LAFAYETTE, La. (Sept. 26, 2013) – Frank’s International N.V. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new operations facility, located at 708 Beau Pre Road in Lafayette. The 175,000-square-foot facility will consist of a combination of shop, warehouse and office space to house the company’s operational departments and approximately 200 employees. Construction is planned to be completed by October 2014.
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OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (Sept. 27, 2013) – The 2013 FISA Annual Conference was recently held in Savannah, Ga. FISA brings together independent distributors and manufacturers serving high purity and sanitary processing industries in food, beverage, personal care, pharmaceutical and Bio-pharm. At the conference, FISA featured a seminar from Allen Sayler, managing partner for the Center for Food Safety and Regulatory Solutions (CFSRS).
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 30, 2013) – An impressive lineup of high profile national and international speakers have been confirmed to headline some of the most highly anticipated events of WEFTEC 2013. The Water Environment Federation’s 86th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference will be held Oct. 5-9, 2013 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Sept. 27, 2013) — Xylem Inc. won a contract worth RMB 11.48 million (U.S. $1.87 million) to provide an ozone generation and introduction system to help ensure a safe municipal water supply in the Jinshan district of Shanghai.
KYOTO, Japan (Sept. 25, 2013) – Nidec Corporation today announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Nidec Sankyo Corporation ("Nidec Sankyo"), has agreed to purchase all of the shares of common stock of Mitsubishi Materials C.M.I. Corporation ("CMI") from Mitsubishi Materials Corporation ("Mitsubishi Materials") (the "Transaction"). Nidec Sankyo and Mitsubishi Materials have entered into a basic agreement in connection with the Transaction as of September 26, 2013.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 26, 2013) – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced the winners of the 2013 StormTV Project Competition. The awards will be presented, along with a screening of the winning videos, in the Stormwater Pavilion during WEFTEC 2013—WEF’s 86th Annual Technical Exhibition & Conference in Chicago.
HOUSTON (Sept. 24, 2013) – Invensys has acquired InduSoft. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, and founded in 1997, InduSoft has delivered more than 250,000 HMI software licenses to more than 700 customers worldwide, primarily industrial computer manufacturers and machine and system builders, who embed InduSoft’s software into their products.
WASHINGTON (Sept. 24, 2013) – The global energy industry must play a greater role in the transition to sustainable energy systems if United Nations development goals are to be met, warns a report launched by the World Energy Council (WEC).
The potential for billions of people benefiting from sustainable energy systems in future decades hangs in the balance without increased private sector support, it says.
STAFFORD, Texas (Sept. 24, 2013) – COOPER Valves has added Chris Huntsman to its management team as operations manager. Huntsman has been added to the management team to guide COOPER through its rapid growth path and develop cost-effective manufacturing processes.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Sept. 23, 2013) – Harrington Industrial Plastics announced the opening of a branch location in Anchorage, Alaska. For more than 30 years, Harrington has supported the Alaska market out of its Seattle location. Seattle Branch Manager, Ken Lang, has been overseeing the setup of the Alaska branch and has facilitated its successful opening.