(Feb. 17, 2014) – Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it received an order from Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. to supply the control system for an LNG carrier that is being built for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia.
(Feb. 17, 2014) – The company formed by the 2009 merger of FW Murphy, Tulsa, Okla., and EControls, San Antonio, Texas, took another step in its development by changing its name to Enovation Controls to reflect the now fully integrated company.
DAVISON, Mich. (Feb. 17, 2014) – Global Pump announced the appointment of Victor Krotikov as its European Union/Commonwealth of Independent States (EU/CIS) Business Development Manager.
Krotikov joins Global Pump with vast experience in business development and sales in Eastern European and former USSR countries.
WILMINGTON, Del. (Feb. 11, 2014) – DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions announced that Underwriters Laboratory Inc. (UL) has certified DuPont ECCtreme ECA 3000 perfluoroplastic resin with a 300 degrees Celsius rating for a minimum thickness of 0.75 millimeters in the UL Plastics Online Certification Directory. The new rating is based on UL mechanical, electrical, and fire performance testing.
HOUSTON (Feb. 14, 2014) – Consult Supply named Pål Waldow as general manager of its headquarters in Tananger, Norway. Waldow will also manage the company’s offshore market business operations of products including chemical tanks, CCUs, baskets, mud skips and custom containers. He will oversee logistics to countries in Europe and Asia.
Waldrow has been with Consult Supply since 2008 and previously held positions as project manager, project coordinator and logistic coordinator.
LENEXA, Kan. (Feb. 14, 2014) – Smith & Loveless Inc. president Frank J. Rebori has been appointed to the board of directors of the Hydraulic Institute (HI). Rebori was formally introduced at HI’s 97th Annual Meeting, Feb. 6-11, in Litchfield Park, Ariz.
MUNICH, Germany (Feb. 14, 2014) – BelAZ-75710, the world’s largest mining two-axle all-wheel-drive dump truck with weight-carrying capacity of 450 metric tons, demonstrated the performance worth of an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. The new vehicle rolled out of the BelAZ plant in late 2013 is being field tested as the biggest machine of its class with a record breaking capacity.
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (Feb. 11, 2014) – Pump Solutions Group announced the launch of its new PSG TV website. The new website has been designed to provide customers with an easy-to-navigate multimedia channel featuring an assortment of pump and related flow control technology videos.
ERLAGEN, Germany (Feb. 13, 2014) – Siemens Energy is supplying two steam turbines along with auxiliary and ancillary systems for the lignite-fired Soma Kolin Power Plant in Turkey. Siemens' customer is the Chinese enterprise Harbin Electric International Company Ltd. (HEI), which is constructing the 510-megawatt facility on a turnkey basis for the Turkish company HİDRO-GEN ENERJİ İTHALAT İHRACAT DAĞITIM VE TİCARET A. Ş.
BREMEN, Ind. (Feb. 10, 2014) – Bremen Castings Inc., a family-owned foundry, will celebrate its 75th anniversary in March.
“It is crucial for everyone to be a team member and an active citizen within our communities so we strive to cast each employee into a valuable and responsible individual,” says James Brown, president of Bremen Castings. “We have a set of core values that we want everyone to have and appreciate.”