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RYE BROOK, N.Y. – Xylem, ABB and Siemens have been included on FORTUNE’s 2018 "Change the World" list, a ranking of 50 companies that have made a significant social impact through their core business strategy.

Xylem has been recognized for creating tangible social value through its innovative solutions that are helping to solve water challenges across the world.

DANBURY, Conn. – Tech Air, a Connecticut-based distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and related equipment and supplies, announced today that it has acquired Speed Industrial Supply (“Speed”) of Kemah, Texas. Speed is a distributor of industrial and welding supplies serving the Galveston Bay area near Houston, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tech Air is owned by CI Capital Partners and Tech Air management.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In support of President Donald J. Trump's America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 251 generated $178,069,406 in high bids for 144 tracts covering 801,288 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total of 29 companies participated in the lease sale, submitting $202,667,923 in bids.

HOUSTON – Orbital Gas Systems has been awarded an exclusive contract to provide routine maintenance, repair and calibration for a major UK natural gas transmission company (the “operator”). The two-year contract is valued at approximately £1,150,000 ($1,500,000), begins September 1 and includes a one-year extension option.