WASHINGTON (March 20, 2015) - Sunday, March 22, 2015, will mark World Water Day. Water For People and TOMS Roasting Co. are pleased to announce that in one year their partnership has provided over 100,000 weeks of water to communities globally.
FORT SMITH, Ark. (March 20, 2015) – The Manufacturing Institute has announced it will award Amy Lakin, executive vice president of Supply Chain for Baldor Electric Company, with the Women in Manufacturing Science, Technology, Engineering and Production (STEP) Ahead Award. The STEP Ahead Award honors women who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in their careers and represent all levels of the manufacturing industry, from the factory-floor to the C-suite.
Parsippany, NJ (March 20, 2015) - The Hydraulic Institute (HI), North America’s largest pump trade association, announced the release of two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), copies of which are now available through the HI website. New details and background on HI’s role in representing HI members and the pump industry on evolving regulations are available at Pumps.org/DOERulemaking.
End users should be aware of the latest standards revisions to employ the most up-to-date valve sealing practices.
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (12 March 2015)—The Big 5 Saudi—the international building and construction show—celebrated its fifth anniversary with its most successful event to date. The event welcomed a huge number of visitors, exhibitors and delegates from across the region.
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (15 March 2015)—GE announced US$100 million in new programs that will further the company’s localization efforts, build innovation capacity and create jobs in advanced manufacturing and software analytics.
(9 March 2015)—BP Egypt announced another important gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta. The Atoll-1 deepwater exploration well, currently being drilled using the sixth-generation semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer, has reached 6,400 meters depth and penetrated approximately 50 meters of gas pay in high quality Oligocene sandstones.
(6 March 2015)—The Satah al-Razboot offshore oil field—located about 200 kilometers northwest of Abu Dhabi in the UAE—is being developed by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO), a major producer of oil and gas from the emirate’s offshore areas. Work on the field involves the construction of two artificial islands to facilitate drilling works for the extraction of crude oil.
ERLANGEN, Germany (9 March 2015)—Siemens, together with its partner and customer Cengiz Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., has completed the combined cycle power plant of Cengiz Enerji Samsun in Turkey two months ahead of the agreed deadline in a record construction time of 23 months only. With its SGT5-8000H gas turbine as the key component and an installed capacity of 600 megawatts, this plant reaches an efficiency level of around 61 percent, which is a new record for the 50 hertz market.
PARIS, France (2 March 2015)—Total founded the Young Graduate Programme in April 2014—an innovative initiative aimed at young graduates from more than 40 of the countries in Africa and Middle East. The program is an opportunity for them to discover working life through a genuine hands-on professional experience and gain an insight into how an international company operates over an 18-month period.