Empowering Pumps Maintenance & Reliability Summit

Posted on June 2, 2025

Hydro was proud to participate in this year’s Empowering Pumps‘ virtual Maintenance & Reliability Summit. This year’s summit brought together industry experts for a powerful conversation about today’s maintenance challenges.

The summit featured prominent voices including Hydro’s Greg Bell, who strives to be a solutions provider while bringing the end user perspective to the aftermarket business through his years of experience at Gulf/Chevron.

The discussion, led by Empowering Pumps & Equipment President, Vince Marino, revealed critical challenges that maintenance organizations face across industries, particularly the widespread issue of understaffed crews and the loss of experienced personnel. Participants explored how legacy equipment, built decades ago, continues to operate under conditions far different from their original design parameters, requiring innovative engineering solutions rather than simple replacements. They also shared compelling examples of how proper application knowledge and proactive maintenance cultures can prevent costly downtime and extend equipment life.

You can watch this year’s summit here:

Learn more about Empowering Pumps and Equipment here.

Read more about Hydro’s case studies in performance and reliability improvement on our blog.

Empowering Pumps Sustainability Summit

Posted on February 18, 2025

Hydro was proud to participate in this year’s Empowering Pumps virtual Sustainability Summit. This year’s summit explored the vital intersection of environmental responsibility and industrial innovation in the pump and equipment industry.

The summit featured prominent voices including Hydro’s Dr. Gary Dyson, who champions innovative pump design and modification. Gary was joined by Tomas Dobrovolskis of Hidrostal North America, recognized for groundbreaking sustainable equipment solutions and Todd Bush of Decarbonfuse, a leader in industrial decarbonization strategies.

The discussion, led by Empowering Pumps & Equipment President, Vince Marino, shared perspectives on a more sustainable future in industrial operations, highlighting how companies are transforming their approaches to sustainability through cutting-edge product design, sophisticated manufacturing processes, and purposeful operational improvements.

You can watch this year’s summit here:

Learn more about Empowering Pumps and Equipment here.

Read more about Hydro’s commitment to sustainability and how we help end users achieve energy savings through Hydro Energy Edge.

Reliability Summit- Evans Hydro (Los Angeles)

Join us at Evans Hydro’s Reliability Summit to network and collaborate with real people for real solutions.

This 1-day event will focus on reliability improvements and innovative technology, featuring insights from subject matter experts and industrial end users.

Empowering Pumps Maintenance & Reliability Summit

Join Hydro’s Bob Jennings for Empowering Pumps‘ Maintenance and Reliability Summit. Bob will be speaking at 11am CDT on Winning the Trifecta of Efficiency, Reliability, & Sustainability.

This presentation focuses on the technological advancements that have been made in recent years regarding data capturing, impeller redesign, impeller casting, CNC manufacturing (i.e., 5-axis milling), and acceptance testing.

It showcases the fact that technology is advancing so rapidly that processes that we used 5-10 years ago have become obsolete. Remedies which were cost prohibitive 10 years ago can now be readily and economically achieved. The pump repair industry has moved from product-based processes remedies to solution-based processes.

Combined, these result in meaningful energy reduction, improved equipment reliability and sustainability, while assisting the end user improve ESG scores through quantifiable reporting.

Empowering Pumps Maintenance & Reliability Summit

Join Hydro’s Marlin Schulz for Empowering Pumps‘ Maintenance and Reliability Summit. Marlin will be speaking at 10am CDT on the evolution of the service industry into the fourth industrial revolution.

Today’s rotating equipment service market is flooded with new and innovative solutions that influence reliability and maintenance strategies. With all the options, choosing the best fit is overwhelming and the cost associated with the wrong choice can be high. In this session, Marlin will discuss the evolving service industry and its impact on reliability and maintenance practices. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the integration of services as our industry moves through to Industry 4.0, and what talking points and discussions should be happening within their organizations that can help take the next steps toward improved reliability and maintenance practices. Both end users and service providers will benefit from a better understanding of the many leverage points in the reliability and maintenance system and what role they play.