WAYNE, Pa. (Dec. 2, 2013) – Longtime Fluid Sealing Association member John Hale Wheeler was born in Dallas on Aug. 11, 1927, to Harley and Elizabeth Hooks Wheeler and passed away on Nov. 27, 2013.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada (Nov. 28, 2013) – Lafert North America has been awarded WINNER in the Green Building Category of the 2014 AHR Expo Innovation Awards Competition. A panel of industry professionals, selected for their knowledge and expertise in the HVACR industry, found Lafert North America’s product to be worthy of this honor, which will be awarded January 21 – 23 at the AHR Expo.
WARSAW, Ind. (Nov. 27, 2013) – Topp Industries, Inc. announced the appointment of JJ Lang to manage its wholesale sales business across the U.S. and Canada. The creation of this new position at Topp Industries marks another investment in Topp’s effort to strengthen its relationships with its wholesale channel partners and independent sales agents domestically and abroad.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., and PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Nov. 25, 2013) – NSF International acquired Bioensaios Analysis and Environmental Consulting Laboratory Ltd., based in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It will become known as NSF Bioensaios.
ERLANGEN, Germany (Nov. 22, 2013) – Siemens Energy commissioned the Santo Domingo de los Olleros simple cycle power plant in Peru to Termochilca SAC after only 19 months of construction. Siemens erected the turnkey plant and will also continue to service the plant with a long-term service agreement. The 200 megawatt natural gas fueled power generation plant will start service in a simple cycle mode with an option for a combined cycle plant in the next phase.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Oct. 18, 2013) – WEG Electric announced investments of $345 million throughout the next five years for the expansion and increased production in both Mexico and China.
The existing manufacturing complex in Mexico will benefit from expanded production capacity as well as increased vertical integration, making it similar to WEG’s largest industrial complex in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil.
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. (Nov. 18, 2013) – Pump Solutions Group (PSG), an operating company within Dover Corporation and a provider of pumps, systems and related technologies, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Finder Pompe S.p.A. (Finder) for a purchase price of approximately $145 million, subject to normal post-closing adjustments.
ZURICH (Nov. 15, 2013) – ABB, a power and automation technology group, has won two orders in the third quarter to provide the waste heat recovery systems, each powered by a power turbine generator (PTG), for fourteen new 8,800 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container vessels.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Nov. 14, 2013) – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) applauds Sen. Tom Udall (NM) and Rep. Donna Edwards (MD) for introducing the Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2013, which will provide essential tools for communities looking at investing in advanced stormwater strategies to manage polluted runoff and protect clean water.
WESTPORT, Conn. (Nov. 12, 2013) – The winners of the prestigious 2014 AHR Expo Innovation Awards have been selected and will be honored at a special ceremony on Jan. 22 during the world’s largest HVACR exposition and conference in New York.