Grundfos, a pump manufacturer operating in nearly 60 countries, used one of Relation Technologies' "Mindsetter" games at one of its factories.

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He added that sewerage upgrades carried out at pumping stations in 2001 were operating at peak capacity during the storm and that a stand-by pump had also been switched on.

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