GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 15, 2013) – Des-Case Corporation added a fourth lubrication consultant to its team of experts. Jim Frisbie, who will become an associate technical consultant, joined Des-Case from CCECO Lab & Filtration.
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ZURICH, Switzerland (Feb. 12, 2013) – ABB has agreed to acquire APS Technology Group (APS), a San Diego, Calif.-based company that develops and markets solutions for the port industry. The acquisition will expand ABB’s crane system portfolio to the container terminal market. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013.
BERLIN (Feb. 14, 2013) – SKF’s acquisition of German-based ship components provider Blohm + Voss Industries (BVI) has been approved by the relevant authorities and is now closed. SKF paid around 80 MEUR for 100% of the equity of BVI and assumed net loans of 18 MEUR.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Feb. 14, 2013) – Xylem Inc. has acquired PIMS Group, a privately held UK-based wastewater services company, for approximately US$57 million.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Feb. 14, 2013) – NSF International has promoted two experts in its water division:
HELSINKI (Feb. 11, 2013) – Metso has opened a new Automation service center in Ratchaburi, Thailand. The service center supports Metso’s strategy to grow its Automation business globally and strengthens Metso’s service capabilities in Thailand. Metso has large installed base for process automation products and valves especially in Thai pulp and paper industry, with customers like Siam Cement Group (SCG) which has a pulp mill and several paper mills in the area.
MORTON GROVE, Ill. (Feb. 13, 2013) – Xylem Inc., announced the Bell & Gossett® Little Red Schoolhouse® has received LEED certification for another of its industry-renowned courses. The Schoolhouse’s Design & Application of Water-Based HVAC Systems course has been approved by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) to provide credit toward the credential maintenance requirements of LEED certifications.
MORTON GROVE, Ill. (Feb. 13, 2013) – Xylem Inc. announced that its Dallas facility is now ISO 9001:2008-certified. The ISO 9000 family of standards is related to quality management systems and designed to help organizations ensure that they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders while also meeting statutory and regulatory requirements related to products. ISO 9001:2008 is the ultimate global benchmark for quality management.
PUNE, India (Feb. 13, 2013) – Kirloskar Brothers Limited announced that KBL Dewas participated in the World CSR Congress & Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Awards in the category of “The Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices.”
Almost 500 companies from 35 countries participated and KBL Dewas won the award for “The Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices.”
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Feb. 11, 2013) – Xylem Inc. has been awarded a $617,000 contract from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) for five marine monitoring buoys that will collect high-quality data for researchers studying climate change in the Caribbean Sea, including the waters of Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, and Trinidad & Tobago.