SCHENECTADY, New York (March 8, 2017)—GE and Caithness Energy announced an exclusive agreement with the intent to pursue development of multiple new HA combined-cycle power plants in the U.S.

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Maryland (March 8, 2017)—Colfax Corporation announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Siemens Turbomachinery Equipment (STE) GmbH from Siemens AG for a cash consideration of approximately €195 million, or about $205 million.

DUBLIN, Ireland (March 8, 2017)—Analysis firm Research and Markets has announced the addition of the report “Water’s Digital Future: The Outlook for Monitoring, Control and Data Management Systems” to its offering.

In promoting the report, the firm said the global market for control and monitoring solutions in the water sector is worth $21.3 billion in 2016 and will grow to $30.1 billion in 2021, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2 percent.

GLASGOW, Scotland (March 8, 2017)—Weir announced the appointment of Rosemary McGinness to its Group Executive as Chief People Officer (CPO).

She will succeed current CPO Pauline Lafferty, who will leave Weir after six years’ service in the summer.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (March 7, 2017)—Schneider Electric announced Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd. has renewed and expanded its commitment to Schneider Electric with its next-generation process modeling solution SimSci SimCentral.

Bill McDowell has been elected vice president of operations for Blue-White Industries. (Courtesy of Blue-White Industries)

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (March 7, 2017)—Blue-White Industries’ Board of Directors announced the election of Bill McDowell to vice president of operations, according to a statement from the company.

BERWYN, Pa. (March 7, 2017)—AMETEK Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Thomas Amato as a new director of the company.

Amato serves as president and chief executive officer of TriMas Corporation, a diversified, global manufacturer of engineered products, according to a statement from AMETEK.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 7, 2017)—SPX FLOW Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has elected Robert (Bob) F. Hull Jr., a current independent director of SPX FLOW, as chairman of the board, effective upon the retirement of the current chairman, Chris Kearney.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (March 6, 2017)—Calculating the Pump Energy Index (PEI) to comply with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) pump energy conservation standard released in January 2016 will become a bigger challenge as manufacturers prepare to meet the 2020 compliance and labeling requirements.

BADEN, Switzerland (March 6, 2017)—GE announced its new global Powering Efficiency Center of Excellence (COE), which brings together cross-business experts in its energy businesses to boost the efficiency of new and existing coal-fired power plants and significantly reduce their emissions.