SANTIAGO, Chile (Nov. 11, 2013) – GE's Power Conversion business announced that it has finalized the acquisition of the Chilean power electronics company Ingeniería y Desarrollo Tecnológico S.A. (IDT). With this move, Power Conversion is actively positioning the company to build a stronger regional presence and capture a greater share of the mining segment.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Nov. 11, 2013) – Nidec Corporation, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, has named Kei Pang chief executive officer of Nidec Motor Corporation (NMC). Pang, who has served NMC as President and COO since April 2012, replaces Patrick Murphy, who resigned his position in October.
ERLANGEN, Germany (Nov. 12, 2013) – Siemens Energy has received orders for a total of 20 SGT-800 industrial gas turbines from Thailand. The turbines will be used in various combined cycle cogeneration power plants within Thailand. The contract is part of the Thai government’s program to support small power producers. The end customers are the Thai independent power producers Amata B.Grimm Power Limited (ABP), which ordered 10 turbines, SSUT Co. Ltd. & PPTC Co. Ltd.
TREVOSE, Pa. (Nov. 8, 2013) – GE’s high-performance LEAPmbr membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater-treatment technology will be the centerpiece of an upgrade to Unitywater’s Maleny sewage treatment plant in Queensland, Australia, and is expected to allow the plant to double the amount of water treated per day to one million liters.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 7, 2013) – CRS Reprocessing Services, LLC (CRS) announced its acquisition of Kilgore, Texas-based Solids Solutions, LLC.
Solids Solutions’ employees, including key management personnel, will join CRS’ existing team of highly skilled professionals, operating as CRS Reprocessing Oil & Gas Services and reporting to Michael Heath, CRS’ global general manager.
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (Nov. 5, 2013) – The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc., recently signed DRV, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pa., as its first medium voltage drive distributor in the U.S.
DRV, a highly respected Yaskawa low voltage drive and motion control distributor over the past ten years, will now partner with Yaskawa to promote the company’s new MV1000 medium voltage drive
LONDON (Nov. 5, 2013) – The poor scope for technological innovation coupled with growing market maturity has motivated major industrial product suppliers to concentrate efforts on achieving growth through alternative channels. In this context, the potential for industrial services attains center stage, both from the standpoint of industrial vendors interested in market expansion and end-users aiming to maximize profitability.
ERLANGEN, Germany (Nov. 5, 2013) – Siemens Energy will build a turnkey combined heat and power plant in Poland. The investor is the Polish energy utility PGE GiEK S.A. The Gorzów plant will have an electric capacity of 138 megawatts (MW) and a thermal capacity of 90 MW. Thanks to combined heat and power, the plant’s fuel efficiency rating will be 84 percent. Commissioning is planned for early 2016.
For applications in which electricity, people and water meet, this equipment can prevent on-the-job injury and death.
HELSINKI (Nov. 4, 2013) – Grupa Lotos S.A. chose Metso's Device Management Solution to optimize its valve spare parts stocking and supply. As part of the contract, Metso will also provide its On-site Supervising Service at the Gdańsk refinery so as to ensure that daily maintenance and turnaround activities always meet the high standards set by Grupa Lotos. The contract value has not been disclosed.