable technologies in water as well as waste water treatment is driven by new opportunities arising due to the global economic meltdown. Sludge pumps is also highly useful to the mineral, petrochemical, food processing and thermal power industries.

This product will be highly beneficial to our country, where drainage water can be filtered into a sludge that is converted to bio organizers - fit for direct consumption.

Speaking on the occasion, Anand Sundaresan, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Schwing Stetter India said, "Schwing Group has had this sludge pump system for transport and storage of high viscose sludges and material with high solid content for a long time. These pumps are used worldwide in waste water treatment plants, waste recycling, mining, refining, power plants and in the chemical industry.

"With Government initiative in the Swach Bharat campaign, we are sure that such products will find huge applications in cleaning and disposal of sludge and waste in many industries. IFAT expo 2015 has provided the right platform for the introduction and launch of these products in Indian market."

V.G. Sakthikumar, Managing Director, SCHWING Stetter Sales & Services Pvt. Ltd said, "At Schwing Stetter, we are looking to broaden our horizons by entering newer segments. The industrial equipment business is exciting and the Schwing sludge pumps will be used for handling dewatered municipal sludge, flyash in thermal plant and sludges in mineral processing and dredging muck."