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HOUSTON, Texas - Cook Compression, Inpro/Seal, Waukesha Bearings and Bearings Plus have formed the newly named Dover Precision Components operating company. As the umbrella for these key brands, Dover Precision Components is an integrated provider of performance-critical solutions for rotating and reciprocating machinery and features a diverse portfolio of products and services.

ANDERSON, Calif. – Schneider Electric today announced it will pursue a $2.7 million grant from the California State Water Resources Control Board to help fund an infrastructure improvement project at the city of Anderson’s Water Pollution Control Plant. When approved, the proposed project will improve energy efficiency in the plant’s aeration process and add a solar array that will make the plant a net zero energy facility.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - At the 2018 edition of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, SUEZ CEO Jean-Louis Chaussade, and Rosneft vice-president Andrey Shishkin strengthened their working relationship with the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement (SCA). The agreement will further technology development and implementation of water, wastewater and waste programs at Rosneft refinery and petrochemical sites.

MARIETTA, Ga. - Unibloc-Pump, Inc. announced that it has acquired a company in Germany, R&H GmbH. The new company will be named UNIBLOC-PUMP R&H GmbH. The company now has two locations in Europe with its world headquarters in Marietta, Georgia.

With Unibloc-Pump, as a US pump manufacturer, and its Swedish sister company, Unibloc Pump AB, the combined merger will give it a strong presence in Europe for road tanker pumps.

HOUSTON, TX and OSLO, Norway — Arundo Analytics, a software company enabling advanced analytics in heavy industry, today announced that it is providing Arundo Enterprise analytics software on the Veracity platform. This enables owners and operators of vessels and floating installations to deploy and manage enterprise-scale machine learning applications and integrate advanced analytics into business decision systems and processes.

IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil and its employees are donating $49.8 million to almost 840 institutions of higher education across the country as part of the ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2017 Educational Matching Gift Program.

ExxonMobil employees, retirees, directors and surviving spouses contributed $16.9 million, which was matched with $32.9 million in unrestricted grants from the ExxonMobil Foundation.