If the leaders at the UAE Government Summit were any indication, governments in the Gulf Cooperation Council have already begun preparing for a future without oil. Increased demand for clean energy and sustainable developments have paired well with other efforts to diversify regional economies.
EXTON, Pa. (Feb. 12, 2015) – NETZSCH Pumps North America, LLC recently expanded its sales force by hiring Mark Mintun as regional sales manager for the central region of the U.S. He is responsible for supporting the industrial and municipal distributors and EPC customers in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Mintun is based in Chesterfield, Missouri.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Feb. 11, 2015) – Revere Control Systems, a Birmingham, Alabama-based automation EPC firm, is pleased to announce that Gary Hine has joined the OEM team as an account manager.
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (Feb. 11, 2015) – Michael Blundell has been appointed president of KSB Group’s USA operation headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The KSB Group, an international manufacturer of pumps, valves and related systems is headquartered in Frankenthal, Germany.
ERLANGEN, Germany (Feb. 11, 2015) – Siemens has been awarded an order by Electrogas Malta for the turnkey construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural-gas-fired combined cycle power plant (CCPP). The order value for Siemens is about EUR 175 million. The CCPP is part of a program of the government of Malta to phase out the use of heavy fuel oil and switch to the use of natural gas for power production.
The countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will be the testing grounds for many technical innovations to some of the world's most pressing problems.