SURREY, British Columbia (Aug. 6, 2014) – Singer Valve announced the appointment of Patricio Egan as sales manager for Latin America. Jody Malo, international sales manager for Singer Valve, said, “We are very pleased to have Patricio join our team. With his local knowledge and special expertise in hydraulics engineering, he will be able to add valuable insight for the toughest of applications.”
His territory also includes Spain and Portugal.
ALGIERS, Algeria (Aug. 5, 2014)—GE’s Distributed Power business announced orders for eight trailer-mounted GE TM2500+ aeroderivative gas turbine-generators and the first Jenbacher gas engine project in Algeria.
ABERDEEN, Miss. (Aug. 5, 2014) – GE’s Digital Energy business and the City of Aberdeen has announced plans to implement GE’s Solutions as a Service (SaaS) technology. SaaS is a cloud-based, fee-for-service grid management system that enables small- and mid-market utilities, like the City of Aberdeen, to build modern and interconnected grids.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (August 5, 2014) – Pumps & Systems, the leading magazine for pump users worldwide, is happy to announce “Variable Frequency Drives,” a webinar presented in partnership with the Submersible Wastewater Pump Association (SWPA), the educational leader and authoritative source for the submersible wastewater pump industry for more than three decades.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Aug. 4, 2014)—Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, appointed Ziad Mortaja as country president for its operations in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Aug. 4, 2014) – FCX Performance, Inc., announced that it has completed the acquisition of Corrosion Fluid Products, Corp. (CFP). Based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, CFP is a regional distributor of pumps, valves, FRP fiberglass and specialty lined pipe, hose and fittings to the process markets from eight branch distribution centers located across the Midwest.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (August 4, 2014) – Franklin Electric Co., Inc., completed two acquisitions in India. In the first, Franklin Electric acquired 70 percent of the outstanding stock of Pluga Pumps and Motors Private Limited, based in a newly constructed facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Pluga designs, manufactures and distributes groundwater motor and pumping equipment through 11 branch offices located throughout India.
ERLANGEN, Germany (August 4, 2014) – Siemens Energy will supply high-efficiency steam turbine-generator sets with associated instrumentation and control components to power plant projects in India. The machines are destined for the coal-fired units of the North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) located in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, and for IB Thermal Power Station Banharpalli in the neighboring state of Odisha.
RALEIGH, N.C. (August 4, 2014) – The City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department received the “Directors Award of Recognition” from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by AWWA, EPA and associated partner organizations to guide water suppliers towards improving water quality by optimizing system operations.
