PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Nov. 12, 2015) – Encouraging participation from qualified academics, industry consultants and end users was the driving force behind this new initiative to recruit individual experts to work alongside Hydraulic Institute (HI) members in developing technical materials for the pump industry. “This was an easy decision for our board,” said board chairman and Hydro CEO, George Harris.
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BUDAPEST (Nov. 10, 2015) – MOL signed an agreement with Eni International B.V. for the acquisition of the entire share capital of Eni Slovenia doo, a company managing 17 Agip branded service stations in Slovenia.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (Nov. 10, 2015) – Standard Alloys Inc., a KSB company, has expanded its pump engineering facilities with the opening of a new 15,000-square-foot workshop in Deer Park, Texas. The new plant is strategically located near the Houston ship channel to add further capacity to Standard Alloys already established repair centers located in Vidor and Port Arthur, Texas and Port Allen, Louisiana.
RYE BROOK, NY (Nov. 10, 2015) – Xylem Inc. has acquired HYPACK, Inc. for approximately $18 million.
HOUSTON, Texas (Nov. 9, 2015) – CURFLO has moved into a new facility in Houston, Texas, which will serve as their worldwide headquarters.
From their new 32,000 square-foot facility, CURFLO will manufacture ANSI G-Line and D-Line Series pumps as well as the following Centrifugal Mud Pumps: 118-Series (10-1600 GPM), 250-Series (50 -4000 GPM), and XL-Series (1000-5200 GPM). Full service and repair of all makes and models of pumps is also available.
HOUSTON (Nov. 4, 2015) — Hilco Industrial announces it will hold a public online auction of the oilfield and oil well support assets of HII Technologies, Inc. HII, with operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio and West Virginia, provided equipment and services to oil exploration and production companies operating horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing sites in the United States.
WASHINGTON (Nov. 5, 2015) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $4 million to four institutions to conduct research and combat the effects of drought and extreme events on water quality in watersheds and at drinking water utilities.
FORT SMITH, Ark. (Nov. 4, 2015) – Baldor Electric Company has promoted Ryan Fitts to director of quality. In this role, he will be responsible for leading and directing Baldor's Corporate Quality program with a focus on addressing customer concerns, particularly around lead times, on-time delivery and root causes of product quality issues.
UXBRIDGE, Mass. (Nov. 4, 2015) – Lenze has appointed Mark Collins to director of engineering for Lenze Americas.
Collins has worked with Lenze for more than 25 years. Most recently, he served as manager of power electronics. In his new role, Collins leads the engineering department in supporting global inverter sales growth through product adaptation for the Americas’ marketplace, sustaining engineering and manufacturing support.
(November 3, 2015) – SFA Soft has launched two smartphone apps, titled Electric Calcs and Pump Calcs. Both of these apps, which are now available for both Apple (App Store) and Android (Google Play) devices, can be downloaded for free. The free versions allow access to the basic “Lite” technical calculators. There is, however, a one-time cost of 99 cents for Electric Calcs and $1.99 for Pump Calcs to remove ads and enable the use of the more advanced “Pro” technical calculators.