HOUSTON, Texas, U.S. (5 December 2014)—Halliburton announced that Abdulaziz F. Al Khayyal has been named to the company’s board of directors. The appointment was effective 4 December 2014 and Al Khayyal will stand for election by stockholders at the annual meeting in May 2015.

ERLANGEN, Germany (Dec. 4, 2014) – Siemens has recently completed the commissioning of one of Australia’s most efficient industrial power stations—the Diamantina plant, which consists of two combined cycle power blocks and performs at more than 50 percent efficiency. Owner and operator of the plant is Diamantina Power Station Pty Limited, a joint venture between APA Group and AGL Energy Limited.

RYE BROOK, N.Y. (Dec. 4, 2014) – Xylem was awarded the 2014 WateReuse Equipment Manufacturer of the Year by the WateReuse Association at their 29th Annual Symposium in Dallas, Texas.

SINGAPORE (Dec. 4, 2014) – Grundfos has been awarded a S$1.4 million grant by the Singapore Environment and Water Industry Programme Office (EWI) to develop a novel wastewater filtration technology that can significantly reduce capital investment and operational costs for wastewater treatment.

TORONTO (Dec. 3, 2014) – Armstrong Fluid Technology has been presented with a prestigious Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award in recognition of world-class performance in business strategy, operations and customer service. At a gala ceremony in Toronto on Dec. 2, 2014, members of the senior leadership team were presented with the Customer Value Award in recognition of the outstanding return on investment provided by Armstrong solutions.

ZURICH, Switzerland (3 December 2014)—ABB has won orders worth $55 million from public utilities, Bihar Grid Corporation Limited (BGCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL), to build new transmission and distribution substations that will boost power supplies in the region.

VANCOUVER, Canada (Dec. 3, 2014) – GE Oil & Gas announced that LNG Canada Development Inc. has selected GE’s LMS100-PB dry low emission (DLE) aeroderivative gas turbine as well as vertically and horizontally split centrifugal compressor technologies for its proposed gas liquefaction plant for the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Kitimat, British Columbia.

TORONTO (Dec. 3, 2014) – Armstrong Fluid Technology has been presented with a prestigious Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award in recognition of world-class performance in business strategy, operations and customer service. At a gala ceremony in Toronto Dec. 2, members of the senior leadership team were presented with the Customer Value Award in recognition of the return on investment provided by Armstrong solutions.