WINTHERTHUR, Switzerland (29 July 2015)—Sulzer acquired the business of Expert International Pompe Service (EIPS) located in Casablanca, Morocco. Through this acquisition, Sulzer expands its footprint in North Africa. EIPS achieved revenues just below CHF 1 million in 2014. Expert International Pompe Service (EIPS) was founded in 2011 and offers maintenance and repair services for pumps.
LOS ANGELES (July 29, 2015) – rhubarb studios, a technology venture company, announced a collaboration with Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Summer of Civic Hacking to marshal the best talents of LA’s technology sector to address some of the city’s most pressing challenges.
BRIDGEPORT, N.J. (July 29, 2015) – Xylem Inc. is playing an important role in the Panama Canal Expansion Program by providing its heavy-duty Godwin dewatering pumps to fill the third set of basin locks on the Pacific Ocean sector with 1.7 billion gallons of water, as part of performance trials for the system prior to its commissioning.
ST. LOUIS (July 28, 2015) – The Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA) honored Charlie Evans as the 2015 recipient of the EASA Exceptional Achievement Service Award. The presentation was made June 14 at the association’s Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
HOUSTON (July 28, 2015) – Major Incorporated, a U.S. Northeast-based distributor of pipe, valves, fittings, and actuation solutions, has been acquired by Shale-Inland from Platform Management.
An integrator, distributor, supply house and valve automation provider primarily focused on the power industry, Major Incorporated was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in New Jersey.
NAIROBI, Kenya (July 26, 2015) – SkyPower, a developer and owner of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects, signed a landmark agreement with the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum for the development of 1 GW of solar projects to be built in four phases in Kenya during the next five years.