INDIANAPOLIS (June 20, 2013) – Grundfos executives welcomed representatives from the offices of Governor Mike Pence, Congressman André Carson, Mayor Greg Ballard and other elected and community leaders in celebrating the 40th anniversary of Grundfos’ presence in the U.S., as well as the 90th anniversary of its Peerless Pump brand. The ceremony included the official opening and ribbon-cutting of the company’s new welcome and customer center.
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EXTON, Pa. (June 28, 2013) – NETZSCH announced the signing of TSC-Jacobs, Inc., as their distributor in Southern Florida and TSC-Jacobs North in Northern Florida to service the municipal marketplace in this region.
ATLANTA (July 8, 2013) – Electrical Machinery Company, part of the WEG Group has built and serviced motors and turbo generators for more than 120 years. One of the earliest examples still operating is located in Putnam, Conn., and was built in 1919. This 335KVA unit has been rewound a few times in its long life but has the original lamination stack and original rotor poles.
ELMHURST, Ill. (July 9, 2013) – Val-Matic acquired a 60,000-square-foot building in Addison, Ill. This will be its second facility and will provide the company with a total of 177,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space. The new facility will be used for their largest valves and new industrial Trunnion Ball and Triple Offset Butterfly Valves. It will also be used for the Engineering Research and Development personnel and the Engineering Laboratory and Flow Loop.
HOUSTON (July 9, 2013) – Toshiba International Corporation (TIC) recently completed an expansion of its control plant located in Houston. The expansion provides an additional 107,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space and is scheduled to commence production in the new space by fall 2013.
PORT ORANGE, Fla. (July 9, 2013) – Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co., Inc., headquartered in Port Orange, Fla., announces the recent move of their southern Mississippi branch from Pass Christian to a larger facility at 9257 West Oaklawn Rd. in Biloxi.
GROVETOWN, Ga. (July 9, 2013) – GIW Industries announced the application of its hard-wearing double-wall pumps in Lianyungang, China. This project marks GIW's first collaboration with the Lianyungang Harbor Bureau, which has launched a new dredging vessel to perform much-needed maintenance and new work in the Lianyungang Harbor.
CHICAGO (July 9, 2013) – GE has been selected by ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation and the electric utility serving Northern Illinois, to deliver approximately 4 million smart meters from 2013 to 2021 in a deal worth more than $200 million (U.S.). The smart meters will allow ComEd’s customers to better manage their energy usage and help ComEd more quickly detect and restore power outages.
NEW BERLIN, Wis. (July 8, 2013) – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently launched a program aimed at increasing the number of employers offering electric vehicle charging for employees at their workplaces. This program asks partners to make a pledge to assess employee demand and implement charging infrastructure where it makes sense for partners and employees.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (June 27, 2013) – Accelerated Companies, LLC, a portfolio company of White Deer Energy L.P., acquired DynaFlo Artificial Lift Systems and Five Star Equipment, LLC. DynaFlo and Five Star are Oklahoma-based providers of electric submersible pumps (“ESPs”) and related services to the oil and gas industry.