NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 29, 2014) – GE has announced the appointment of Ralph Exton to serve as 2014-2015 treasurer on the board of trustees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international organization of water quality professionals headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. He was first elected to WEF’s board of trustees in 2012.
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ERLANGEN, Germany (Sept. 25, 2014) – Panda Power Funds and Siemens Energy Inc. dedicated the Panda Temple Power Project in Temple, Texas. This is the first Flex-Plant in commercial operation in Texas. Siemens Energy supplied the natural-gas-fired combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in consortium with its partner, Bechtel.
TOKYO (Sept. 25, 2014) – Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) has formed a new manufacturing subsidiary in North America, TMEIC Power Electronics Products Corporation, to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) inverters and medium-voltage (MV) variable frequency drives in North America. Fabrication of PV inverters will commence in fall 2014, followed by MV drives in spring 2015 at the Houston, Texas-based facility.
Pumps & Systems, the leading magazine for pump users worldwide, is proud to announce the “Eliminate Misalignment and Right-Size Your Pumps” webinar, a presentation made in partnership with FluxDrive, Inc.
The live webinar will take place Nov. 6, 2014, at 1 p.m. Eastern. Registration is free at www.pumpsandsystems.com/webinars.
HOUSTON (Sept. 24, 2014) – ExxonMobil Chemical is increasing production of its high-performance hydrocarbon fluids by approximately 10 percent through expansion projects at its Singapore and Antwerp facilities. The additional capacity, designed to meet rapidly expanding global demand for hydrocarbon fluids and extend the company’s worldwide supply capability, will begin producing by mid-2015 and be complete in 2016.
IQUIQUE, Chile (Sept. 24, 2014) – The Chilean pump manufacturer Neptuno Pumps delivered five 1,700 horsepower (HP) and five 700 HP vertical turbine pumps for BHP Billiton’s Minera Escondida Oxide Leach Area Project (OLAP) in northern Chile.
MECHELEN, Belgium (24 September 2014) – Avantha Group Company CG announced a US$25 million new contract win for the design, construction and delivery of 16 mobile substations. The order was placed by the General Directorate for Transmission, Upper Euphrates Region, Ministry of Electricity in Iraq.
NEW YORK/ZURICH (Sept. 23, 2014) – ABB announced at the UN Climate Summit in New York Sept. 23 that it is joining the United Nations Environment Programme’s global action on improving appliance and equipment efficiency. The company will provide expertise on energy-efficient motors and transformers to help governments devise policies that accelerate energy savings.
GERMANTOWN, Wis. (Sept. 23, 2014) – WAGO recognizes Jesse Cox with promotion to the position of field applications engineer for the Pacific Northwest region.
Cox has served as WAGO's regional sales manager for Oregon, Washington and Idaho since 2012.
WASHINGTON (Sept. 23, 2014) – The Atlantic Council named David Goldwyn, one of the most experienced energy experts and diplomats in the U.S., as the chairman of its new Energy Advisory Group.