DENVER (March 3, 2014) – The American Water Works Association and the water community kicked off a celebration of Women’s History Month. Throughout the month of March, AWWA and its members will pay tribute to the many contributions women have made to the water industry, the nation and the world.
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OLEAN, N.Y. (Feb. 26, 2014) – Napoleon Engineering Services announced the recent expansion of its bearing inspection services to include enhanced source qualification inspection (SQI) with bearing contact stress analysis.
CLEVELAND (March 4, 2014) – Power management company Eaton announced a contract with Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Inc. to supply track drive and swing drive motors for the company’s 7.5 ton crawler excavator. Eaton’s track drive and swing drive motors will help optimize performance for the next generation machine.
RYE BROOK, N.Y. (March 3, 2014) – Xylem Inc. announced that Patrick K. Decker has been named president and chief executive officer and will be appointed a member of the Board of Directors March 17. Decker succeeds Steven R. Loranger, who will remain a member of the Xylem Board.
RYE BROOK, N.Y. (March 3, 2014) – Xylem Inc. announced that Patrick K. Decker has been named president and chief executive officer and will be appointed a member of the Board of Directors March 17. Decker succeeds Steven R. Loranger, who will remain a member of the Xylem Board.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Feb. 27, 2014) – Registration for the 2014 Hydraulic Institute (HI) Technical Meeting is now open. This year’s meeting will take place June 25 - 27 at the Charlotte Marriott City Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Members of the Hydraulic Institute, Associate Members, Standards Partners, Utility/NGO’s and qualified prospective members are encouraged to register.
CHICAGO (Feb. 20, 201) – To honor the memory of Wendy B. McDonald, one of the power transmission/motion control industry's true pioneers, the PTDA Foundation has established the Wendy B. McDonald Award. The award acknowledges a woman who has established herself as a critical contributor to her company's success and has affected positive change within the power transmission/motion control industry.
EDEN PRAIRE, Minn. (Feb. 21, 2014) – Power management company Eaton announced the X20 Challenge, encouraging the company’s customers to submit success stories highlighting where Eaton’s X20 portfolio of piston pumps have positively impacted a customer platform or application. One story will be chosen each quarter and will be featured in the company’s X20 portfolio advertising and social outreach campaign.
Parsippany, N.J. (Feb. 25, 2014) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) announced the 2014-2015 Board of Directors and Officers during its Annual meeting recently held in Phoenix, Ariz. The Board is primarily responsible for guiding the strategic direction of the Hydraulic Institute and providing organization oversight.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Feb. 25, 2014) – GE Vice Chairman John G. Rice and Lorraine Bolsinger, leader of GE’s new Distributed Power business, gathered with business and government officials in Jakarta to launch GE’s Distributed Power, a new business that combines three product lines – Aeroderivative Gas Turbines, Jenbacher Gas Engines and Waukesha Gas Engines – aimed to better serve the distributed power space.