HELSINKI (May 9, 2014) – The city of Alexandria, La., has contracted Wärtsilä to supply a gas-fired power plant for long-term supply of peaking power. The contract was signed in March 2014.
The new power plant will have an output of 60 MW from seven Wärtsilä 34SG engines running on natural gas. The project is an extension of the existing D.G. Hunter Generating Station.
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (May 9, 2014) – Watts Water Technologies Inc. (WTS) named Robert J. Pagano Jr., ITT Corp.’s (ITT) industrial process business president, as its chief executive officer, ending a four-month search.
ITT announced that Pagano, 51, resigned effective May 26 to take over the top post at Watts Water. Dean Freeman, who served as interim chief after David Coghlan resigned in January, will resume his duties as chief financial officer.
CHICAGO (May 9, 2014) – Hydro, Inc. is an independent pump service provider with a network of the highest quality service centers supporting their customers around the globe.
Hydro Inc. has established Hydro Engineering Services in the UK. This specialist engineering center will provide support to the Hydro, Inc. network of service locations.
ERLANGEN, Germany (May 8, 2014) – Siemens Energy has received an order to deliver customized direct electrical heating (DEH) power supply systems for ten subsea flow lines, with an option for two additional systems. The customer is BP Exploration Limited, and all the systems are to be deployed on BP-operated Shah Deniz gas field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. Delivery of the equipment is scheduled for the end of 2015.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (May 8, 2014) – ITT Corporation announced that it has accepted the resignation of its Industrial Process Business President Robert J. (Bob) Pagano, effective May 26. Pagano, 51, is departing ITT to become president and CEO of Watts Water Technologies.
ITT Executive Vice President Aris Chicles will have interim leadership responsibility for the IP business.
IRVING, Texas (May 7, 2014) – Flowserve Corporation announced it received multiple orders for key pumping systems for the Lichterfelde Cogeneration Power Plant. The orders were booked in the first quarter of 2014. Located in Germany, the 300-megawatt (MW) plant replaces an old coal plant. Cogeneration power plants use natural gas as a fuel and have an efficiency level almost double that of a comparable coal fired plant, resulting in significantly reduced emission levels.
LEICESTER, England (May 7, 2014) – The pump manufacturer Ruhrpumpen has chosen Trelleborg gimbal mountings for its water injection package for LNG in Gjerdrum, Norway. The package is placed on a special designed Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit from Sevan Marine, the “Sevan Voyageur.”
PIQUA, Ohio (May 7, 2014) – Crane Pumps & Systems announced the launch of its newly designed website. The website has been redesigned to improve the ease of usability and navigation. The site’s URL address has remained the same, www.cranepumps.com, and all past functionality is still intact. A few of the new features include a product and market search toolbar, cross-platform interface and an improved locator.
LONDON (May 7, 2014) – By 2020, personal robots ranging between $1,500 and $4,500 could enter our lives, technologies such as 3D printing could likely generate revenue of $7.1 billion and we will witness the emergence of new business models. Frost & Sullivan explores a few radical future concepts in an exclusive analysis titled “World’s Top Global Mega Trends To 2025 and Implications to Business, Society and Cultures”.
