NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 29, 2014) – GE has announced the appointment of Ralph Exton to serve as 2014-2015 treasurer on the board of trustees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international organization of water quality professionals headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. He was first elected to WEF’s board of trustees in 2012.
TOKYO (Sept. 25, 2014) – Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) has formed a new manufacturing subsidiary in North America, TMEIC Power Electronics Products Corporation, to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) inverters and medium-voltage (MV) variable frequency drives in North America. Fabrication of PV inverters will commence in fall 2014, followed by MV drives in spring 2015 at the Houston, Texas-based facility.
ERLANGEN, Germany (Sept. 25, 2014) – Panda Power Funds and Siemens Energy Inc. dedicated the Panda Temple Power Project in Temple, Texas. This is the first Flex-Plant in commercial operation in Texas. Siemens Energy supplied the natural-gas-fired combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in consortium with its partner, Bechtel.
Pumps & Systems, the leading magazine for pump users worldwide, is proud to announce the “Eliminate Misalignment and Right-Size Your Pumps” webinar, a presentation made in partnership with FluxDrive, Inc.
The live webinar will take place Nov. 6, 2014, at 1 p.m. Eastern. Registration is free at www.pumpsandsystems.com/webinars.
MECHELEN, Belgium (24 September 2014) – Avantha Group Company CG announced a US$25 million new contract win for the design, construction and delivery of 16 mobile substations. The order was placed by the General Directorate for Transmission, Upper Euphrates Region, Ministry of Electricity in Iraq.