KONTICH, BELGIUM (Feb. 18, 2016) – Saint-Gobain Seals has opened a new large diameter seal production facility at its Kontich, Belgium site in order to further improve quality and reduce lead-times significantly for large diameter, polymer OmniSeal seals. With this new production facility, Saint-Gobain Seals aims to strengthen the service to the Energy sector for applications such as FPSO turret swivels, large engineered valves, wind turbines, compressors and turbines.
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ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands (Feb. 16, 2016) – Pentair will present its latest innovations and integrated solutions to help address wastewater management challenges at the 18th African Water Association (AfWA) International Congress & Exhibition in Nairobi, Kenya February 22 – 25, 2016. The theme of this year’s congress is “sustainable access to water and sanitation in Africa.”
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (Feb. 11, 2016) – Grundfos Pumps Corporation has appointed Nathan Olds as the vice president of Domestic Building Services (DBS) Trade for the United States. In this role, Olds will manage wholesale distribution for the company’s heating and plumbing products. He will report to the DBS executive vice president, Terry Teach.
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (Feb. 10, 2016) – PSG has appointed Steve Basclain to business development manager for PSG Ebsray. In this role, Basclain will help drive new business opportunities for the Ebsray brand and support the PSG Sales teams globally while directing the functional areas of applications engineering, customer care, contracts, product management and aftermarket. He will report directly to John Cosgrove, general manager for PSG Ebsray.
(Feb. 5, 2016) – Danfoss is accepting entries for its seventh annual EnVisioneer of the Year award competition.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (Feb. 9, 2016) – CLARCOR Industrial Air has announced its acquisition of the assets of TDC Filter from Midwesco Filter Resources Inc (MFRI). TDC Filter manufactures gas turbine filtration products and systems. TDC Filter has a wide range of air filter solutions for both the power generation market and many other industrial applications.
GROVELAND, Mass. (Feb. 9, 2016) – The A.W. Chesterton Company has announced that its new, extensive expansion project at its North American headquarters in the Groveland, Massachusetts facility will officially open its doors May 5, 2016.
LOS ANGELES and DALLAS (Feb. 9, 2016) – OriginClear Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Progressive Water Treatment Inc. (PWT), was awarded a key contract, valued at about $700,000, for upgrading and expanding a large boiler feedwater treatment system at a power plant in the Northeast. In the upgrade, a modern ultrafiltration pretreatment system will feed both an existing and an expanded reverse osmosis system.
CENTER HARBOR, N.H. (Feb. 9, 2016) – Smartware Group, Inc. and Technology Evaluation Centers, Inc. (TEC) has released the results of a comprehensive survey of U.S. manufacturers and their usage of computerized maintenance and management system (CMMS) and enterprise asset management (EAM) software. According to the survey, 34 percent of respondents stated they aren’t capturing operational asset data at all.
(Feb. 8, 2016) – Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López has released plans to spend an additional $23 million this year to support water reuse and efficiency, including $9 million for the Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program, $9 million for WaterSMART Grants and $5 million to support water recycling as part of California’s Central Valley Project. Reclamation also plans to invest $2 million in research and development.