Lübeck, Germany (June 8, 2016) -- Since February 2016, a provider of metal-based additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, has a new branch in Moscow, Russia. On Feb. 11, 100 business partners attended when SLM Solutions opened the new branch during a festive event.
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PORT ALLEN, Louisiana (June 7, 2016)—CORTEC, a manufacturer of API compact ball valves and manifolds, has expanded its CORTEC Manifold Systems (CMS) Lafayette manufacturing facility and relocated to new premises in Port Allen, Louisiana.
HUDSON, Mass. (June 6, 201) – SignalFire Wireless Telemetry has contracted four new manufacturer representatives to expand the brand of its wireless remote monitoring and control systems beyond the oil and gas industry to an array of new markets including chemical processing, refineries, downstream oil and gas, power generation, as well as food and beverage. The representative organizations were chosen based on their product expertise and client relationships in key territories
MADISON, Wisconsin (June 1, 2016)—Weir Minerals announced the appointment of Kimball Equipment Company as its dealer in the aggregates market for Utah, Nevada and Arizona. Kimball Equipment Company has offices in Salt Lake City, Utah; Las Vegas and Sparks, Nevada; and Phoenix, Arizona.
FORT SMITH, Arkansas (June 3, 2016)—Baldor Electric Company’s gearbox manufacturing plant located in Belton, South Carolina, recently completed 18 years without a lost-time accident, and the employees have worked one year without any recordable accidents. Recently the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation recognized the facility as a 2016 Palmetto Shining Star recipient for achieving 1 million or more safe work hours without a lost-time injury.
DELFT, The Netherlands (June 3, 2016)—The University of Manchester has received planning permission from Manchester City Council to create a £350 million ($507.7 million) engineering campus designed by Dutch architecture practice Mecanoo. The new engineering campus will be a Manchester landmark, celebrating engineering within the world’s first modern city.
MUNICH, Germany (June 2, 2016)—Team KSB-USA was awarded the gold medal in Munich, Germany, as the overall winner of the third Open German Championship in Wastewater Technology as part of IFAT 2016. The all-star Operations Challenge team competed against 36 teams from six countries as part of the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management, which runs from May 30 to June 3.
CALDWELL, Idaho (June 2, 2016)—Xylem has secured a contract worth $1.9 million from the City of Caldwell in Idaho to add an advanced wastewater filtration system to the city’s existing wastewater treatment facility. The inclusion of tertiary filtration technology will enhance the treatment of wastewater effluent being discharged into the Boise River by removing suspended solids and ensuring that the facility can meet stricter regulations.
AUSTIN, Texas (June 1, 2016)—The Texas Water Development Board approved financial assistance totaling $14,815,433 for a new wastewater treatment plant and a reclaimed water system. Of this funding, $2,045,000 was designated for a rural water project.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, California (May 31, 2016)—The American Water Works Association’s California-Nevada Section announced the launch of its Water Loss Technical Assistance Program, a $3.2 million program that will run approximately two years to train and assist California’s urban water agencies to produce validated system water audits.