DENVER (March 30, 2015) – Powdersville Water is the first utility in South Carolina to achieve the Directors Award in the Partnership for Safe Water’s Distribution System Optimization Program and one of only eleven nationwide.

Powdersville Water received this award for successfully completing a comprehensive self-assessment of distribution system operations, a significant achievement towards ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality water to the community.

HELSINKI, Finland (March 25, 2015) – Wärtsilä's first unit at Porto do Açu in São João da Barra (RJ), Brazil, is being inaugurated. This will be the first assembly plant and production unit for generator sets and azimuth thrusters in Brazil for Wärtsilä, a global provider of power generation solutions and services for ships and power plants. Covering 4,000 square meters of floor space, the unit will be able to receive up to 200 tons of equipment.