GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Aug. 9, 2013) – Loud Fuel Co. offers services to a large customer base in and around Cape Cod, Mass., such as fuel delivery, service and supply. Among the many other services provided by Loud Fuel is the delivery of large amounts of fuel to ocean-going vessels. For its on-truck, liquid-handling equipment needs, Loud Fuel chose Blackmer® TXD Series Sliding Vane Pumps.
   

GÖTEBORG, Sweden (Aug. 14, 2013) – Scanjet has received orders from Hudong Shipyard in China to equip 5+3 38,000 dwt chemical tankers being built for Stolt-Nielsen with the SCANJET “Surveyor” Tank Management System.

The system will cover monitoring and alarm functions including radar level gauging for all tanks onboard, high-level alarms and pressure plus temperature measurement, all of which are integrated in the “Surveyor” system.

WINTERTHUR, Switzerland (Aug. 14, 2013) – Sulzer Pumps will supply 69 pumps to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering for installation on a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia, scheduled for delivery in several phases between mid-2013 and mid-2014. Sulzer Pumps South Korea will undertake the full project management and complete unit testing.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (Aug. 5, 2013) – Tencarva Machinery Company acquired the assets of Pump Technology & Solutions Inc. (PTS), in Cumming, Ga., according to Rod Lee, Tencarva president.

On July 27, 2013, Tencarva purchased Pump Technology & Solutions Inc., a full service pump distributor and manufacturer's representative in Georgia, which will operate as a branch within Tencarva's GPM Division.

CRAWLEY, West Sussex, U.K. (Aug. 19, 2013) – Edwards Group Limited, a developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, abatement systems and related value-added services, and Atlas Copco Group, the Sweden-based provider of industrial productivity solutions, announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement in a transaction valued at up to approximately $1.6 billion, including the assumption of debt.