BALTIMORE (Feb. 22, 2013) – Ole Møller-Jensen will take over as President of the Danfoss Power Electronics division with effect from March 2013. Ole Møller-Jensen is currently the Senior Vice President of the VLT Drives business unit in Danfoss Power Electronics. He joined Danfoss in 1978, and has held a number of positions primarily within sales & marketing, product development and business management.
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ANNECY, France (Feb. 21, 2013) – ClydeUnion Pumps, an SPX Brand, received a contract to supply a specialized fire protection pump for the Iberdrola S.A. Cofrentes nuclear power plant in Spain. The order for the seismic fire protection pump was awarded to SPX in December 2012 by the plant operator Iberdrola S.A. with a scheduled delivery in March 2014.
KYOTO, Japan (Feb. 20, 2013) – Nidec Corporation announced that it has established a new sales office named NIDEC ASI JAPAN CORPORATION in Tokyo, Japan, to increase brand exposure for NIDEC ASI S.p.A. and expand its sales in the Japanese and South Korean industrial applications markets.
GLASGOW, Scotland (Feb. 20, 2013) – The Weir Group PLC has extended its presence and capabilities in global mining and oil sands markets with the acquisition of a leading Canadian based manufacturer of wear resistant linings. In addition, Weir’s cost supply chain strategy has been advanced with the acquisition of a Malaysian foundry and agreement to acquire a heavy bay foundry in South Africa.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (Feb. 20, 2013) – IDEX CORPORATION announced the appointment of Cynthia ‘CJ’ Warner to the company’s Board of Directors.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Feb. 19, 2013) – Xylem Inc. and Empire State Development (ESD) jointly announced that Xylem will relocate its headquarters to a larger facility in Westchester County later this year, keeping more than 100 jobs in the state of New York and creating 15 more by 2016.
ELLSWORTH, Kansas (Feb. 15, 2013) – Spurred by the growth in sales of its diversified line of control valves, regulators and tank equipment in Europe, Cashco, Inc. recently opened a new sales and service office in Hoppegarten, Germany, which is just east of Berlin. In effect, the office will serve as a sales and service center for all of Europe, including the “Eastern Block” countries, and western Asia.
OSAKA, Japan (Feb. 15, 2013) – Torishima Pump Mfg. Co., Ltd. has received orders for circulation water pumps at Linkou Thermal Power Plant - Units 1, 2 and 3 at 800MW each - from Taiwan Power Company. Torishima will be responsible for the manufacture and supply of the nine circulation water pumps.
CHICAGO (Feb. 15, 2013) – The need to meet new environmental standards, the growing demand for water and the need to replace obsolete infrastructure are causing U.S. water utilities to embark on thousands of capital improvement projects. These projects are tracked in the McIlvaine North American Public Water Plants and People.
WASHINGTON (Feb. 15, 2013) – Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca M. Blank recently appointed George Vorsheim to the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) as a representative from Environment One Corporation (E/One) and of the U.S. environmental business community. The ETTAC provides private-sector advice to 19 federal departments and agencies on the development and administration of programs to expand U.S.