NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. (Nov. 12, 2013) – The ExOne Company announced that Brian W. Smith will join the company as chief financial officer and treasurer on Jan. 1, 2014. John Irvin, the company’s current chief financial officer and treasurer, will assume the role of special adviser to the chairman. Since joining ExOne in October 2012, Irvin is credited with overseeing the company’s February 2013 initial public offering and subsequent public company financial responsibilities.
WESTPORT, Conn. (Nov. 12, 2013) – The winners of the prestigious 2014 AHR Expo Innovation Awards have been selected and will be honored at a special ceremony on Jan. 22 during the world’s largest HVACR exposition and conference in New York.
BRISBANE, Australia (Nov. 12, 2013) – Schlumberger announced the official opening of the Schlumberger Reservoir Laboratory in Brisbane, Australia. The state-of-the-art, 10,000 sq. ft. facility is the latest addition to the global network of Schlumberger Reservoir Laboratories, offering services that provide core measurements and analysis for unconventional and conventional plays in the oil and gas industry.
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. (Nov. 12, 2013) – MISTRAS Group, Inc., has acquired Carmagen Engineering, Inc., a professional engineering consulting and technical training services provider serving the hydrocarbon processing and other energy-related industries.
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.