VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Aug. 14, 2013) – Busch is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in 1963 in Germany, the company opened its first U.S. facility in 1979. Today, it is one of the largest global vacuum and low pressure technology companies in many sectors of industry.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Aug. 19, 2013) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) 2013 Fall meeting will take place Oct. 23 – 25, 2013, at the Grand Historic Venue & Embassy Suites Downtown Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland. Registration is now open to HI Members, Associate Members, Standards Partners, and Utilities & Energy Efficiency NGOs who are sponsors of Pump Systems Matter. Eligible prospective members are welcome to attend with advance approval.
ATWICK, East Yorkshire, U.K. (July 29, 2013) –Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Yokogawa United Kingdom Ltd., has been awarded a multimillion pound contract by SSE Hornsea Ltd. for the upgrade of one of the UK's largest onshore underground gas storage facilities, located at Atwick, East Yorkshire.
NEWNAN, Ga. (July 25, 2013) – Yokogawa Corporation of America announced that it is offering electric vehicle charging stations to employees at its Newnan, GA facility. ECOtality, Inc.—a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies—has installed two Blink® Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at Yokogawa Newnan as part of its EV Project.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Aug. 5, 2013) – AMETEK Process Instruments has been awarded a contract to supply UV process gas analyzers for the Sulfur Recovery Units (SRU) and Tail Gas Treating Units (TGTU) at the Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company’s (Al Hosn Gas) Shah Gas Field project in the United Arab Emirates. The contract is valued at approximately $4.6 million.
MUNICH (Aug. 8, 2013) – Siemens Energy has received orders for the compressor trains for three liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in China for liquefying synthetic natural gas.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Aug. 8, 2013) – Xylem won a contract to provide a Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) pretreatment system to help ensure an uninterrupted potable water supply to Abu Dhabi Emirate and the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The source water in the Gulf of Oman is subject to harmful algal blooms (HABs) sometimes termed ‘red-tides’; large concentrations of potentially toxic aquatic microorganisms.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Aug. 9, 2013) – Loud Fuel Co. offers services to a large customer base in and around Cape Cod, Mass., such as fuel delivery, service and supply. Among the many other services provided by Loud Fuel is the delivery of large amounts of fuel to ocean-going vessels. For its on-truck, liquid-handling equipment needs, Loud Fuel chose Blackmer® TXD Series Sliding Vane Pumps.
HELSINKI (Aug. 14, 2013) – Metso will supply a biomass-fired heating plant for district heating production to Elenia Lämpö in Turenki in Finland. The heating plant is scheduled to go on-stream in the early winter 2014. The value of the order will not be disclosed.
GÖTEBORG, Sweden (Aug. 14, 2013) – Scanjet has received orders from Hudong Shipyard in China to equip 5+3 38,000 dwt chemical tankers being built for Stolt-Nielsen with the SCANJET “Surveyor” Tank Management System.
The system will cover monitoring and alarm functions including radar level gauging for all tanks onboard, high-level alarms and pressure plus temperature measurement, all of which are integrated in the “Surveyor” system.