The Hydraulic Institute (HI) and Empowering Pumps have signed into a new training partner relationship for the purpose of promoting and increasing the utilization of HI/PSM education and training programs throughout 2014. This joint and exclusive agreement will create a higher awareness and more of a demand for many of the leading educational programs offered by the Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter, which serves many industrial areas that utilize diverse pumping technologies.

The agreement creates a true partnership between Hydraulic Institute and Empowering Pumps to jointly promote and market technology driven e-learning courses, webinar programs, and customized educational programs, including the nationally recognized Pump Systems Optimization one-day course. In this joint partnership, the Hydraulic Institute will be providing technical, editorial articles to further explain the benefits relating to pump systems optimization and energy efficiency, to improve bottom-line savings to end users in all industrial markets.

Robert Asdal, Executive Director, Hydraulic Institute is enthusiastic about the opportunity to partner with Empowering Pumps stating that, “Empowering Pumps is a well-known and respected editorial source to the pump industry. With HI’s intellectual property in engineering standards and Empowering Pumps’ growing media presence in the marketplace, this partnership makes perfect sense”.

This agreement is the first joint partnership between an industrial trade association and a media organization in bringing a value-adding resource to members companies, engineering consulting firms, distributors, government organizations and pump users by expanding knowledge and providing specialized education and engineering tools for effective application, testing, installation, operation, maintenance and improving performance in pumps and pumping systems.

Charli Matthews, President and Publisher of Empowering Pumps states, “Our mission from the beginning at Empowering Pumps was to bring the latest information and technology to the pumping industries, and help our readers understand how to maximize products and services to grow the industry across the globe. With this new joint relationship with Hydraulic Institute and our various digital media channels, we can now bring more knowledge in education and training by utilizing our extensive coverage and readership along with Hydraulic Institute within the markets that we both serve.”

For more information about or to register for HI/PSM webinars and educational training courses, visit www.PumpSystemsMatter.org.

About the Hydraulic Institute: The mission of the Hydraulic Institute is to be a value-adding resource to member companies, engineering consulting firms, and pump users worldwide by developing and delivering comprehensive industry standards, expanding knowledge by providing education and tools for the effective application, testing, installation, operation, maintenance, and performance optimization of pumps and pumping systems, and by serving as a forum for the exchange of industry information. For more information on the Hydraulic Institute, its member companies and its Standards Partners, visit www.Pumps.org

Pump Systems Matter is a non-profit educational organization established by the Hydraulic Institute, and leading utilities and energy efficiency organizations, to educate the industry on the benefits to pump systems optimization and energy efficiency to improve bottom-line savings of end-user companies. For information and registration details on educational offerings visit the Pump Systems Matter website at www.PumpSystemsMatter.org

Empowering Pumps is the information and connection hub for the global pump industry. Our vision is to build a digital community through websites, eNewsletters, and social media channels that allows pump industry professionals to exchange ideas, news stories, product information, case studies, videos, event information and more. For more information, visit  www.empoweringpumps.com.