HOUSTON (May 22, 2013) – National Oilwell Varco (NOV) completed the acquisition of Robbins & Myers on February 20, 2013. “Robbins & Myers has an excellent reputation in the industries it serves, and the merger of these two companies will provide us with an incredible opportunity to expand the products and services offered to our customers,” said Pete Miller, Chairman and CEO of National Oilwell Varco.
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HOUSTON (May 22, 2013 ) – Toshiba International Corporation (TIC) has announced that a binding agreement is in place to acquire all assets and intellectual property from Elettra Technology Inc. (ETI), a manufacturer of custom electrical industrial motors based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
OLATHE, Kan. (April 11, 2013) – Hyflux and Grundfos enter strategic partnership for the development of STANDARDIZED UF membrane-based sub-systems for industrial use
WINTERTHUR, Switzerland (May 7, 2013) – At the end of April, Sulzer Metco celebrated the opening of its new 12,000 m² plant in Anting, the automotive hub in the north of Shanghai. This new facility supports Sulzer Metco to serve its continuously growing customer base in China more efficiently.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (May 10, 2013) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI), under the approval of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is seeking qualified individuals to participate in the review process of a new standard entitled Rotary Condition Monitoring.
Power plants around the world will pay more than $41 billion this year for new gas turbines and just under $81 billion to maintain the existing fleet of more than 23,000 turbines. This is the conclusion reached in the McIlvaine Utility Tracking System published by the McIlvaine Company.
CHICAGO (May 15, 2013) – The market for chemicals used to treat water and wastewater will rise to just under $30 billion per year throughout the next five years. This is the prediction just incorporated in the McIlvaine report Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market.
PARIS (May 2, 2013) – GE's Power Conversion business will help India face its ever increasing electricity demand through the use of its highly efficient variable-speed drive technology, which offers greater output control, for THDC India Ltd.’s (Tehri Hydro Development Corporation), 1,000 Megawatt (MW) pumped-storage hydro power plant. The new facility is located on the Bhagirathi River in the state of Uttarakhand.
PARIS (May 2, 2013) – GE’s Power Conversion business has signed a multi-million dollar contract with shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Ulsan, South Korea. GE will supply electric power, propulsion systems and drilling drives for a new semi-submersible drilling platform HHI is building for Seadrill Ltd., which is expected to work in either the North Sea or offshore Canada.
ERLANGEN, Germany (May 3, 2013) – Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for three of its model SGT-500 gas turbines, marking the first deliveries of such units to Nigeria. Customer is Edo Cement, a company belonging to the Nigerian BUA Group. These industrial turbines will be deployed for electric power generation for the Okpella Cement Factory in Okpella, a city located in the Nigerian state of Edo, providing the added benefit of low emissions.