IRVING, Texas (May 7, 2014) – Flowserve Corporation announced it received multiple orders for key pumping systems for the Lichterfelde Cogeneration Power Plant. The orders were booked in the first quarter of 2014. Located in Germany, the 300-megawatt (MW) plant replaces an old coal plant. Cogeneration power plants use natural gas as a fuel and have an efficiency level almost double that of a comparable coal fired plant, resulting in significantly reduced emission levels.
LEICESTER, England (May 7, 2014) – The pump manufacturer Ruhrpumpen has chosen Trelleborg gimbal mountings for its water injection package for LNG in Gjerdrum, Norway. The package is placed on a special designed Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit from Sevan Marine, the “Sevan Voyageur.”
PIQUA, Ohio (May 7, 2014) – Crane Pumps & Systems announced the launch of its newly designed website. The website has been redesigned to improve the ease of usability and navigation. The site’s URL address has remained the same, www.cranepumps.com, and all past functionality is still intact. A few of the new features include a product and market search toolbar, cross-platform interface and an improved locator.
LONDON (May 7, 2014) – By 2020, personal robots ranging between $1,500 and $4,500 could enter our lives, technologies such as 3D printing could likely generate revenue of $7.1 billion and we will witness the emergence of new business models. Frost & Sullivan explores a few radical future concepts in an exclusive analysis titled “World’s Top Global Mega Trends To 2025 and Implications to Business, Society and Cultures”.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (May 7, 2014) – Blacoh Fluid Control launched Blacoh University, an online e-learning application for industry professionals.
According to Blacoh’s president Andrew Yeghnazar, Blacoh University is a learning tool dedicated to the discovery, development and communication of knowledge relating to fluid dynamics and control across a variety of industries.
Manufacturers can provide solutions for aging water and wastewater systems.
MUNICH (May 6, 2014) – GE Power & Water’s Distributed Power business announced Clarke Energy, GE’s authorized Jenbacher gas engine distributor for the United Kingdom, has been selected to supply U.K. waste management company Biffa with eight of GE’s Jenbacher landfill gas engines as part of a modernization of several landfill gas-to-energy (LFGE) plants across the U.K.
HOUSTON (May 6, 2014) – Weir Oil & Gas and the Rolls-Royce Power Systems company MTU announced they have signed an agreement to develop power systems specifically engineered for hydraulic fracturing. Weir manufactures hydraulic fracturing pumps, and MTU provides heavy-duty industrial diesel engines.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (May 5, 2014) – Franklin Electric Co., Inc. announced Julie Scheck Freigang has joined the company as Chief Information Officer. In this role, Freigang, reporting to Gregg Sengstack, president and CEO, will manage all aspects of the company’s information technology infrastructure, processes and projects.