ERLANGEN, Germany (April 29, 2014) – Siemens has installed the BorWin2 offshore platform in the North Sea northwest of the island of Borkum. This marks Siemens' achievement of the second crucial milestone in the German grid connection projects under contract with the German-Dutch network operator TenneT. Siemens had already erected its first converter platform for the HelWin1 connection off Heligoland in the North Sea in August 2013.
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CHELMSFORD, Mass. (April 29, 2014) – Brooks Automation, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dynamic Micro Systems Semiconductor Equipment GmbH (DMS). DMS, based in Radolfzell, Germany, provides automated cleaner and stocker products for wafer and reticle carrier devices used in the global semiconductor front-end markets. The cash purchase price is approximately $31 million, subject to an adjustment for working capital at closing.
STREAMWOOD, Ill. (April 28, 2014) – Trelleborg’s offshore operation has been awarded its Licença Municipal de Operação (LMO) certification, a municipal license which permits the company to manufacture in Brazil. As a result, Trelleborg has received and delivered its first order for its Vikotherm PT thermal insulation tape, manufactured at its Brazil facility.
ERLANGEN, Germany (April 25, 2014) – China’s Shenhua Ningmei Coal Group has placed a follow-up order with Siemens Energy for four identical CO2 compressor trains for a coal liquefaction plant. The end customer is Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. Ltd. (SNCG), a subsidiary of the Shenhua Group, the largest coal producer in China. The compressor trains are destined for a coal liquefaction plant in Ningxia Province, which lies in the northwestern part of the People’s Republic of China.
WINTERTHUR, Switzerland (April 24, 2014) – Sulzer products equip the new greenfield pulp mill of Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A., one of the largest forestry-based companies in Latin America. The plant is located in Imperatriz in the state of Maranhão in northeastern Brazil and was inaugurated in March 2014.
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (April 24, 2014) – SJE-Rhombus announced that Elmco Group now represents their product line for the southwestern United States, including Arizona, Southern California and Southern Nevada.
The Elmco Group is a manufacturer representative agency with multiple branches across the southwestern United States. They distribute products from more than 45 companies specializing in commercial, industrial, mechanical and residential applications.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 24, 2014) – In March, Grammer Industries unveiled a new Wounded Warrior Project-themed transport trailer. The trailer is a lynchpin in Grammer’s new fund-raising initiative that is designed to raise monies for United States service personnel who have been injured in the Afghan and Iraqi conflicts. Grammer chose to outfit the trailer with one of Blackmer’s sliding vane pumps.
WASHINGTON, D.C. ( April 24, 2014) – The American Biogas Council (ABC) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will help accelerate organics recycling by jointly promoting the value of resource recovery, specifically the use of energy and products produced from biogas systems at wastewater treatment facilities.
HOUSTON (April 24, 2014) – InterMoor, an Acteon company, has enhanced its customer support, substantially added to its stock of mooring equipment in Asia Pacific and opened a new office at the Loyang Offshore Supply Base in Singapore.
FALMOUTH, England (April 22, 2014) – Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is supplying a leading Moscow-based epidemiology research institute with three Flexicon FMB210 fully automatic filling and capping systems. The systems will be at the forefront of providing anti-epidemic drugs for communicable and parasite-borne diseases. The design features modular tool blocks on a central tool platform, and can fill up to 38 micro-tubes per minute and up to 30 bottles (20-100 milliliters) per minute.