DUBAI (22 October 2014)—Wilo Middle East FZE recently invited consultants, contractors and end users to the Address Dubai Marina Hotel to present its solutions for building services, water management and industry. The pump manufacturer, headquartered in Dortmund, Germany, presented its latest technological developments for climate control, drinking water and wastewater.
HOUSTON (Oct. 22, 2014)—Hoover Container Solutions Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Hoover Group Inc., moved to a larger and newly renovated facility in Perth, Western Australia (WA) to accommodate its expansion in the region.
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 22, 2014) —For more than a decade, employees from HOLT CAT, the Caterpillar dealer for South, Central, North and East Texas, have supported the fight against multiple sclerosis by participating in an annual 150-mile bike ride. HOLT continued that tradition Oct. 11-12 with 18 riders participating in Bike MS: Valero Ride to the River 2014, raising approximately $42,000.
ASTON, Pennsylvania (Sept. 18, 2014) – The Mid-Atlantic Pump & Process Equipment Symposium X was held Sept. 18, in Aston, Pennsylvania. Nearly 300 individuals representing 110 organizations that are customers of Geiger Pump and Equipment attended the single-day symposium.
KOKOMO, Ind. (Oct. 21, 2014)—Haynes International, Inc., reported that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase assets and operations of Leveltek Processing, LLC, located in LaPorte, Indiana.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (Oct. 21, 2014) – Ensinger Inc. has named Victrex plc winner of its High-Performance Supplier/Partner of the Year award for 2013.
Headquartered in Germany, Ensinger GmbH obtains its supply of PEEK (polyetheretherketone) polymer from Victrex. VICTREX PEEK polymer is incorporated in its TECAPEEK series of stock shapes designed for use in challenging and extreme environments.
WAYNE, Pa. (Oct. 21, 2014) – The Fluid Sealing Association has appointed Michael Shorts as president, Phil Mahoney as vice president and Robert S. Coffee as member of its board of directors. Shorts is currently vice president and general manager for Triangle Fluid Controls Ltd. (TFC) located in Belleville, Ontario, Canada; Mahoney is serving as the design engineering manager for compression packing and mechanical seals for the A.W.
HOUSTON (Oct. 20, 2014) – Demonstrating how GE’s technology, project expertise and skilled workforce are helping petrochemicals producers upgrade their facilities worldwide, GE Oil & Gas has announced its Downstream Technology Solutions (DTS) business has received the International Project Management Association’s (IPMA) 2014 Project Excellence Gold Level Award for its role in upgrading Italian petrochemicals operator Versalis’ Priolo ethylene plant in Sicily.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Oct. 20, 2014) – SKF has announced the grand opening of the SKF Solution Factory in the Birmingham, Alabama, area. The venue is designed to equip customers with value-added solutions and industry knowledge. This new facility is the third to open in the U.S., joining a growing network of five others in North America.