Eileen O’Neill, Executive Director of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), has issued this statement:
“Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by Hurricane Harvey, including the water professionals responding to the devastating flooding.
It is during tremendous challenges like this that we see the incredibly tight-knit nature of the water community. WEF’s members are expressing concern and offering support for colleagues in Texas, Louisiana and throughout the Gulf Coast.
Schneider Electric has announced it has been selected to provide comprehensive process automation systems, solutions and services to Dangote Oil Refinery Ltd., a subsidiary of business conglomerate Dangote Group, to drive supply chain and operational efficiency, reliability and profitability for the Group’s greenfield refinery in Lagos, Nigeria.
According to the World Resources Institute, Bahrain is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world and will continue to be through at least 2040. To save as much water as possible in the production of oil and eliminate the need to deliver water via tanker truck, the Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (Bapco) is using GE's advanced mobile water technology to convert seawater into usable, highly pure source water at the Awali refinery.
Helwig Carbon Products, Inc. recently announced several strategic changes in their organization. “The industrial marketplace and the electric motor and generator markets are rapidly changing. Helwig Carbon Products embraces the opportunities and challenges of this environment and has made organizational adjustments that will move us forward in a dynamic way”, said Helwig Carbon Products President Mark Umhoefer.
The 30th annual Inpro/Seal VIP Charity Golf Tournament raised a record $23,066 for Aspire, a non-profit recognized throughout the Midwest as a leader in providing bold, pioneering and uncompromising services to children and adults with developmental disabilities. This year’s donation is $3,000 more than last year’s record donation.
Graphite Metallizing Corporation, the manufacturer of self-lubricating Graphalloy bushing materials for pumps and process equipment, has appointed Andrew Ondish as territory sales manager for New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Eastern New York.
The Bilco Company, a subsidiary of AmesburyTruth, has announced that Michael Toohey has been named general manager of the company. Toohey will now oversee all sales and marketing, operations and engineering for Bilco’s architectural and residential products.
Danos announces the promotion of Clay Carter as coatings operations manager, a position with responsibility for all day-to-day activities of the company’s coatings service line. The appointment follows Carter’s successful tenure as acting coatings operations manager since 2016.
At World Water Week 2017 in Stockholm, Xylem will lead and participate in forums focused on accelerating the smarter management of water and wastewater. Taking place from August 27- September 1, World Water Week will center on the theme of “Water and Waste: Reduce and Reuse” and be attended by professionals from some 300 businesses, agencies and non-governmental organizations.
Pentair announced the five winners of its annual Pro Dealer Scholarship. The recipients each receive $2,000 for use in undergraduate education.
